Using internet to help build cases

When Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in the Antelope Valley saw an explosion in the number of graffiti and monikers of taggers painting the town, they barely had to leave the station to ID the perps. C.J. Lin in the Daily News,

The evidence was in plain view right on Facebook and Myspace -- pictures of the crew's work, videos of taggers bragging and discussion about graffiti they were planning to do and even where to steal or buy paint.

It was enough for deputies to serve search warrants. In May, they arrested 10 suspected members of crew FDK, all juveniles, who are believed to have caused an estimated $1.3 million in damages by tagging signs, poles, sidewalks, bridges, buildings and electrical boxes in Lancaster and Palmdale.