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Archive for May 2007

May 19th, 2007

More craigslist prostitution busts

Suspect charged with offering sex for a fee: (Brockton, Mass.)
4 charged in prostitution sting: (Buffalo, NY)
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May 19th, 2007

John Gaumer gets life

MySpace killer gets life in prison:
I originally posted about John Gaumer here. Gaumer was convicted in the brutal rape and murder of Josie Brown. Allow me to quote from the original post.
Poised and polite throughout the lengthy recorded interview, Gaumer described to the detectives how he groped Brown’s naked body and rammed a stick into […]

By Trench -- 13 comments

May 17th, 2007

Charges dropped against Mesa cop

Officer won’t be prosecuted in sex case:
A while ago I posted about former Mesa, Arizona police officer Jeff Beaulieu who was in trouble for not only retaining the services of craigslist prostitute but also helping her place the ad on craigslist. Well, all the criminal charges have been dropped. Which for us is not fun.
However, […]

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May 17th, 2007

Craigslist house hoaxer arrested

Woman charged after Craigslist posting resulted in a house stripped:
Do you remember the story about the Tacoma house that was placed on craigslist with the ad that said you can remove anything you want? Originally they thought the landlord’s sister, who was recently evicted from the premises, was the one who took out the ad. […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

May 16th, 2007

Not for the faint of heart

Man charged with burning baby in microwave in Galveston:
Yeah, it’s going to be one of those stories.
Tipster Shyloh brings us this story about one 19-year-old Joshua Royce Mauldin. He’s accused of one of the most unspeakable acts I’ve ever written about in my 7 years of crime writing. He allegedly burned his two month old […]

By Trench -- 13 comments

May 16th, 2007

MySpace refuses AGs’ requests

MySpace won’t release list of sex offenders to states:
In a follow up to my post about 8 attorney generals who have demanded that MySpace give up all their information about sex offenders using their site, MySpace has flatly denied the request.
MySpace’s chief security officer said the company regularly discloses information to law enforcement officials but […]

By Trench -- 7 comments

May 15th, 2007

Coroner sued over death scene pics on MySpace

Pa. Coroner Sued Over MySpace Death-Scene Photos:
Northampton County, Pa. Deputy Coroner Donald DeReamus is being sued by the father of a suicide victim after the death scene photos were posted on DeReamus’ son’s MySpace.
Ryan DeReamus posted the pictures of the death scene on his MySpace with the caption ”There is no better way to […]

By Trench -- 2 comments

May 15th, 2007

Satanists deface church

Four MySpace Profilers Charged in Satanic Hate Crime:
Four self proclaimed satanists have been arrested in New York for vandalizing a Baptist Church. Danielle Wilbur, John and William Santiorello, and Dan Trassers were all charged with aggravated harassment and hate crime charges for the defacing the church. According to the article they sprypainted their MySpace names […]

By Trench -- 5 comments

May 14th, 2007

AG’s pressure MySpace for info

8 States Seek Sex Offender Data From MySpace:
Attorney General’s from eight states, including North Carolina’s Roy Cooper and Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal, sent what I’m sure is a strongly worded letter to MySpace demanding they turn over sex offender information.
In a letter, the attorneys general asked MySpace to provide information on how many registered sex offenders […]

By Trench -- 5 comments

May 14th, 2007

No Facebook suicide pact

No student death list: Cops:
Not so long ago I posted about a rumored suicide pact on Facebook involving St. Joan of Arc Catholic school in the greater Toronto area. Two students committed suicide exactly two weeks from each other. At that time it was rumored that there was some kind of suicide pact on Facebook […]

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May 14th, 2007

Craigslist Bandit convicted on separate charges

Ex-football player guilty here, faces more charges:
Ellis T. Jones III is a recurring character here at MCS. He’s the former San Jose State football player and the infamous “Craigslist Bandit”. He basically invented the craigslist scam of robbing people who think they are buying something from somebody on craigslist.
He’s back in the news for being […]

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May 14th, 2007

We get letters

I received another comment again from someone calling themselves Bert. Different Bert this time. Anyway it was in reference to my post about a threat on MySpace towards Edison Junior High in Pekin, Illinois. The kid who made the threat was mostly threatening himself but he had pictures of the Columbine killers on his MySpace.
Here’s […]

By Trench -- 5 comments

May 13th, 2007

Reality Check Cleveland

Myspace page warns teens about abusive relationships:
The Domestic Violence Center and the Rape Crisis Center, both of Cleveland, Ohio, have teamed up to start a MySpace page to warn teens about domestic violence and abusive relationships.
It’s called Reality Check Cleveland and it provides tips to teens on what they can do if they’re trapped in […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

May 13th, 2007

Petaluma threat a hoax

Petaluma Police Working With Federal Authorities On MySpace Death Threats:
The other day I posted about threats made to Petaluma High in California through hacked MySpace accounts of Petaluma students. It turns out that the suspect is a 17-year-old that was in New York state at the time of the threats. He claims it was a […]

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May 13th, 2007

Georgia vandals arrested through MySpace

MySpace leads to vandalism arrests:
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Four people have been arrested in connection with vandalism at downtown’s Miller Theater.
Dominick Watterson and William Pasquale face felony burglary charges for painting symbols and messages on the inside walls.
They’re still looking for more than a dozen others who were also there, caught on surveillance video.
Deputies say two of them […]

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