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FBI tie up cop car-BQer by tracing tats, T-shirt to Etsy
 [NYPost] Federal Sherlocks in Philadelphia used twee shopping site Etsy and a host of social media platforms, including Instagram and Vimeo, to nab a massage therapist accused of torching a cop car, according to a federal complaint.The suspect, 33-year-old Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal, was identified by FBI agents who examined footage of a May 30 George Floyd protest and noticed her distinct forearm tattoo and a political T-shirt she was wearing when she allegedly set the police cruiser ablaze. The T-shirt — which had the phrase "Keep the Im The Sherlocks noticed a review on the page written by a username they later determined was linked to someone named Lore-Elisabeth in Philadelphia, according to the complaint. They then searched the name on LinkedIn, which turned up a hit for a woman employed as a massage therapist in the city. On the company’s website, videos show a woman giving massages with a peace-sign forearm tattoo that matched Blumenthal’s. I shouldn’t feel at all comfortable afterward, knowing that my gentle spirited, loving massage therapist had a firebombing fetish and was likely to out me for something I’d said. The website listed a phone number for Blumenthal, which federal authorities used to track down her address in the Germantown section of the city.
Her lawyer told the newspaper he would be questioning the investigative tactics as part of her defense. Related: Philadelphia: 2020-06-09 Democrat Cities: Fourth-World Scourges Philadelphia: 2020-06-08 Marches Show Changed Suburbs Philadelphia: 2020-06-08 Philadelphia Inquirer top editor forced to resign after publishing piece with Buildings Matter headline. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-19 |
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