The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office recently took to social media in hopes the public could help detectives identify a suspect in a home burglary case in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The thief did his part in outing himself by sending a selfie as he attempted to remove the batteries from a stolen trail cam . . . oops! The Sheriff’s Office didn’t hold back in its social media post sharing the incriminating photo and asking for the public’s help.
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“Folks, we can’t fix stupid, but we can arrest it,” wrote the Sheriff’s Office on Facebook and Instagram. “On 11/26/2024, around 4:00 PM, this genius decided to break into a home on Gilliam Mountain Road in the Edneyville Community. His brilliant move? Stealing a cellular trail camera that snapped his picture while he was taking out the batteries. [. . .] Let’s help him achieve his ultimate goal: a mugshot.”
Police later identified the suspect and posted an update to the original post saying they’d done so.
See the accidental selfie taken by a trail-cam thief here:
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