A bunch of people did some really dumb things on Facebook this year.

In November, a burglar signed into Facebook from a computer inside a home he broke into before sprinting from the scene. Unfortunately, he forgot to logout before he left.

In February, a mom was arrested for posting pictures of her baby and a bong on Facebook.

Tigo Arrington brought attention to himself by posting an implied threat to police on Facebook. When police went to investigate the threat, they found child porn on his computer and he was arrested.

Nikki Rasmussen was arrested for lighting her friend’s house on fire because her friend defriended her on Facebook. A police report says that when an officer asked Nikki Rasmussen about Jen Harris, Rasmussen said “… the two are no longer friends due to a dispute over Facebook. According to Nikki, Jen is angry with her because she ended their friendship on Facebook.”

For about a year and a half, 54-year-old Bettysue Higgins embezzled $166,000 from her job at a law firm. She used most of this money to pay for virtual coins on YoVille and Mafia Wars. In December, she was arraigned in court and faces up to 6 years in prison.

In October, a study came out that found 1 in 5 women would choose Facebook over sex. Cosmo asked 2,000 of their readers “what would you rather live without for one full week: sex or Facebook?”, and 20% responded that they’d take rather have Facebook than sex.

In October, Steve Frank, city commissioner of Covington, Kentucky, threatened to go „Taliban“ on Occupy protesters.

62-year-old Althea Ricketts was charged with aggravated child abuse after she beat her son for having a Facebook page.

Jason Valdez held a woman hostage for 16 hours in a hotel room in Utah and basically live-blogged the entire thing on Facebook.

In May, 7-Eleven was in trouble for mocking Mental Health month with this Facebook status.

In December, a cab driver got revenge on a passenger who didn’t pay and left his phone by updating his Facebook status.

According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Facebook use is now cited in one in five of every U.S. divorce cases.

Tags: 2011, Craziest, Facebook, Stories

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