He committed a crime while wearing a body cam. For his YouTube channel. Got 2 million views. And 2 to 5 years.
A man wears a body camera during a crime. Edits the footage. Posts it to YouTube. Gets 2 million views. Police use the video as evidence. He's sentenced from his own content.
He called it content.
"Day in My Life" series.
Episode 14 was different.
He wore the body camera.
Filmed everything.
Edited it with transitions.
Added background music.
Blurred his face.
Didn't blur the location.
Or the victim's face.
Or the license plate.
Posted it Thursday.
By Saturday: 2 million views.
By Monday: police had the video.
By Wednesday: arrested.
His editor cooperated.
Turned over the raw footage.
Unblurred.
Unedited.
Uncut.
He filmed a crime for YouTube content. Got 2 million views. And a sentence. His editor turned over the raw footage. Unblurred. The most watched evidence package in the detective's career. He wanted views. He got them. From a jury of twelve.