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Archive for April 2007

April 24th, 2007

3 generations of crime

Crime apparently runs in San Mateo family:
This is one of the more bizarre stores I’ve posted about.
To make a long story short Alyson Grizzel, 39, was arrested for being a craigslist prostitute with a “goth girl” look. Last month police were investigating Grizzel for a stolen car that was allegedly lent to her but […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

April 23rd, 2007

Rush Springs High School threat

MySpace threat leads to increased security at Rush Springs:
A threat against Rush Springs High School in Oklahoma that was posted on MySpace caused the school to have increased police presence today.
Grady County Sheriff Kieren McMullen says a female student discussed wanting to shoot people and when someone responded that she needed a list the girl […]

By Trench -- 2 comments

April 22nd, 2007

Ex-US Weekly editor busted on craigslist

Fmr. US Weekly Editor Tried to Have Sex With Minor:
You just never know what’s lurking in people’s closets.
A former US Weekly editor was sentenced to six years in prison for using the Internet to try to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. Federal prosecutors say Timothy McDarrah responded to an FBI posting on “Craigslist” offering […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 22nd, 2007

Did Cho have a MySpace?

According to this article from Fox News Cho Seung-Hui’s e-mail address was Blazers5505@hotmail.com. When I entered it into the MySpace search feature it comes up saying there is a MySpace profile attributed to that address but does not offer a link to it. I’m guessing it’s been pulled by MySpace.
I didn’t know that anti-social psychotics […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 20th, 2007

Illinois school receives MySpace threat

Unit 5: MySpace threat has been handled:
I sense a recurring theme here.
A student from Normal Community High School in Illinois is in hot water after posting a threat against the school on MySpace.
“Evidence gathered to date suggests that all presently known threats or alleged threats to student or staff safety at NCHS are attributable to […]

By Trench -- 2 comments

April 20th, 2007

MySpace threat causes lockdown at Ala. school

Juvenile’s MySpace post leads to modified lockdown at Hartselle:
A 16-year-old former student of Hartselle High in Alabama was arrested in South Carolina after posting threats against his former high school on MySpace. He’s being charged with making a terroristic threat. He turned himself in to the FBI in South Carolina. The threat was non-specific not […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

April 19th, 2007

Southern Miss student arrested for MySpace threat

USM student arrested for threats on MySpace:
25-year-old Southern Miss student Yuri Wainwright was arrested for posting threats on MySpace. He lists two infamous historical killers, Leopold and Loeb, as his heroes and says that if a movie doesn’t make him horny or homicidal it’s not a good movie. Personally I just think he’s one of […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 19th, 2007

Media slammed by Facebook

Facebook slaps media: Angry at use of massacre victims’ postings:
It seems that Facebook is pissed, and rightly so, at the media for taking the pictures of the Virginia Tech victims that were posted on their Facebooks and using them for their stories.
“We absolutely do not support how the media has been using Facebook in many […]

By Trench -- 3 comments

April 18th, 2007

From the Danger Zone

Murder on MySpace, Redux:
Wired writer and friend of MyCrimeSpace Noah Shachtman has posted a blog entry that in light of the tragedy at Virginia Tech and the outpouring of support for the VT students on MySpace and Facebook revisits a crime where similar messages of support were posted for the victims.
Tags: murder, MySpace, noah-shachtman, wiredShare […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

April 18th, 2007

MySpace increases woman’s sentence

Woman’s MySpace Increases Sentence:
22-year-old Lara Buys was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of DUI and the vehicular manslaughter of her passenger. The prosecution stated that there was a lack of remorse on Ms. Buys’ part since pics were posted on her MySpace of her drinking in bars and having fun. It’s my […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 18th, 2007

Delaware mom finds man in daughter’s bed

Police: Mom Finds Teen In Bed With Man From MySpace:
This is really scary. A mother in Delaware caught 20 year-old Raymond Strong from Port Deposit, MD in bed with her 15-year-old daughter in their house. The two reportedly had consensual sex and voluntarily agreed to meet at the girl’s house for said sex. However, age […]

By Trench -- 3 comments

April 18th, 2007

California drafts pointless legislation

Netting predators:
Add California to the list of states who are drafting meaningless legislation concerning MySpace and sex offenders.
The proposal calls for California to require registered sex offenders to report their e-mail addresses and Internet identities to the state, which would make them available to MySpace and other social networks to block participation.
“It is not […]

By Trench -- 9 comments

April 18th, 2007

On Virginia Tech and social networking

An Outpouring Of Online Grief:
Victims are widely mourned on social-networking sites:
Students Respond to Virginia Tech Shootings on Facebook:
Online memorials help people grieve:
Students trace a tragedy online:
Facebook inundated with prayers, rage over U.S. shooting:
Students Using Facebook to Organize Vigils:
Facebook memorials for Virginia shooting victims:
Tragedy Tests Web 2.0:
Facebook becomes bulletin board for Virginia Tech:
Ross Alameddine Remembered on […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

April 17th, 2007

Ex-Mountie gets one day in jail

Former Mountie cops plea One day in jail for trying to lure underage girls using Internet:
A while ago I posted about former Canadian Mountie Adam Jonathan Clarke. He was arrested for trying to lure teen girls for sex over Nexopia. Last week he plead guilty to two counts of communicating to lure a child under […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 17th, 2007

Pedophile safe haven?

Utah mom warns of pedophiles lurking on MySpace:
A Utah mother has discovered what I’ve known for years, that there are pedophile groups on social networking sites.
A Utah mother checking her MySpace Internet account recently says she made a shocking discovery - an unsolicited posting offering a so-called “safe haven” for pedophiles.
Chellie Ehrhart told KUTV that […]

By Trench -- 2 comments

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