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Facebook Photos Help FBI Solve Bank Robberies

 

DETROIT (AP) - The FBI says a man charged with robbing five Detroit-area banks was caught after investigators matched him to photos on Facebook.

Anthony Wilson was indicted Tuesday, two months after his arrest on a criminal complaint.

Wilson is accused of stealing $6,300 during five bank robberies from October through January.

FBI agent Juan Herrera says a tipster called after seeing bank surveillance photos. The tipster offered Wilson's name, and the FBI found his profile photo on Facebook.

Herrera says there were Facebook photos of the 25-year-old Wilson wearing clothes that were worn during a robbery.

Wilson has been free on bond since his arrest. The Associated Press left a message seeking comment with his attorney Wednesday.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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