You're driving toward an intersection and the stop sign you expect will protect you is missing. That's why the discovery of dozens of stolen road signs raises concern. It wasn't hard for authorities to find them.

Passenger 18-year-old Bryce Hekerdly was killed and driver 18-year-old Jacob Hansen was charged with motor vehicle homicide. Two friends that an alcohol-related crash separated forever.

Now Hansen faces a charge for an unrelated crime that a relative of the victim uncovered. Photos on Hansen’s Facebook site showed numerous stolen street and warning signs that led to a charge of misdemeanor possession of stolen property.

“It's amazing,” says Omaha City Prosecutor Marty Conboy. “It certainly makes police work a lot easier when you can find evidence posted by the suspect."

The victim's relative, who lives near Norfolk, tells Six On Your Side he'd been viewing the Hansen's Facebook site for signs of remorse and instead found signs of theft.

These signs go beyond stolen property. How many roads were left unsafe because the signs were missing? “Clearly there's a safety concern when a bridge out or stop sign or speed limit sign is involved," says Conboy. "You have to be careful, this is more than just a piece of public property. There's a reason it's there.”

The Facebook headline claimed, “I steal signs when I'm drunk,” but displaying the evidence on the Internet was the wrong way to go.

Before police could seize the signs, the suspect or a relative turned them over to Omaha Public Works.

There are 45 signs in all, about 25 of them came from Omaha streets. The rest from towns or counties in northeast Nebraska. All have been recycled.

Channel 6 News tried to contact Hansen for comment, but he has not returned calls.