FBI calls popular new Web site for kids ‘evil’:
It seems that the FBI has the same opinion of Stickam that I do.
“I describe this as an evil page,” said FBI Special Agent Jane Brillhart, “The total webcam thing out there is just evil waiting to happen.”
According to law enforcement agents, webcam chats between strangers can […]
MySpace friendship leads to charges:
Another short and vague article…
STURGIS — A 21-year-old Sturgis man who befriended a teen through an online social networking Web site faces multiple criminal sexual conduct charges, the Sturgis Police Department reported.
Authorities arrested Lee Alexander Webb on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigating an allegation that a friendship that began […]
Officer involved in country singer’s arrest fired:
One of the Lexington, Kentucky police officers involved with the infamous (at least on this site) MySpace scandal has been fired from his position. However it wasn’t just for his MySpace.
The officer who arrested country singer John Michael Montgomery on a drunken-driving charge was fired Wednesday amid continued fallout […]
Punta Gorda police use MySpace for drug bust:
Our favorite Florida police department has struck again. This time the Punta Gorda P.D. picked up five suspects on a MySpace drug bust sting.
The initial suspect, Robert James Alden, 21, was arrested in the sting. In turn he rolled over on four more additional suspects, Thomas Fiorelli, […]
MySpace.com Fight Video Mom Gets Jail Time:
Syreeta Fuller, aka the MySpace Fight Mom, has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for charges connected with a fight in Fresno, California in which her daughter beat another girl as Ms. Fuller cheered her on. The fight was recorded and later posted on MySpace. After she serves […]
Police Arrest H.S. Sophomore Over Bogus MySpace Page:
A 15-year-old from Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas was arrested after posting a fake MySpace of one of his teachers. He used his science teacher’s yearbook photo and then posted derogatory comments about the teacher. The police didn’t think it was that funny.
When Mesquite police notified MySpace […]
Live, Streaming Website Poses Online Dangers:
Back when I first posted about Stickam I had the feeling that it’s unmonitored webcam chats would make MySpace look like an ice cream social. Unfortunately it seems I was right…
If you haven’t heard of Stickam, chances are, your kids have. It’s another social networking site, much like MySpace, Friendster […]
Officer: Parents must protect kids from online predators :
Do you really need to hold a seminar to teach common sense? Apparently this police officer felt that he had to. And I guess that some parents really need to hear it from someone in authority before they believe it.
Before running them through an explicit, alarming two-hour […]
Bill limits Web sites at schools, libraries:
An Illinois state senator, Sen. Matt Murphy (R-Palatine), is trying to introduce legislation that would ban sites like MySpace from state schools and libraries. Haven’t we heard this before? First off like I’ve said many times before schools already ban MySpace. We don’t need a law for this. […]
Prostitutes Using Craigslist To Solicit For Sex:
This is just another local news article about prostitutes using craigslist to advertise. Once again Craig himself deflects the blame.
CBS13 went straight to the source in San Francisco to find out why you can find sex for sale, right next to an easy bake oven in Sacramento.
Pallas: Clearly prostitution […]
4 Florida Teens Arrested in Death of Boy Found in Trash Bin:
14-year-old Rod K. Williams of Miami was killed when he was playing with a gun and the gun went off and killed Williams when his friends tried to take it away from him. At least that’s what his “friends” say. Quintin A. Barnett, 15, […]
Son Attacked; Video Appears On Internet:
The father of a 16-year-old boy from Albany, Oregon found that a video of his son being beaten has been posted on MySpace. He’s been to the authorities but he says they haven’t been much help. He plans on pressing charges against his son’s assailants.
This seems to be an […]
Man jailed after nude photo is put on MySpace:
This is one for the ages.
It seems that 19-year-old Anthony Daniel Rich Jr. of Bradenton, Florida was “experimenting” with his underage girlfriend and took a nude photo of her last year. As with most teenage relationships it didn’t last. A spurned Rich gained access to his […]
Man Allegedly Kidnaps Girl Met On MySpace:
A very short and vague article. So here it is.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A young girl’s call to her mother may have been the key move that saved her life.
Police in Tallahassee said that a 29-year-old man kidnapped a 13-year-old girl he met on the Web site MySpace, WESH 2 […]
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