January 30th, 2007
Blaming MySpace won’t solve sex-offender issues:
The collegiate defense of MySpace concerning the lawsuit against them continues. This time from the U. of Iowa. It’s really starting to give me faith in our college system and that not all college students are class dodging stoners.
Of the social networking websites out there, such as Facebook, Xanga, and […]
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January 29th, 2007
Ted Stevens Returns, Wants to Ban Kids from MySpace:
Just when it seemed that DOPA was dead here comes Senator Ted Stevens. Yes that Ted Stevens. The one with the tubes and the dumptruck. Except his is called the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. As far as sites like MySpace go Senator Stevens’ bill […]
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January 29th, 2007
Sister Finds Brother’s Body Using ‘My Space’ Website:
This is another story where MySpace was used for good even though it doesn’t have a happy ending.
When Angelika Taylor’s brother, Gregory Harper, 25, disappeared she posted a plea on her MySpace for any information regarding her brother’s disappearances. Only hours after the post she received a phone […]
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January 29th, 2007
K brings us two more from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that can be MySpace.
First up is Julius McKinzie of Decatur, Georgia. Mr. McKinzie pulled a gun and fired off a shot in a Pittsburgh road rage incident.
Then there’s Allen Edward Pople of western Pennsylvania. He was caught with a machete in […]
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January 29th, 2007
MySpace donates sex offender database to center:
MySpace and background verification company Sentinel Tech Holdings will be giving a national database of sex offenders to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This smells like a PR move on behalf of MySpace in the wake of the lawsuits being filed against them. But if any […]
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January 29th, 2007
Thugs beat up rector’s son then glorify it in rap song:
Before you even read any of measly words click on the article link just to see the picture. I’ll wait…ok you’re back. Were you horrified? You should be.
Anyway the man in question in the picture is 17-year-old Willem Haymaker from England. He’s the son of […]
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January 29th, 2007
Taped beatings a ‘new trend’:
This is an article about how videotaped assaults are becoming the new trend on the internet. Specifically a beating of 12-year-old Florida girl.
The girl was assaulted last December when she went to talk to another girl about a disagreement they were having over a boy. When the girl got to the […]
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January 29th, 2007
Local man arrested in sex sting:
John H Schulthess III of Springfield, Mass. was arrested for trying to solicit sex for money from a male UMass student. Of course since we’re talking about it here you know that Mr. Schulthess placed an ad on craigslist. Who responded to the ad? Why a UMPD detective of course. […]
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January 29th, 2007
Super Bowl Ticket Scalpers Move To Cyberspace:
This is just a small article about how tickets for the Super Bowl in Miami are going to be sold on craigslist. It doesn’t mention any crimes in the article. However in the week leading up to the super bowl I predict that we will hear of craigslist scams […]
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January 28th, 2007
In case you haven’t heard by now I’ve started yet another blog. I think that it fits in with the natural progression of the blogs I’ve started. First there was school shootings which led into blogging about crimes related to social networking sites. So now I’ve started a blog that takes a pro-gamer look at […]
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January 27th, 2007
Police Use MySpace Page To Track, Arrest Suspected Drug Dealer:
20-year-old Michael Wayne Pilkerton of Suffolk, Virginia used his brother’s MySpace to brag about their rather large marijuana crop. It didn’t take long for police to find out and they used an informant to make three buys from Pilkerton. Pilkerton is facing felony drug distribution charges. […]
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January 27th, 2007
State Senator Takes on MySpace:
Georgia state senator Cecil Staton has a bill before the state legislator that would require kids to get parents permission before signing up for sites like MySpace and Facebook. Great idea in theory but how does he think that should be implemented? He has no idea.
Staton wasn’t quite clear on how […]
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January 27th, 2007
Arizona Police Seek Suspect in Sexual Assault, Kidnap of 6-Year-old Girl:
That seriously scary looking dude pictured at left is George Horner. He’s a registered sex offender with the state of Louisiana who has been arrested in the abduction and sexual assasult of a 6-year-old Arizona girl. After the girl was reported missing and an […]
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January 27th, 2007
Zachary police book woman suspected in cyberstalking:
An Alabama woman by the name of Wendy Cashman was arrested for sending false court documents and electronic messages making threats to a woman in Zachary, La. She had been sending threatening e-mails and text messages to the Louisiana woman over some kind of dispute. She also sent fake […]
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January 27th, 2007
Driver accused of sex with Ryle student:
A Kentucky bus driver has been arrested on charges of having sex with a 16-year-old girl. 40-year-old Andrew Grabow was charged with eight counts of use of a minor in a sexual performance. The school that Grabow works for was tipped off after receiving several anonymous complaints. Grabow is […]
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