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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. Re:He will have a hard time geting a job now by dwinks616 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or maybe they realized with spelling as bad as yours, you likely didn't make it past 3rd grade.

  2. Re:(Semi)-Common name FTW by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Stories like this make me glad I have a fairly common name that is shared with multiple famous people, including a former NFL player, a dead rapper and a famous architect."

    I'm just glad the rapper is dead.

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