July 21st, 2006
Ohio Mother Accused Of Setting Fatal Fire Made MySpace Plea:
WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio — A woman accused of setting a fire last week that killed her two children made a plea for help through her Web log in the days before the fire, according to newspaper reports.
Two days before the fire, Heather Silverman posted a message […]
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July 20th, 2006
Police Arrest Neighbor in Connection With Death of Soldier’s Family in Seattle:
KIRKLAND, Wash. � A fire that destroyed the house of a soldier serving in Iraq was set to cover up the stabbing deaths of his wife, two sons and sister-in-law, police said. A neighbor was jailed on suspicion of homicide.
Police did not say […]
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July 20th, 2006
Authorities investigating attempted MySpace �menage a trois�:
The Sheboygan County Sheriff�s Department is investigating a report that a 14-year-old Oostburg girl was solicited to be part of a �menage a trois� on the social networking Web site MySpace.com, according to Capt. Dave Adams.
The girl�s father called the sheriff�s department Wednesday night after her mother communicated […]
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July 20th, 2006
Ad on MySpace Infects Users With Spyware:
According to Internet security firm iDefense, a banner advertisement that appeared on MySpace.com infected millions of visitors to the site with spyware. Once loaded onto the user’s PC, the adware tracks his or her Internet usage and causes the infected system to be flooded with pop-up ads.
Millions of […]
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July 20th, 2006
Ashton Glover Killed for Morbid Curiosity?:
This is another great article from the fine folks at Crime Library. Check out the details of Ashton Glover’s murder by Matt McCombs…
SUGAR LAND, Tx. (Crime Library) — Matthew McCombs, 18, Ashton Glover’s former classmate told police that he and neighbor Sean Brown, also 18, went riding with Sugar Land, […]
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July 19th, 2006
Teens arrested in Colorado:
Two teenagers who fled to Colorado after the weekend slaying of a Grain Valley woman were taken into custody Tuesday near Denver.
Both were being held on warrants for suspicion of homicide, said Lisa Stigall, public information officer for the Wheat Ridge, Colo., Police Department. Denver police previously had identified the teens as […]
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July 19th, 2006
Life Support: Dads make MySpace way uncool:
Are you an uncool parent and you want your kids to stop using MySpace? Take a page out of this guy’s book and bring it down from the inside…
As all adults know, teenagers are alien creatures bent on world domination. Sure, we still adore them, with their toothy, Richie […]
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July 17th, 2006
MySpace Faces Age-Old Web Problem:
The issue of age verification for MySpace is making the rounds again…
With heightened concerns over sexual predators lurking at so-called social-networking sites, state attorneys general have called for such communities, particularly MySpace, to improve age and identity checks. If only it were so easy, experts say.
News Corp.’s MySpace has met with […]
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July 17th, 2006
Sheriff: ‘Morbid Curiosity’ Given As Motive For Killing Teen:
I’ve been blogging about various crimes for 6 years now. I’ve become almost detached from my emotions when writing about these stories. Until I read this article. I almost flung my laptop across the room. I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I have a (step)daughter her […]
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July 17th, 2006
7-year term jolts a tearful Rogers:
Everyone’s favorite statutory rapist is going to do time in the pokey…
McMINNVILLE, Tenn. � Near the end of the 59-minute probation violation hearing, convicted sexual offender Pamela Rogers rose to address the judge who would send her to jail for more than seven years.
“I’m sorry,” she began.
The tears fell first […]
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July 17th, 2006
Glover Murder Suspect Admits Part In Killing; Pistol Found At His Home:
Just a brief update…
Matthew McCombs, one of two suspects in the murder of Sugar Land teenager Ashton Glover, has given detectives a �self-implicating statement,� Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright said Monday morning.
Investigators also have discovered a pistol at McCombs� home in Sugar Land, […]
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July 17th, 2006
MySpace users pics hijacked:
Another reason not to post your actual pictures or give out your actual info…
It takes just two clicks.
“My body”
To hijack someone’s photograph…
“My pictures my friends”
Meaning a devious web master can quickly become your impostor.
“I never thought it would happen to an average normal girl like me.”
Katie got […]
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July 17th, 2006
Myspace Hack spreading like wildfire: SPAIRLKAIFS:
News on the latest MySpace attack and what you can do about it…
Well, well. Somebody has managed to hack Myspace.com with a flash based redirect that exploits what is apparently a gaping wide hole in the Myspace code. If you are signed into Myspace, and you go to a friends […]
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July 17th, 2006
Police: Teen admits being involved in Sugar Land murder:
One of Ashton Glover’s killers has confessed…
RICHMOND–One of the teens charged in the slaying of Ashton Glover has given police a statement admitting his involvement in the killing, Fort Bend County officials said today.
Investigators were preparing to bring Matthew R. McCombs, 18, from the St. Clair County […]
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July 15th, 2006
Newland charged with Jamie Drake’s murder:
Kevin Newland has been officially charged in the murder of Jamie Lynn Drake…
SPOKANE — Kevin Newland was charged in Spokane Superior Court Thursday for the murder of 19-year-old Jamie Lynn Drake. It’s a case where prosecutors are now alleging that robbery was the primary motive in the young woman’s murder.
New […]
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