NJ police use Facebook to make prom marijuana bust

[Galaxy]

FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) â?? 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 doing.

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 caviler about accepting people into their network of friends.

Galaxy Reviewed by Galaxy on 05-15-2009. NJ police use Facebook to make prom marijuana bust FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) â?? 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 doing. 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 Rating: 5

[Thanos]

wow...they deserve it. How can you be so stupid as to post stuff like that on facebook...

[m577a2]

I would say bad thinking on the teenagers part, kudos to the police for thinking outside the box, but if they had to fake the account info to get an account on facebook someone should look into the facebook account rules and regs agreement to see if there is wiggle room for the teens to get the case dropped or something. I ain't a lawyer though, just a thought.

[420_24/7]

Do cops really have nothing better to be doing than busting teenagers for weed and alcohol. Not to mention all the effort to search through kids' facebook accounts. Seriously, aren't there some rapists and murderers they could be worrying about.