February 19th, 2007
I appreciate that some of you are sending me the MySpaces of known sex offenders. I appreciate that your concerned about sex offenders living in your area. However I am not going to post those MySpaces. I will only post those MySpaces for criminals who are being actively arrested. The reason I don’t post them […]
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February 16th, 2007
Teen arrested over MySpace threats:
A 14-year-old student of River Forest Junior High School in Indiana was arrested for threatening another student via MySpace.
Chief Mike Stills said the boy admitted sending the messages, which said he was going to bring a knife to school and cut the victim’s throat, as well as hurt her family and […]
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February 16th, 2007
13 Year-Old Arrested for Alleged Myspace Threat:
A 13-year-old from Jonesboro, Arkansas, of all places, has been arrested for posting a threat against a school on MySpace. He was conversing with another teen on MySpace claiming what he would do in school. The teen told their parent who in turn told law enforcement. When Jonesboro police […]
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February 14th, 2007
Suit against Myspace dismissed by judge in Texas:
Hallelujah. For once common sense has prevailed. The $30M lawsuit filed against MySpace by the parents of children who were molested by MySpace users has been dismissed.
U.S. district judge Sam Sparks ruled that MySpace, owned by media giant News Corp., should not be held responsible for what happened. […]
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February 14th, 2007
Lawsuits Filed After Students Create Fake MySpace Page About Assistant Principal:
Back in September I posted about Assistant Principal Anna Draker of Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas. She sued not only the students bit also the parents of the students who made a fake MySpace of her. According to the first article the MySpace […]
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February 14th, 2007
Brawl at Woodland Mall linked to gang killing:
The mainly British social site Bebo has been linked to a gang fight and stabbing that happened over the weekend in Michigan in retaliation for a gang killing.
Animosity between rival Grand Rapids gangs from a Nov. 12 roller rink shooting that killed a teenager may have been behind […]
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February 14th, 2007
Alleged accomplice arrested in Camano Island crime spree:
There has recently been a string of burglaries on Camano Island in Washington state. The suspects have been breaking into svereal homes and in some instances have been living there. They have been stealing items such as TV’s but have also been stealing computers and using the information […]
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February 13th, 2007
Rap on MySpace gets four teens suspended from school:
This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about a homemade rap song on MySpace getting kids in trouble. As a matter of fact I think it’s at least the third. This time it’s from Loveland High School in Colorado. Four students were suspended after posting a violent […]
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February 13th, 2007
Illicit Pictures of Liverpool Students on MySpace Page:
In Liverpool New York someone created a MySpace called “Liverpool High School Hotties” that shows over 120 students, according to the article, wearing practically nothing.
We showed the page to Superintendent Jan Matousek.
“We’ve done a lot in this district to talk about internet safety, and here were quite […]
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February 13th, 2007
Victim instrumental in solving horn heist:
The black market otherwise known as craigslist strikes again. Six students of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) had their musical instruments stolen. Sure enough, one of the victim’s recognized her stoled instrument on craigslist. The student worked with police. Police met the seller. Seller, one Nicholas Barton, was […]
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February 13th, 2007
Attorney General Pushes For Internet Safeguards:
I thought that my state of residence would have a little more sense but that’s what I get for thinking. Add North Carolina to the list of states who are jumping on the blame MySpace Boogeyman bandwagon. Attorney General Roy Cooper has called on sites like MySpace to install age […]
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February 13th, 2007
11 Ontario students suspended for ‘cyber-bullying’:
11 students from Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School in the Toronto area have been suspended after after posting disparaging comments about their principal on Facebook.
Bruce Campbell, a spokesman for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, told CBC Radio on Monday that the comments posted on Facebook were demeaning to […]
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February 13th, 2007
This has nothing to do with MySpace or anything like that. However, it’s important enough to go off topic for just a minute. The sketch at left (click for larger image) is a suspected serial rapist from Northern California. A rather vicious bastard at that. Crime Scene Blog has all the information you need. Take […]
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February 12th, 2007
Accused Online Prostitute in Court:
That stunning diva at left is one 46-year-old Ann Schrader. She’s a Milwaukee craigslist prostitute. She was in court recently to plead not guilty to prostitution charges.
Schrader has served time in the past for prostitution and drugs but claimed she turned her life around. She even started her own ministry […]
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February 12th, 2007
Sketch released of man wanted in elaborate Craigslist scam:
King County, Washington sheriff’s detectives are on the lookout for the gentleman at left. He is wanted in connection with renting properties through craigslist that didn’t belong to him.
In October last year Sean Stewart went to check on one of his rental properties and found a couple […]
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