Woman Tracks Down Club Attacker on Facebook
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: woman, nightclub, attack, facebook, police | Themes: The Internet, Business
Woman hit in the face with pint glass. Facebook delivers justice.
Facebook is one of the most convenient ways for people to stalk each other without the other party's knowledge of such activity. But did you also know that it can be a valuable do-it-yourself crime fighting tool?
Jennifer Wilson, 20, used Facebook to track down her attacker after she had a pint glass rammed into her face by Ashleigh Holliman, 22, in an unprovoked nightclub attack, reported the Telegraph.
Bouncers at the nightclub were unable to identify and detain Holliman. Police who were reviewing the CCTV records said that the video wasn't clear and that the evidence had already been cleared off from the dance floor by staff.
Wilson then took matters into her own hands by crawling through Facebook, looking at friends of friends, until she found a photograph of her attacker, Holliman.
Wilson was also able to find Holliman's address, but when police arrived at Holliman's door to find that she wasn't home, Wilson was able to further uncover Holliman's place of work. Police then arrested Holliman at work the next day.
Holliman admitted to her crime and was sentenced to 120 hours of community service.
''In the end I had to do the police's job for them and track this girl down on Facebook," said Wilson. ''This girl had just been glaring at me all night long and then all of a sudden I was dancing with friends and she slammed the glass into my face.
''She managed to escape but I recognised one of her friends and decided to try and track her down because I didn't deserve what she did to me.''
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It had better have been an empty glass! Club beer is expensive!
That's why I don't have a Facebook account, when I commit a crime, I don't want people tracking me down... hold on, got a knock at the door.
Shit, it's the FBI. gtg
Wow, good job.
Well there goes my pint smacking in the face spree I was thinking about going on.
It had better have been an empty glass! Club beer is expensive!
No excuse for alcohol abuse. Like you said club beer is expensive. So kids if your ever at a club and want to a bottle or glass to someone's face. Please finish the drink first
it was an "unprovoked" attack? Yea right. If someone you don't know blindsides you with a glass to the face, you're not going to be able to recognize them from facebook pictures.
Were they dancing to smashmouth? Because if they were it would be ironic...
The next generation of pick-up lines.
Well done! and Holliman should be locked up for a month at least
Well done! and Holliman should be locked up for a month at least
It says in the article that all she got was some community work hours.
To tester24 wrong use for the word Irony, Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to say. For example someone not wanting to work on the weekend and having to work on the weekend would be Ironic.
and to 08nwsula some people can pick people out of a large group of people when they really don't know the person or have seen the person, but as the article says she noticed the woman glaring at her all night so I would assume that she was looking at the person and if it was me I would remember what someone looked liked if they where glaring at me for extended periods of time.
Now the girl should have gotten more than community service at least a month in jail or have to go to a therapist as that girl has to have some issues if she attacks people for no reason.
If she was in someones friends of friends network, it's almost certain they share some distant friendships, which may say that Holliman is jealous of some kind of relationship the other was holding? It would explain an unprovoked attack like that.
And this is news why?
Facebook is one of the most convenient ways for people to stalk each other without the other party's knowledge of such activity.
I thought you had to friend someone to view any information. Has this changed? I have some people I need to e-stalk.
...I mean, no, no I don't. Away with you, officer! Nothing to see here, move along!
To tester24 wrong use for the word Irony, Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to say. For example someone not wanting to work on the weekend and having to work on the weekend would be Ironic.
+2 to internet/English awesomeness! Get a life...
This girl should have definitely gotten more punishment than just some community service. Attacking someone, regardless of provocation, is a serious thing. It could have resulted in a more serious injury.
Ha, this girl gets 120 hours of community service for PHYSICALLY attacking someone, and that kid who did a DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology got 1 year in prison. Somehow, something seems wrong...
The only thing that explains this attack it simply alcohol.
Alcohol has as a chief side effect increased violent tendencies.
too bad Holliman wasn't smoking some weed the assault might have been a hug.
*DDoS attack on the Church of Scientology's website, that is...
Do it the classy way. Hit with a sampaign bottle in the face.
Seriously though. Good for her traching that bi**h down.120 hours is really nothing eitherway.
