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Tattoos as evidence: How the ink on their skin got people arrested for murder, rape, burglary
Tampa Bay Times ^ | September 3, 2012 | Curtis Krueger

Posted on 09/03/2012 8:35:32 PM PDT by EveningStar

ST. PETERSBURG — As the man rushed past the Mariner Car Wash, an employee couldn't help but notice his distinctive forearm tattoo: "Most Wanted."

When police investigating a bank robbery came around a few days later, the worker mentioned the man, confirming DNA evidence police had that tied a man with just such a tattoo to the crime.

(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: crime; evidence; florida; stupidity; tattoos
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1 posted on 09/03/2012 8:35:35 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro

ping


2 posted on 09/03/2012 8:36:19 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Police have been collecting data on arrestees tattoos for decades.

Now they have the computers and communications to crunch the data and share the information quickly.


3 posted on 09/03/2012 8:38:33 PM PDT by lightman (Settling for the "lesser of two..." is still choosing Evil)
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To: lightman

The upside to tattoos is that perps are more easily identified in a police line-up.


4 posted on 09/03/2012 8:40:35 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: EveningStar

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


5 posted on 09/03/2012 8:40:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: EveningStar

One of the reasons I have never had a Tattoo, if I had ever decided to do something nefarious, a tattoo would be a dead giveaway. Just like I would never own a vanity license plate. Just the paranoia in me.


6 posted on 09/03/2012 8:43:18 PM PDT by doc1019 (Given my choices, I will not be voting this time around.)
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To: doc1019

Ah, if you’re average in other ways, it might work out. Me, myself, I’m so physically distinctive, that I could never get away with anything.


7 posted on 09/03/2012 8:47:45 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: EveningStar

I’ve always been astonished at the sheer stupidity of the criminal element, so keen on distinctively ‘branding’ themselves to make identification so laughably easy.

But I hardly understand the appeal of tattoos to begin with. Just yesterday saw some rather raggedy middle-aged gal at a check-out counter with tattoos all up and down her arms. I guess they were tattoos, but they looked more like some child with color magic-markers scribbled all over her arms. It was ghastly-looking.


8 posted on 09/03/2012 8:48:13 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Melas
How distinctive?


9 posted on 09/03/2012 8:50:27 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1323 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: null and void

5’2”, built like tank, dark olive skin, bald, five o’clock shadow from coal black beard at noon, even if I shaved....I’m hard to miss. They could find me without looking at my ink.


10 posted on 09/03/2012 8:55:31 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: EveningStar
I LOVE tattoos !

It makes it easy for me to spot the sleazy people to avoid.

11 posted on 09/03/2012 8:58:17 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: EveningStar
When bystanders saw a man shoot 30-year-old Marquell Burge last year behind the Ninth Street Pool Hall in St. Petersburg, one of them had an easy way to identify the killer. He said "the suspect has a 727 tattoo on the back of his neck, and just shot pool the other day," according to a police report.
Hey. Lots of guys of "727" tattoo'd on the backs of their necks.
12 posted on 09/03/2012 9:01:07 PM PDT by samtheman (Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
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To: Melas

5’2”? You’re easy to overlook...


13 posted on 09/03/2012 9:02:07 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1323 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: EveningStar
When police investigating a bank robbery came around a few days later, the worker mentioned the man, confirming DNA evidence police had that tied a man with just such a tattoo to the crime.

Doesn't this mean they had already tied the DNA evidence to a suspect, without the tattoo witness speaking up?

14 posted on 09/03/2012 9:08:20 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: EveningStar

I’ve said this ever since tattoos became a fad. If you commit crimes, you better not wear tattoos, particularly if you are a rapist. The woman is going to see them, she’s going to remember them and then you’re doing 30 in the can.


15 posted on 09/03/2012 9:16:09 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: EveningStar

“Dunce Decorations” (male) and “Tramp Stamps” (female) have to rate right up there with the most stupid ideas ever conceived by humans — right below body piercings...


16 posted on 09/03/2012 9:17:00 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Melas

17 posted on 09/03/2012 9:17:09 PM PDT by green pastures (Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: EveningStar; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
The secret, which has served me well (Har! Har! You'll never catch me, coppers!) is to have a standard run of the mill tatt!


18 posted on 09/03/2012 9:23:00 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: greene66
My 29 year old daughter who is very responsible in most ways has a lot of tattoos all over her body. It was the influence of one of her boyfriends. As you say they look just plain stupid looking. She has a good job and is finishing her bachelor’s degree in accounting. The tattoos almost kept her from getting her most recent job.
19 posted on 09/03/2012 9:24:14 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: green pastures

Das me!!!


20 posted on 09/03/2012 9:26:32 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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