Back in 2009, a boy was suspected of murdering another 16 year old girl by shooting her with a rifle in a group confrontation. However authorities couldn’t arrest the boy on suspicion alone, so in order to warrant an arrest, the police needed to link the boy to the murder. Recently, they enlisted the help of his uncle who agreed to turn in his nephew to get his drink and driving charges dropped. In an unlikely sting operation setup by police and the uncle of a suspected murderer, the cops managed to use a bugged Xbox game to convict the 16-year old boy of murder.
They set up a bugged Xbox game in the uncle’s house where he and the boy spent a few hours playing Guitar Hero on the Xbox. After they were done playing with the game, the youth then recounted his experience of the shooting, which was recorded by the bugged game in the uncle’s house. This gave the authorities enough evidence to arrest the boy who is now on trial. And that’s how you use a video game to catch a criminal.