Thieves Use 'Craigslist Hoax' to Cover Tracks
A
recent "Craigslist hoax" -- where someone posted a Craigslist item that
said anyone could take anything from a Oregon home -- turns out to have
been a diversion to cover the tracks of thieves. The crooks, Brandon
and Amber Herbert, had come by the victim's house because it was
advertised for rent. They apparently saw some horse saddles they wanted
to steal, so they placed the ad, then joined the mob of people
ransacking the joint. Unfortunately for the thieves, investigators TRACKED THE IP ADDRESS
of the computer that placed the ad back to the Herbert's house, where
cops found the computer and recovered deleted files that prove they
placed the ad.
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