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US teen burglar busted on MySpace

A US teenager has been caught when he logged on to his MySpace account after breaking into a house and forgot to log off.

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A US teenager has been caught when he logged on to his MySpace account after breaking into a house and forgot to log off.

Local media say that when police were called to the Florida home after the robbery they discovered the computer was logged into a MySpace account in the name of Robert Rupp.

Police arrested Rupp soon afterwards and he had screwdrivers in his pockets.

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He later admitted to the break-in, saying he did it because it was cold outside.


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