T rider uses Twitter to alert cops to perv

[Ian David]

T rider uses Twitter to alert cops to perv
Tweet tip of the iceberg

A quick-thinking, tech-savvy T rider, sickened by what he believed was a brazen subway perv, broadcast a text alert and the suspect’s photo on Twitter - turning the popular social networking site into a crime-busting tool the transit agency is now embracing.

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Nay Khun, a mild-mannered, 29-year-old Hub legal clerk, was riding home on the Red Line at rush hour Wednesday when he spotted a white, middle-aged, goateed man allegedly exposing and fondling himself.

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So he snapped a cell phone picture of the man, who was wearing a baseball cap, and posted it along with a message on Twitter, a blogging site that limits messages to 140 characters.

“#mbta pervert on 2nd car of red line going to Braintree just passed Charles help me report him in hat,” Khun Tweeted.

More:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100807t_rider_uses_twitter_to_alert_cops_to_perv_tweet_tip_of_the_iceberg/

[Kat45]

1. I just saw that story on the news two seconds ago. Weird.