Teen’s Facebook update gets robbery charges dropped

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Most of the stories we report that involve people being noticed for their Internet activities at home have an unhappy ending. In the case of New Yorker Rodney Bradford, however, a Facebook posting made from his father’s apartment turned into his get-out-of-jail-free card. Though Bradford’s story is being jubilantly reported as a victory for Internet-addicted youth everywhere, it also raises questions about how much law enforcement should trust what’s posted online.