To tester24 wrong use for the word Irony, Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to say. For example someone not wanting to work on the weekend and having to work on the weekend would be Ironic.
So do you have a better word to describe it? Sure, you went on dictionary.com, and even used half of the example they use. But if that's not ironic, what is it? A clever coincidence? Maybe I'm not an english major, but the point is that I am PRETTY SURE everyone else understood what the dude was conveying when he said listening to smashmouth would be ironic. I guess you get a +1 for missing his point completely/and or trying to be an internet smart ass.
shoulda had someone post a comment " on phone with fatchick, Where my IHOP?" as an alibi
The article highlights the use of public space to track someone down, she was right, ig you have ever heard that you know everyone in the world by a 6th person in your circle of friends including Osama Bim Ladan I guess, laughing, stupid moron got caught, not much of a sentance, but better than nothing, she should get a wiskey bottle and return the favour. Please use a mask, camera everywhere, and tell her I said hello, laughing. stiches required, 120 hours community service for you to, you can start now.
wow, no one commented on the fact that this was rather easily solved, but the police weren't able to do it. Even the chick had to find out where Holliman worked for the police to go pick her up.
Probably the same cops that were playing Wii during the drug raid.
Kavik said:
Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to say
No, Kavik, that would be sarcasm. I guess the kids who learned the meaning of irony from Alanis Morissette's lyrics have come of age.
wow, no one commented on the fact that this was rather easily solved, but the police weren't able to do it. Even the chick had to find out where Holliman worked for the police to go pick her up.Probably the same cops that were playing Wii during the drug raid.
Well, only the victim knew what the perpetrator looked like. The footage from the club was low quality and the glass with fingerprints had already been swept up and tossed.
You can't really fault the cops on this one. Fault this girl's friends for just going along with it and charge them as accomplices.
Also, 120 hours of community service isn't getting off too easy (granted it's nowhere near the 1 year sentence on Mr. DDoS, who was actually doing the public a favor).
Kavik said:Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to sayNo, Kavik, that would be sarcasm. I guess the kids who learned the meaning of irony from Alanis Morissette's lyrics have come of age.
Actually, Jim, sarcasm is a harsher form of irony.
The internet is a tool, similar to your brain, which you have failed to utilize today.
If only Alanis Morissette was smart enough to use that in her lyrics, eh?
it was an "unprovoked" attack? Yea right. If someone you don't know blindsides you with a glass to the face, you're not going to be able to recognize them from facebook pictures.
she said the attacker was starring her down all night and she also recognized the attacker's friend, then tracked the friend until she saw the attacker in facebook. did you even read past the headline?
120 hours of community service?
WTF? A glass pushed into your face is potentially life-threatening. Broken glass can be just as dangerous as a knife. I am shocked that she got off so lightly!
To tester24 wrong use for the word Irony, Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to say. For example someone not wanting to work on the weekend and having to work on the weekend would be Ironic.
ENGLISH, MOTHERF*%$#R DO YOU SPEAK IT? Obviously not.
Social networks are stupid now. I remember reading about how angry people were when they couldn't obsessive-compulsively check their facebook accounts every 5 mins when the site when down...lmfao.
I will admit, it was ok for when I was a freshman in college and it was "light"; not overloaded with ads, bloatware-apps, and spy-news that displays every fucking move I make...no thanks.
So do you have a better word to describe it? ... I am PRETTY SURE everyone else understood what the dude was conveying.
The word for which you are looking is "coincidence". "Your illiteracy is so damn sexy, and I'll bet you're wearing some of that awesome Axe, too!" is irony.
Except at McDonalds, language skills will play a large role in the determination of your place in society. And imagine all the jokes you won't get!
To tester24 wrong use for the word Irony, Irony is used when someone wants to convey something totally opposite of that they really would like to say. For example someone not wanting to work on the weekend and having to work on the weekend would be Ironic.and to 08nwsula some people can pick people out of a large group of people when they really don't know the person or have seen the person, but as the article says she noticed the woman glaring at her all night so I would assume that she was looking at the person and if it was me I would remember what someone looked liked if they where glaring at me for extended periods of time.Now the girl should have gotten more than community service at least a month in jail or have to go to a therapist as that girl has to have some issues if she attacks people for no reason.
Sorry maybe poetic would be funnier?