Don't you just hate it when an unflattering photo of you ends up online? So does Monica Hargrove, and she did what any of us might do: The 34-year-old called the person who had posted the offending image and asked that it be taken down.

Don�t you just hate it when an unflattering photo of you ends up online?

So does Monica Hargrove, and she did what any of us might do: The 34-year-old called the person who had posted the offending image and asked that it be taken down.

But the person tagging her on Facebook wasn�t a friend. It was the Columbus police, who had a warrant for her arrest on an aggravated-robbery charge.

The division�s public-information team posted Hargrove�s mug shot on Sept. 10 on its Facebook page with a description of the charge: On Aug. 30, police said, she gave a friend a ride to a pharmacy to pick up a prescription and then robbed the friend.

Hargrove called police and said she wanted her picture taken off the page. The detective said sure, just come on down to headquarters. She did and was promptly locked up.

She since has been indicted on robbery, aggravated-robbery and kidnapping charges.

In the end, though, she did get her way: Her photo is gone from the Police Division�s Facebook page.

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The American Bar Association has given lawyers the OK to Google the names of both potential jurors and those who are selected to sit on a case. So, if they want, attorneys in a criminal or civil case can look for jurors� latest rants shared on Facebook, memes posted on Tumblr, selfies uploaded to Instagram or recipes pinned to Pinterest.

It�s not clear how many lawyers will take the association up on this. There�s just not much time to be Facebook-stalking potential jurors during voir dire, Columbus defense attorney Martin Midian said.

Typically, attorneys see jury questionnaires, with names and addresses, only as the potential jurors are filing into the courtroom.

�We might be allowed to do that,� Midian said, �but the opportunity, in reality, to do that doesn�t really exist.�

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As most judges do these days, Franklin County Municipal Judge James E. Green gives a regular spiel to remind his courtroom that cellphones should be silenced, lest they be confiscated by the court.

�I am looking for an iPhone 6,� he added during a morning in Courtroom 4C last week, �so if you have one, please leave it on. I can always get the manual and wall charger from you later.�

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