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Student Googles Himself, Finds He's Accused of Murder

Posted by samzenpus on from the be-careful-what-you-search-for dept.

University of Florida student Zachary Garcia was more than a little surprised to find out he was wanted for murder after Googling his name. It turns out the police were looking for a different man but had mistakenly used Garcia's photo. From the article: "Investigators originally released a driver's license photo of Zachary Garcia — spelled with an 'A' — but it was Zachery Garcia — spelled with an 'E'— who was charged in connection with the crime."

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  1. Sorry, Mr. Hitlar, by theY4Kman · · Score: 5, Funny

    We were looking for Hitler.

    1. Re:Sorry, Mr. Hitlar, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Have you seen my friend Kyle? He's about this tall...

    2. Re:Sorry, Mr. Hitlar, by WitnessForTheOffense · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It's not my fault that Buttle's heart condition didn't appear on Tuttle's file!"

    3. Re:Sorry, Mr. Hitlar, by craash420 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I am a Floridion you insensitive clod!

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  2. Naked Ladies by nege · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one that noticed "NAKED LADIES" on the news bar to the right of the screen at the start of video? I have the whole internet at my fingertips and I'm thinking "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NAKED LADIES???"

  3. Re:I wonder how many by AK+Marc · · Score: 2, Funny

    And here I imagined him googling "Coward, Anonymous"

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  4. A clever ploy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    -First have an ID made with a minor spelling difference of your name.
    -Commit murder.
    -When the police look for you point out the minor difference and lead them to believe it is a case of stolen identity.
    -Post story to slashdot to make it sound like fact.
    -Profit!

  5. Re:There's a movie for this... by dkleinsc · · Score: 2, Funny

    As stated clearly in Internet Posting Control Commission policy 57Q paragraph 14 subsection xli, in order to claim 'Inbefore' status, you must fill out forms 27B-6, ID10-T, and P3B-C4K in triplicate, and get approvals from the Comment Working Group 2 weeks before you make the comment. Any questions or concerns about this policy should be directed to the Complaints Reporting SubCommittee of the IPCC on the third Thursday of the month.

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  6. Re:I wonder how many by thejuggler · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently I stole Microsoft source code and tried to sell it and got busted back in 2004/2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Genovese

    I am NOT ILLWILL!!

    I am NOT THAT stupid!

  7. Re:I wonder how many by drcheap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Better yet...here is the intersection of This Way & That Way.