Social media is a blessing to some people but to others, it’s a curse depending on how they use it.
While people see the positive aspects of social media like connecting them to friends, business partners and institutions, the other side also sees people duping and defrauding people under false pretence.
In this post, we take a look at some ‘dumb’ people who got sentenced to jail following a post they made on social media.
Some of these people on the list had been on police wanted for years but had managed to escape arrest until a post on social media exposed them.
Check out the list below:
Ronald Roland – Wife posted his picture on Instagram
Instagram proved to be an unexpected ally in the capture of Ronald Roland, a Brazilian drug kingpin who had managed to elude police for two years. The pivotal moment in the intense manhunt occurred when Andrezza de Lima Joel, his second wife, unintentionally disclosed their location on social media.
The authorities have been monitoring De Lima’s social media activity in a bid to track her husband’s whereabouts. The police were able to track the couple through the pictures shared by her on Instagram which contained geo-tagged locations and recognisable landmarks.
Dominyk Alfonseca – Posted a robbery note online
In May 2015, 23-year-old Dominyk Antonio Alfonseca walked into the bank at 297 Constitution Drive and handed the teller a note demanding money.
The content of the note reads: “I need 150,000 bonds right Now!! Please police take 3 ro 4 minutes to get here, I would appreciate if you ring the alarm a minute after I am gone….make sure the money doesn’t blow upon my way out.”
The teller did as he had instructed but Dominyk went on social media to post the note and cash he received from the teller.
Kevin Gains Jnr – Went live on Instagram
This 20-year-old has been on the police wanted list for grand theft for some time but the police made no headway in getting him arrested.
Fast forward, he started live streaming on Instagram which the police got wind of and were able to know the location he was streaming at. The police rushed to the location and surrounded the place whilst one of them was still watching the livestream.
They knocked on the door and after knowing it was the police he tried to turn off the lights and ended the stream but it was too late for him.
Ashley Keast – Shared a selfie with his victim’s contacts on WhatsApp
This English man identified as Ashley broke into someone’s house in 2013 and robbed items worth over $35,000 plus a sim card belonging to one of his victims.
He later inserted the SIM card into his phone and decided to take a selfie and share it with his contacts on WhatsApp.
Unknown to him, the contacts he shared the photos with were not his contacts but rather the contacts of his victim who also took screenshots of his post.
Arlando Henders – Posted money he stole from his workplace
Arlando Henderson in 2019 used to work in a Wells Fargo bank in North Carolina. He began sneaking into the vault to steal money.
He started with smaller amounts but as time went on he increased the amount of money he was stealing from the vault and was forging customers’ accounts not to expose him and destroyed genuine documents.
The North Carolina man in other to get recognised started flaunting his wealth by acquiring expensive items and sharing them on social media which got the attention of his employers who contacted the police to investigate him. His secrets were revealed after he was arrested by the police.
Marc Feren Claude Biart – YouTube video
Marc Feren Claude Biart is an Italian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic in 2021 for allegedly trafficking cocaine for the ‘Ndrangheta mafia. He was extradited to Italy to face justice.
This Italian man had been on the wanted list since 2014. He managed to escape authorities and ended up in the Dominican Republic where he started a YouTube Channel teaching people how to prepare some dishes.
His face was hidden from all his videos but the vigilance of one policeman led to his arrest after he saw the tattoo on his arm in one of the videos.
