​Woman Is Arrested Because of a Facebook Post

You might want to think twice before posting something on Facebook because it can always backfire if any of your followers finds it offensive.

A woman from Chesterfield learned this the hard way. After an online argument which apparently started because she was taken for another, 26-year-old Kristin Holmes took the wrong decision to post a photo of herself holding a gun.

And as if that was not suggestive enough, she also wrote a description saying “I'll post a few actual pics of me, so you know the difference when you come find me,” which was most likely intended for the person who had mistaken her.

This other person seems to have felt threatened by the whole post and decided to report her to the police.

According to NBC12, the woman who had posted the picture along with the threatening caption uploaded it on the spur of the moment, but soon realized that the picture was indeed aggressive and immediately took it off.

How "Facebook thugging" could land you in jail

But it was already too late, the harm was done and now Kristin Holmes faces criminal charges and a sentence of almost a year in jail. All because of a Facebook post.

In an interview with NBC12, Kevin Carroll from the Fraternal Order of Police stated that it was indeed an offense and that it would be treated as such. Now the woman has to face the consequences because whether you say it in public or you use the online environment, “it's a part of the disorderly conduct statute,” Carroll declared.

Holmes, on the other side, does not agree with the charges she is facing. She admits to being in the wrong, but she feels that she was not the only one who had acted in an inappropriate manner. The other people involved in the argument are also to blame.

Now the 26-year-old wants to serve as an example for other users, letting them know that “Facebook thugging is a crime” and that they should pay more attention to what they post online.

And she is right, it’s better to avoid online conflicts because they’re quite unpredictable, and you do not know what bickering could lead to.