Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Robbers nabbed by text messages

Two men convicted of armed robbery <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6231980.html?tag=nl.e550">made the mistake of using text messages</A>--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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