The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A Missouri State University sophomore was jailed last weekend after he reportedly vandalized 17 cars in the school’s parking lot and then engaged in a ChatGPT session where he allegedly shared the details of the situation, in addition to admitting he was the one who did it.
According to reports, early in the morning on August 28, seventeen vehicles in the MSU freshman parking lot were damaged, and it was presumed that the destruction was caused by an individual. The alleged mass vandalism left some of the vehicles with broken windows, missing rear-view mirrors, dents, and busted windshield wipers. When the authorities became aware of the situation, officers from the Springfield Police Department began investigating.
Video surveillance was collected, and images of the suspect were made public. People claiming they witnessed the incident were interviewed during the months-long investigation, and on September 23, someone reported that they believed they saw a 19-year-old man who fit the description of the perpetrator. The following day, while talking to the suspect’s roommate, he said the man told him he was involved in the incident. On September 29, an officer went to the apartment and spoke to the suspect. It was believed that his shoes were the same ones the person in the surveillance video was wearing, and they were confiscated as potential evidence. His phone was also searched, and the authorities reported that they found a ChatGPT session with the man’s confession to the acts.