Woman's Laptop, Drunk's Career Saved by Facebook
Carla Pillo Mote, an executive director at a Philadelphia advertising agency, used Facebook-stalking skills to track down the drunk guy who stole her laptop, tax files, and wallet. Too much information is a good thing!
Everything ended happily — including for the drunk guy, a financial planner whose career might have been ruined had Mote pressed charges. AgencySpy has the long, convoluted tale of how Mote and a friend tracked down the thief at his apartment building and witnessed him piss himself as she reclaimed her belongings. It's a story best told in status updates: