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In the case of Jacksonville, Oregon's Robert Salisbury, whose property was ransacked after a "Free Stuff" free-for-all allegedly sparked by a Craigslist post, the San Francisco-based community website turned over the IP addresses under subpoena. The Jackson County Sheriff's department then tracked the location back to Amber Herbert, who turned over a computer. A hard drive search connected the machine to the post. Herbert has now admitted to stealing saddles from Salisbury with husband Brendon Herbert's help. But another post from the same computer could have been their undoing — and may also play a role in their defense.

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This listing for an abandoned horse is likely the one mentioned in the police report posted by The Smoking Gun. Salisbury, according to reports, was away from home as it was being looted, only returned after a woman called to claim the horse. Now a commenter at the Medford Mail Tribune's website claiming to be Amber Herbert's sister is coming to the suspect's defense, suggesting she was innocently motivated by concern for the horse — not the few hundred dollars the stolen saddles were sold for. With the much feared "griefers" threat now laid to rest, the media can move on and label the suspects "misguided animal rights activists." My money's still on meth.