Police: Facebook ties couple to crime, arrested on Valentine's Day

  • Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:00 a.m.
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It’s probably not the best idea to post your crime to Facebook — unless you’re begging to get caught.
A College Station couple were arrested on Valentine’s Day on charges of criminal mischief causing damage of just over $1,500, a state jail felony punishable by two years in prison.
Bryan police said they responded to the 2800 block of Oakside Drive around 11:30 p.m. Jan. 30 for a criminal mischief report. A witness told police she saw a woman throw a rock at a Jeep Wrangler, breaking its window, according to police reports. The vehicle’s owner believed the description of the person sounded like his ex-girlfriend, Gina Noel Wilfong, police said.
Two days later, officers were called to the same location for another criminal mischief report. The vehicle’s owner reported he heard a loud sound and stepped outside to see Wilfong, 21, leaving the area in a car, police said. The man then noticed more damage to his Jeep, reports state. Its back window was broken, a seat cover was torn and the paint had been chipped, reports state.
The man told police Wilfong was in a relationship with Joseph Woods Smith, 20, and the pair had bragged about damaging his Jeep on Facebook, according to police reports.
The couple damaged the Jeep owner’s vehicle again on Feb. 13, reports state.
Police said they found the conversation between Wilfong and Smith on the social media site. Wilfong, who goes by Lily Anderson, wrote on Facebook that she was angry that her ex talked bad about her online, and so she smashed the glass on his new Jeep, reports state. Smith replied to her post that “breaking glass is awesome stress reliever,” according to police reports.
Wilfong told police she’d been forced to marry her ex-boyfriend and they’d just divorced, according to police reports. Police said the Jeep’s owner got a divorce in October, but not from Wilfong. The man told police he dated Wilfong for two weeks before kicking her out of his house, reports state.
The Jeep had more than $1,700 worth of damage, police said. Wilfong and Smith remained in the Brazos County Jail on Wednesday, each without bail.

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