Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Robbers nabbed by text messages

Two men convicted of armed robbery made the mistake of using text messages–which their wireless provider turned over to police when asked.

Derrick McCreary and his co-defendant, Jonathan Hunter, were accused of masterminding heists at credit unions, with one article in Credit Union Journal reporting that they made off with almost $300,000.

Prosecutors obtained the contents of the archived text messages by sending a grand jury subpoena to SkyTel. McCreary and Hunter were each convicted of one count of conspiracy, two counts of bank robbery, and two counts of using a firearm in a violent crime. They appealed.

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