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A police officer in Gloucester County, N.J., discovered a structure fire shortly after midnight, and called in firefighters. The blaze which destroyed the unoccupied mobile home looked suspicious, so investigators did something that seems to have become a standard crime investigation technique: they checked social media for evidence. Sure enough, police say they found a video posted on Facebook showing two brothers inside the mobile home, and one of them lighting the fire. By 6:30 a.m., Anthony F. Pettolina, 22, and Gerald J. Pettolina, 30, were in custody, charged with arson. Anthony had posted the video on his own Facebook page. The reporter on the story noted that “Attempts to reach relatives of the brothers were unsuccessful.” (RC/Philadelphia Inquirer) ...Try sending them a note on Facebook.Original Publication Date: 15 June 2014
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
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