Meet 29 y/o William Lamberson. That’s his mug shot below…
Wild Bill fell victim to his own “texting FAIL!” when, while trying to reach out to his dope dealer, he mistakenly texted Captain Brian Bergen (pictured below), who just so happens to be the head of the Martin County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, and asked him where to get some marijuana.
Being pitched such a soft ball Capt. Bergen decided to play along with Wild Bill… for weeks… until he was eventually able to nab his quarry on significantly more serious cocaine charges.
And on September 1st, 2015 Capt. Bergen’s narcotics squad went in for the kill. Per a post on the Martin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page (which you can view by clicking here): “Lamberson [Bill] thought he was meeting his “hook up”, so he could sell some cocaine, instead, he was greeted by MCSO’s narcotics detectives.”
And thus a “texting FAIL!” led to both a police social media boast (“WHEN TEXTING GOES WRONG – MAN LOOKING TO BUY AND SELL DRUGS MISTAKENLY TEXTS THE WRONG NUMBER, REACHES MCSO’S NARCOTICS CAPTAIN”) and an arrest for possession of cocaine with intent to sell.
Memo to the Folks: Texting, social media… even phone calls… be careful. Always assume that anything that you text, type or post will be introduced into evidence against you as well as that anything that you say is being recorded, and watch my Webisode on Social Media and the Law by clicking on the YouTube link below…
Memo to the Folks continued: And you can watch Michael A. Haber, P.A.s entire Webisode series by clicking here…
Social Media: It’s all fun and nice until it’s introduced into evidence against you in Court. See “Haber’s Rules of Social Media # 1 – 5” at: http://habercriminallaw.blogspot.com/2015/02/social-media-and-criminal-justice.html
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