Springfield (MO) man arrested after posting Facebook video about how to remove an ankle monitor

[Eugene]

Source: Springfield News-Leader

Springfield man arrested after posting Facebook video about how to remove an ankle monitor

Giacomo Bologna, Springfield News-Leader Published 10:30 p.m. CT Oct. 7, 2018

A Springfield man is in jail after authorities say he filmed himself using a butter knife and a screwdriver to remove an ankle monitor — then posted the video to Facebook.

The July video referenced by investigators is still posted on what appears to be the Facebook page of Dustin W. Burns, 33.

Court records show Burns pleaded guilty to violating a restraining order earlier this year and was placed on probation.

"This is how you take an ankle bracelet off," says a voice in the video, "without breaking the circuit."

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The man advises viewers to remove the ankle monitor without damaging it, thus avoiding thousands of dollars in fines.

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Read more: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/08/springfield-man-removes-ankle-monitor-facebook-video/1519768002/

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1. Yep

Sounds like Springfield. I haven't lived there in a long time but looks like things haven't changed.

[The Genealogist]

2. I live there now, and they haven't n/t

[JDC]

3. MO is the inbred 1st cousin of FL

I kid fellow MO and FL DUers.

[denbot]

4. I like stopping at Springfield

Mostly for the Breweries. Mothers, Lost Signal, Springfield Brew Co. There is supposed to be another one called White Water, or White Rapids, but that will have to wait for the next time I shut down there.