Anyone can become a detective using facebook and google.

As the title says,

News on the police using Facebook as evidence

Taken from the 'News article link above',

"A check for his name through the social networking search engine did not provide any match."

Try google next time.

His fan pages includes a company's name which was noticed by others. Hrmmm could be his workplace.

The video link below shows how to access his 'Profile' since he had changed his name

Video of "Detective work" using facebook+google (not my video)

Above video is the screenshot taken of the supposed/suspected "extremist" responsible/who helped with one (or more) of the attempted arson of the 8 churches. To those that don't understand, the video shows that the name of the offender when searched in facebook can no longer be found. But by using google and inputting the name, his profile can again be found (he changed his name).

Now the person in the video is linking the names from the conversation to his friends list. Offender's name found along with accomplices name.

Note to self : Be careful what you post online. Everyone can see it. You can't erase it. You can't hide. It can be used against you....

PS : This reminds me of the SouthPark episode where 'terrorists' was found/investigated using these social websites (MySpace, AskJeeves, Google, MapQuest... etc). What I thought was a joke is becoming a reality.