"Chief,
Here's an unrelated, but timely, item of information tangential to a current suspect. The prostitution charge seems minor, at least in contrast to this earlier conviction. Since most accessory to murder convictions were most likely reduced from a stiffer charge, I bet there's a story behind that one."
Indeed, there is a story, and I suspect the reader who made the comment knows more about the underlying crime than he or she reveals. The reader has made good use of a simple Google search, combined with an inquiry into the public inmate locator maintained by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. I suspect that the reader who posted the comment knows more than he or she lets on, because the basic details of the conviction that landed her and others in prison are not hard to find.
My, how the world has changed. There is no place to hide.
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It also seems as if EVERYONE has a Facebook page these days. I know that, when a crime occurs, the News Outlets search Facebook to see if the suspect(s) have a personal page.
Even with all of these tools there are a lot of old outstanding warrants on the books.
Gun Nut
Nearly every time I see a new story where someone got arrested or charged/cited, I look them up on the Cty Atty and DCS DBs.
After I posted that yesterday, I did a quick search for:
"Nicole Wagy" murder
However, I only got a half-dozen hits, including one from the Daily Nebraskan. Helped murder someone, in front of a child, and only did 6 months in jail for it. Talk about a wrist slap, giving her the absolute minimum (1 year) for a Class III felony. Man, that's a tough prosecutor and a hanging judge!
Gun Nut brings up a good point, and in this digital age, it would seem as though there is no place to hide.
So my follow-up question is this...how much to the police utilize social networking sites like Facebook, etc. to locate folks with outstanding warrants? It seems to me that, if someone a wanted person posts updates on Facebook or what have you, it would be a fairly simple matter for the police to contact the internet provider and find out their location...wouldn't it?
What we need is "Wanted Dead or Alive" posters and rewards for bringing these scofflaws in or otherwise curtailing their freedom to continue in their errant ways. I need a new source of income anyway!
I'm sure her job prospects were limited with the previous conviction.
Steve has a great idea. Set up a website where WANTED posters could be placed with pictures of the WANTED. Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot cheaper to pay a tipster a reward of $20 to $5,000(?), depending on the crime, if it would save hundreds of man hours for Law Enforcement? Steve isn't the only one who could use the extra money.
Gun Nut
Gun Nut:
I was thinking more along these lines, but I don't suppose that would ever fly here again.
Gun Nut:
I was thinking more along the lines of the old TV show with Steve McQueen.
7:31 and Chief:
How about putting a link on Crimestoppers for those wanted guys. Maybe it's there. I just don't see it.
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Steve is way too FUNKY for me!
Chief,
Is LPD running a Thanksgiving Week special on hit & runs? I ask, because they seem to be all the rage over the past few days.
I don't think I've ever been called funky before. I wonder if that's considered good, or bad. Of the various definitions of funky that I've found, I think I like this one best: Outlandishly vulgar or eccentric in a humorous or tongue-in-cheek manner; campy.
Steve:
I normally turn to the Urban Dictionary when in doubt.
Well, I may smell bad, but I don't know how readers of this blog would know that, so I'll stick with different but cool!
Here's another one. If you look him up on the county attorney's DB, you'll see that he was recently charged with another burglary on 11/19, just four days before he (allegedly) burglarized the auto repair shop, and already had 12/1 set for an arraignment date on that earlier charge. He's really coming along nicely as a frequent flier, for only being 20 years old.
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