ScottM - 9:23 pm on Jun 20, 2008 (gmt 0)

the first thing I'd do is an exact phrase search for the person's name in Google. Yup, that's the first thing.

Why didn't I get this fine advice several years ago?

True story:

I hired a guy to work on our "night shift". His supervisor was a female and there were only 5-8 people in the entire plant (40,000 sq/ft) each night. It was a SMALL amount of employees that worked the night shift.

The guy seemed a little "odd", but nothing that raised anyone's suspicions...much. (The truth is...that almost everyone on the night shift seemed a bit "different".)

This guy kept complaining about his teeth...how they hurt...but he would NOT go to a dentist.

He worked the night shift for about 1 1/2 years and then quit to become a dishwasher at a local truck stop.

I think he worked there about 10 months before we heard the news:

He was arrested by the FBI (or some federal agency). He was wanted in Mass. for raping (violently) a little girl. He was so dangerous he was on the Mass. "10 most wanted men" list.

I found this last part out when I typed in (ONLY) his last name into Google. The number one result was the "Mass. 10 most wanted" list...complete with his mug shots.

So...a quick check of his LAST name...would have put him behind bars 2 years earlier. I felt quite bad I didn't even think to do it...

The "dentist" part? He was using his brother's first name and (I think) he apparently knew that his dental records would not match.