‘His’ Space Becomes A Jail Cell

Joseph Northington robbed a bank in Columbia, SC last January while visiting a friend. Said friend saw his picture on surveillance video and turned him in to police. But hey don't blame the friend for turning him in, after all he did post it on his myspace page as well. 'On tha run for robbin a bank Love all yall.' Cops don't have computers, do they? Read the whole story here- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_myspace_confession

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Posted By: Alex - Thu May 28, 2009
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stoopid for sure..I wonder if he even thought he'd get away with it..and for $4000? he'll probably get 10 yrs to think about it

Posted by hickory_johnson on 05/28/09 at 10:15 PM

What kind of street cred do you get for being stupid? :lol:

Posted by Nethie on 05/29/09 at 12:22 AM

I don't think having lots of friends on myspace will keep you from getting prison raped.

Posted by Matt in Florida on 05/29/09 at 11:12 AM

He actually has two. Here is the "playa" one: http://www.myspace.com/106248921 (warning, really bad music)
And here is the "mac daddy" one: http://www.myspace.com/jrnorthington

Posted by Nethie on 05/29/09 at 11:53 PM

Now pardon me while I go clear my browser's cookies and cache with bleach. It got dirty over there.

Posted by Nethie on 05/29/09 at 11:54 PM

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