MySpace leads police to suspects:
In Tampa police used MySpace to arrest 18-year-olds Vernon J. Hobbs and Aramis S. Edwards for armed robbery.
A tip about the getaway car led detectives to the teens, along with their MySpace.com pages, where investigators found a photo of a mask used in one robbery.
Also on the social networking Web site […]
Myspace-advertised party wrecks family home:
Behold the power of large groups and stupid teens. And why you shouldn’t advertise a party on MySpace. This story comes to us from the U.K.
Up to 200 teenagers from across the country trashed a family house while the parents were away after their daughter advertised the bash on the MySpace […]
Police seek Nexopia robber:
One entrepenurial young man by the name of Benjamin Schneider, aka libenzinno, was using the Canadian teen site Nexopia to befriend girls over the internet. Then he would gain access to their homes and rob them blind.
Police say once he gets inside their homes, he steals credit cards, vehicles and various […]
Thanks to Char at Weary Parent we have another PSA from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about kids posting too much information online.
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The following is a PSA from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about posting too much personal information online.
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MySpace sex offender gets 3½ years in prison:
Another pioneer of the MySpace predators has been sentenced. John Wentworth of Naperville, Illinois was sentenced to only 3 1/2 years behind bars for having sexual contact with an underage teen he met on MySpace. As far as I can tell Wentworth only had internet contact with his […]
Police Bust Brooklyn Park Brothel:
Yesterday I posted about a 17-year-old who was arrested for running a house of prostitution in Illinois. Today I’m posting about 19-year-old Rochelle A. Persaud from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota who was also arrested for running a house of prostitution that advertised on craigslist. The catch with this one is that the […]
Man accused of advertising mentally challenged sister on craigslist for sex:
I wish I was making this one up.
A Las Vegas man is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting his mentally challenged sister and attempting to offer her for sex out on the internet. 34-year-old Rodney Nickerson is being held on $800,000 bail.
According to a police […]
Man sentenced to 10 years for assaulting girl he met on MySpace:
One of the first predators ever mentioned on this site, Stephen Letavec, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for molesting a 14-year-old girl.
To refresh your memory Letavec was a married father of two in his 40’s who traveled from Elrama, Pa. to […]
Court reverses penalty over MySpace post:
This gets complicated so follow closely.
An unknown person created a fake MySpace profile that maligned Greencastle Middle School Principal Shawn Gobert. A teen who is identified as A.B. left an expletive laden comment on said MySpace about the school’s body piercing policy. Apparently Mr. Gobert made a federal case out […]
Oregon police say underage kegger photos were posted on MySpace:
More people who just don’t get it that nothing on the internet is private.
This time a 17-year-old from Myrtle Creek, Oregon posted pictures on his MySpace of the kegger that his parents threw for him on his 17th birthday. In case you were wondering keggers involve […]
Schererville man linked to Craigslist sex ring:
Yesterday I posted about the 17-year-old from Illinois who was arrested for running a house of prostitution. It seems there was a customer arrested too. 48-year-old Gregory Potapczak of Schereville, Indiana drove 45 miles to visit the house of ill repute and was summarily arrested by an undercover officer. […]
Mom Places Ad on MySpace: Kidnap Son for $500:
This is a new one on me. 20-year-old Lisa Gonzales, of Bexar County, Texas, was arrested for placing an ad on MySpace soliciting someone to kidnap her 2-year-old son for $500. Her son lives with his father Venardo Morales. She has another son that lives with her. […]
Sister denies Craigslist Tacoma home hoax:
Speaking of the craigslist Tacoma prank the evictee in the matter, Lisa Scearcy, the sister of the landlord Laurie Raye, says she was not the one who placed the ad in craigslist that said take anything in the house for free.
“I didn’t do it,” Scearcy told The News Tribune […]
Teen charged with offering prostitutes on Craigslist:
In Hillside, Illinois 17-year-old Kimberly Petersen was arrested and charged with running an escort service out of her home that she was advertising on craigslist. To make things even more interesting her mother, Kimberly Miniea, was arrested on similar charges last April but the charge was dropped. Petersen may […]
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