Fingerprints and Pictures.........

[ozman]

I have a question,has anybody heard of someone getting busted because of fingerprints on a online picture post,ie,such as in forums?
Would that evidence hold up for a search warrant?
I dont have a clue thats why I am asking.Cant find any info or im searching the wrong terms.
Makes a person wonder at least me any ways........

 

[Mrs.Babba]

I would think they would need more evidence then that, but thats just my 2 cents.

 

[mowood3479]

not that ive heard of..

 

[justanotherbozo]

why not just be sure you don't post pictures of your fingerprints?

bozo

 

[vertigo0007]

I swear theres a thread somewhere about i guy getting busted because his pics showed an inspection sticker on his hvac system. There was an ident number of some sort on the sticker and with a simple phone call to the hvac inspection company leo got his address. It may not have been this site, but i definitely read it somewhere. If i wasn't posting from a phone id look it up for you.

 

[WelderDan]

I'd be far more worried about imbedded info on pictures taken with smart phones and newer wifi enabled cameras.

Unless your finger prints are already on file somewhere, I don't see it as much of an issue unless you are already under investigation, in which case it's probably the least of your worries.

 

[huligun]

Pictures are not a crime, not evidence. You have to have something in your possession for it to be an actual crime.

Pictures could be used as probable cause to get a warrant, but a picture of something happening is not a crime.

 

[vertigo0007]

Pictures are not a crime, not evidence. You have to have something in your possession for it to be an actual crime.

Pictures could be used as probable cause to get a warrant, but a picture of something happening is not a crime.

Really? Then whats the point of surveillance photos and videos? Photos of you committing a crime, such as growing in a non med state, can absolutely get you in trouble.

 

[noyd666]

I have a question,has anybody heard of someone getting busted because of fingerprints on a online picture post,ie,such as in forums?
Would that evidence hold up for a search warrant?
I dont have a clue thats why I am asking.Cant find any info or im searching the wrong terms.
Makes a person wonder at least me any ways........

welll not a fingerprint but know of one small tattoo on arm showing holding a very nice chronic bud lol, taken of photo on computer, shown in big blown up pics in court. keep out of photos.lol.

 

[huligun]

Really? Then whats the point of surveillance photos and videos? Photos of you committing a crime, such as growing in a non med state, can absolutely get you in trouble.

Well then you should have no problem posting a link of a man in prison because of a photograph?


Photography is used by law enforcement to investigate someone and develop probable cause. Nobody that I ever heard of is in jail for a picture in any kind of crime.

 

[Bobbles]

There was an article not too long ago where someone post their grow on Twitter and cops used that to bust the person... Article on google somewhere I am sure.

For sure cops/dea use sites like these to bust people, why wouldn't they? They aren't stupid.

I personally just dont care anymore... A government that tortures people has a problem with people growing plants. Right.....

 

[huligun]

You can only use photographs as probable cause to get a warrant. You cannot test if a plant is real and so on in a photograph.

Sure, you do not want to give the police enough information in a photo to use to gather evidence against you, but the photograph alone is not enough to put you in jail.

 

[vertigo0007]

Well then you should have no problem posting a link of a man in prison because of a photograph?


Photography is used by law enforcement to investigate someone and develop probable cause. Nobody that I ever heard of is in jail for a picture in any kind of crime.

You do realize you've contradicted yourself, don't you? 1st you claim pictures aren't evidence, then you say pics are used to investigate.

"Nobody that i know of"? Seriously? Well that must be some awesome networking to know about every case on earth. Cmon man, just admit you're wrong.

 

[vertigo0007]

Pk perfect example. A guy from yourube that went by the name i grow topshelfmedical, posted videos of the 100s of plants that were growing in his back yard, in california, illegally. Well guess what? Leo caught wind of the video and watched it, subsequently busting him.

Hahahha. Just google youtube grower busted. You're wrong.

Hey post pics of your grow with your name attached to it, since you're so confident.

 

[Friend]

Still frame from a surveillance video of you robbing a bank with your face plainly visible = evidence

Picture you posted of a hand holding a bud with no indication of who/where/when = not evidence

 

[ozman]

Still frame from a surveillance video of you robbing a bank with your face plainly visible = evidence

Picture you posted of a hand holding a bud with no indication of who/where/when = not evidence

So Friend,
if what I am reading with your statement here is fingerprints visible in a picture on a marijuana forum can not be used as evidence?Well I dunno about that.I thought fingerprints where reliable evidence?If they find fingerprints on a gun used in a homicide I believe they would arrest the person whos prints matched that was on the gun.......
after that then its just a matter of making the case fit the evidence then off the defendant goes to jail.All because of fingerprints.

 

[kmk420kali]

So Friend,
if what I am reading with your statement here is fingerprints visible in a picture on a marijuana forum can not be used as evidence?Well I dunno about that.I thought fingerprints where reliable evidence?If they find fingerprints on a gun used in a homicide I believe they would arrest the person whos prints matched that was on the gun.......
after that then its just a matter of making the case fit the evidence then off the defendant goes to jail.All because of fingerprints.

Fingerprints on the gun prove you held the gun, but does not in of itself prove you shot it during the commission of said crime.
The same goes for weed they might be able to get an arrest warrant for simple possession, but without further proof, cant prove you grew it. But that is a lot of work and man hours, to scour forums for a fingerprint to get a possession charge.

 

[Friend]

^^^ exactly, even if some hardass detective cop somewhere put in the time and effort to pull a viable fingerprint from a picture of somebody's hand, the chances of them being able to match it to something in their database has to be negligibly low. a photo of a fingerprint just isn't going to incriminate you, or hold up in court, like an actual print on a physical object would.

 

[Scottish Research]

No, but I have heard of a kid getting busted by incriminating himself, posting photos on a forum like icmag; but he was online with local friends, and they turned him in.

R.Fortune