Cops Use Facebook To Bust Post-Prom Party

Facebook Party Police Infiltrate Social Networking Site Learned Teens Planned To Provide Booze And Pot..

by Associated Press

Published: Fri, May 15, 2009 - 10:24 am CST Last Updated: Fri, May 15, 2009 - 11:43 am CST

(AP) Police in northern New Jersey infiltrated Facebook to learn that students were planning to bring alcohol and drugs to an after-prom party.

Police created fake identities to enter the social networking site and found what Fair Lawn High School students were going.

Officers stopped the caravan a few miles from the high school and arrested four 17-year-old boys who officers say were carrying marijuana, scales and baggies commonly used to package the drug.

School Superintendent Bruce Watson says the district doesn't check Facebook on a regular basis unless there's a reason. Watson says the district generally leaves Internet patrolling to police.

Police Sgt. Derek Bastinck says teenagers are cavalier about accepting people into their network of friends.

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alabamaoutlaw Says:

Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:58 am

isn’t against the rules of face book to lie about your idenity? It is time for the reclassification of marijuana on the drug list it’s not crack, coke or herion .It’s used in the medical world to help people.Alcohol is worse on the society than marijuana