This is a story that I just had to comment on.  From The Journal of West Virginia (http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/525232.html (http://www NULL.journal-news NULL.net/page/content NULL.detail/id/525232 NULL.html)), just when it seems you have heard it all, A guy breaks in to a home, and figures that during the middle of a break in that its a good time to check his facebook page.  Yep, let me steal a little of this and a little of that and also update my status on facebook all at the same time.

To paraphrase a famous commercial from the US:

Stealing from a home – About $3500 dollars (and possibly 10 yrs in jail)

Checking Facebook while committing the crime – Stupid

Getting caught because you were stupid enough to use the computer in the house you broke into to check Facebook and then even more stupid to not log out of your account on Facebook on the pc of the home you broke into – PRICELESS!

Here is the story from the Journal of West Virginia:

MARTINSBURG – The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar’s arrest after he stopped check his account on the victim’s computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond rings.

Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary.

According to court records, Deputy P.D. Ware of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department responded on Aug. 28 to the victim’s home after she reported the burglary.

She told police that someone had broken into her home through a bedroom window.

There were open cabinets in her garage, and other signs of a burglar.

The victim later noticed that the intruder also used her computer to check his Facebook status, and his account was still open when she checked the computer.

The victim later noticed that she was missing two diamond rings from her dresser in the same room as her computer.

The two rings were worth more than $3,500, reports indicate.

During the investigation, a friend of the victim told her that he knew where Parker was staying, in the same area as the victim’s house.

Police then went to the home and spoke with a friend of Parker’s.

The man said Parker had stopped by his home occasionally, but he said the man didn’t live there.

He also said that the night before the burglary, Parker asked him if he wanted to help break into the victim’s home but he refused.

As of Tuesday evening, Parker remained in custody at the Eastern Regional Jail on $10,000 bail.

If convicted he faces one to 10 years in prison.