This is pretty dumb. But also, how crazy is it that jails still use technology this old . . .
A county jail in Tupelo, Mississippi got a FAX this month that said one of its inmates was up for release. That’s how they normally do it, so the fax itself wasn’t weird.
But they did notice a few “irregularities” with the request. So they called the courthouse it came from to make sure it was legit.
The people at the courthouse didn’t know what they were talking about, because they didn’t send it. So the cops did some digging, and realized who did.
They figured out that the number the fax came from had been “spoofed,” so it LOOKED like it came from the court. But it actually came from . . . the inmate’s GIRLFRIEND.
28-year-old Stephanie House was arrested on Thursday and confessed to sending the fake fax to get her boyfriend out of jail. She’s facing fraud charges, and they also found drug paraphernalia. So they tacked on a charge for that too.
(Here’s her mugshot.)
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