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You would think people would know better to showcase their BS for the world to see, but then again…some people don’t think at all smh

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The popular social media site [FaceBook] helped the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office charge a deadbeat dad for failing to pay child support.

23 year old Christopher Robinson is facing three felony counts of failure to support his 3-year-old child, according to a complaint filed with the criminal division of the Wisconsin Circuit Court. The complaint indicates that for three years, Robinson never made any of the required $150 monthly child support payments.

But pictures that Robinson posted to Facebook that show him posing with cash and bottles of liquor helped the district attorney’s office build a case against him. “What we do in these types of cases is we try to find out from other family members whether there is other information we may not be able to know about,” Milwaukee County Chief Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern said.

Although Lovern said he could not talk specifically about Robinson’s ongoing case, he said, “Facebook has become a repository for information that we may not … know about.”

Investigations into Facebook profiles must be initiated by a complaint, Lovern said. When there’s enough evidence to suggest a sufficient level of probable cause, the DA can then ask the court to order Facebook to grant access to a Facebook profile. Investigators can then look for details on whether a person has been misleading about his or her lifestyle, Lovern said. For example, said Lovern, “Someone who claims to not have resources to make their payments, actually does have resources.”

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