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Social Media Post Prompts Robbery

Police lightsSocial media posts may have prompted three men to rob a northeast Philadelphia home.  Detectives say three men wearing ski masks armed with pistols kicked in the door of a residence demanding jewelry and other valuables from the 19-year old resident.  Authorities said the robbers had seen recent social media postings from a resident that he had recently inherited expensive jewelry. 

See Associated Press, Pa. Home Robbed After Man Posts on Social Media About Inheritance, Penn Live, Feb. 8, 2015.