U.S. v. Meregildo, No. 11 Cr. 576(WHP) (S.D.N.Y.) (883 F.Supp.2d 523) (August 10, 2012) (Judge William H. III Pauley)
This is another case that shows the dangers of social media; and the Government’s increasing use of social media in criminal prosecutions. Here, after one of the defendants in this case, Melvin Colon, was indicted for multiple, but unspecified, crimes, he moved to suppress evidence seized from his Facebook account ...
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