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Police Use Lyft As 'Trojan Horse' To Capture Suspect In Murder of Tech CEO (myajc.com)
McGruber writes: On Friday, June 23, 2017, three men broke into the home of Albert Eugene DeMagnus, the CEO of Computer Management Services. The men stabbed DeMangus, who was pronounced dead after he had been taken to a hospital. Police officers chased two of the suspects as they fled in DeMangus' gray Lexus. The Lexus crashed and the two men ran away into the woods. Police then set up a perimeter with road checkpoints. Soon, a Lyft driver approached a checkpoint and told police she was picking up a passenger nearby. "This may be one of our suspects trying to leave the scene," Fayette County, Georgia Sheriff Barry Babb thought of the person being picked up. So Babb and three officers got into his car, which happened to be identical to the Lyft driver's. They got the location of the suspect from the Lyft driver and simply drove to the suspect, posing as his ride. "The subject walked all the way up, was about to open the door and get in our vehicle, when we exited and identified ourself," said Sheriff Babb. The suspect fled and got about 100 yards into the woods before being taken into custody. "That was something that was unique for us," Babb said, "a first time for us."
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Idiot, if you bothered to RTFA they didn't take the lift drivers car. One of the cops had an identical car and they used that.
Hey dumbass, you didn't even have to read the article. The summery even said the police had an identical car (what are the odds?).
So Babb and three officers got into his car, which happened to be identical to the Lyft driver's.
The officer drove his own car -- according to TFS
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"Hey we need to get out of here without being seen"
"I know, let's summon a car with a giant pink mustache!".
Maybe they were just upset at Ubers recent scandals. It's nice that todays murderers are so socially aware.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Stupid risky operation.
Lyfted his ass right into a patrol car! LOL! Oh my god, PLEASE, show this shit on cops! :-P
Clearly the car wasn't used as a trojan horse, but as a mouse trap.
Zero score in reading comprehension for you... guess you have a minimum wage job since you can't read at a grade two level. Plus, they refer to the drive as "she" so unless you are one of those gender dyslexic millennials you'll know the drive was female. Ask your mother if it's too late for her to consider aborting you.
I give the police a well done for coming up with that trick, but then why did they identify themselves at a moment the guy could still run away?
And you must be unemployed since you fell for an obvious troll and you pointed out something people had already pointed out. You made no contribution.
The (female) driver did the most responsible thing both for herself and the society, but there will be idiots — not sure, whether the Anonymous above is one of them, or is sarcastic — who will call for boycotting Lyft for such cooperation with law-enforcement.
Because police are bad and we'd be better off without them, or something...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
fuck lyft with their uptight background checks and undercover cops
Running 100 yards is quite an achievement, good work boys.
when will we have to present our papers while traveling within our own country?
or has that already happened with the Stasi ..?
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but the driver may for gotten 0 stars will lyft wipe that out?
This can't be true.
Where was the backdoor to encryption installed and used ?
We all know criminals can't possibly be caught without being able to browse through someones phone.
There were how many houses in the area ?, how many of their computers were hacked into, how many web cams were compromised ?
See, the true facts are missing, I call this BS.
Maybe 20-30 years ago cops could have done this, but they did not have access to modern technology or techniques...sloppy...just sloppy
First calling a car sharing service was bad enough but then when the car arrives with three extra people in it the last thing you do is go and walk up to it.
Idiot, if you bothered to RTFA they didn't take the lift drivers car. One of the cops had an identical car and they used that.
Hey fuck face, nobody said that. What about the Lyft driver losing his fare??
I guess everyone needs to enjoy their work, but the tone of this story seems a bit jolly, all things considered.
First of all, great coincidence that the cop happened to have the same kind of car, but how does the person waiting know what kind of car it is? Is that something done on the app? Ok, fair enough.
But if they drove a different car, wouldn't the person waiting know from their app about how many minutes away the person is? Wouldn't it be weird that the car pulls up while being 10 minutes away and counting?
Also, the 2 theives were going to get into a car with 3 people in it (presumably with obvious defensive gear on, if not uniformed), until they announced as police?
Yeah. It did not go down like any of that. I'd be surprised if the people they caught are even the right people.
You notice that there were no details on the Lyft driver or what type of car the Lyft driver and the officer were using? It's just a cover story for using a Stingray to intercept the suspects Lyft request, which was then acknowledged using the NSA's UnterDrop ride sharing exploit.
/my submission captcha is drunkard... now I'm really getting spooked.
if you bothered to RTFA
Out of curiosity, what site do you think you're on here?
I'm pretty sure that not picking up a murder suspect, having the police potentially consider you an accessory, not to mention subjecting yourself to being the victim in a potential hostage situation...would be a worthy fare and tip enough... ...but that's just me
Hey limp dick, why you moving your goal posts?
They got their own horse.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Might I take the opportunity to point out that you can be reeeeeally smart and still not smart enough to own a gun "just in case." You know, just in case someone breaks in and stabs you.
so, are the police asking Google for before, during and after data to prove the case?
Not exactly Continuum, is it?
Southern Sheriffs earn their reputation for being corrupt thugs, but I don't know if Babb is one of those or not.
Shitcock
https://xkcd.com/325/
Hey fuck face, nobody said that. What about the Lyft driver losing his fare??
And the driver is a she. RTFA!
You didn't spell 'summary' correctly.