July 14th, 2007
Lowlife faces future without Facebook:
22-year-old Adam Hart of UMass Amherst was banned from Facebook by a judge. On Facebook Hart met Osamah Abdallah, a Muslim at the University of Chicago. Hart, apparently not being a friend of the Muslim community, falsely reported Abdallah to authorities claiming that Abdallah was plotting to blow up the Sears […]
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July 14th, 2007
Seven men arrested in Twiggs County child Internet sting:
Seven men from Twiggs County, Georgia have been arrested in an internet child predator sting.
Deputies teamed up with a group called Perverted Justice, whose workers posed as 13- and 14-year-old girls on Web sites such as Yahoo.com and Myspace.com. The men, ages 24 to 64, live in […]
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July 14th, 2007
Voyeurs ‘R Us: What parents need to know about Stickam:
This is a great article from Amy Tiemann at Wired about every parent’s worst nightmare on the internet, Stickam.
Common sense tells most parents that the whole idea of live video chats involving minors is a ridiculously risky business to start out with. As Stickam’s corporate […]
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July 14th, 2007
Teen charged with running prostitution ring of high schoolers:
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal authorities are investigating a 19-year-old Eagan, Minn. woman suspected of operating a prostitution ring of high school students through the motel where she worked.
Justine Alex Reisdorf was charged last month in a federal criminal complaint with recruiting minors for prostitution after some teenage girls […]
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July 12th, 2007
Defendant’s Father Punches Reporter:
The saga of alleged serial predator Scott Shefelbine took a bizarre twist today. After his bail was revoked his father, David Shefelbine, punched out a reporter…a female reporter.
VERNON - After his son was jailed today, David Shefelbine punched a television reporter in the face outside Superior Court in Rockville.
Erin Cox, from WTNH […]
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July 12th, 2007
Magnolia man arrested for allegedly killing his mom:
20-year-old Michael Dugan Todd has been arrested in the death of his mother.
Judy McCrary, 54, of the 31100 block of Golden Rod, died from a stab wound to the chest, deputies reported. McCrary’s son, Michael Dugan Todd, 20, was found hiding in a vehicle in the driveway of […]
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July 12th, 2007
That’s the quote from Judge Stanley T. Fuger Jr. when he ordered the bail of Scott Shefelbine revoked.
In his ruling, which came at noon, Fuger said he found the parents’ testimony not believable. The judge said he believed Shefelbine and his parents fabricated evidence and conspired to lie in order to keep him out of […]
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July 12th, 2007
This story gets more bizarre with each passing day.
Yesterday the mother of Scott Shefelbine testified in her son’s bail revocation hearing. Her alibi for her son was that he was at church and not trying to molest a 14-year-old girl. Was church really the best thing she could come up with?
Scott D. Shefelbine was not […]
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July 11th, 2007
Ex-worker says teen website has ties to big porn enterprise:
Have you heard the latest? It seems that the unmonitored cam to cam site Stickam is run by a huge porn operation. Or so says an ex-Stickam executive.
On its website and in press reports, Stickam says it is owned by Advanced Video Communications, or AVC, a […]
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July 11th, 2007
Prosecutors Want Shefelbine’s Bond Revoked:
Just a quick update on Scott Shefelbine’s bail revocation hearing. No decision was made yesterday but one is expected today.
But let’s throw some weaselly lawyer in for good measure.
The most recent victim said she met Shefelbine online and they met in West Hartford Center. After that, she said he went to […]
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July 11th, 2007
Son of imprisoned polygamist sent to jail:
Apparently the “tendencies of the father were passed on to the son.
19-year-old William Green was sentenced to 180 days for having sex with a 13-year-old girl that he met on MySpace.
Green’s father, Tom Green, is an infamous Utah polygamist who was convicted in 2001 for having sex with…anyone care […]
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July 10th, 2007
State Wants Sex Suspect Jailed:
Today a hearing was scheduled to see if the most infamous MySpace predator, at least on this site, Scott Shefelbine would have his bail revoked. You know since he’s been arrested on the same child sex charges multiple times and been bailed out by his parents every time. I haven’t heard […]
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July 9th, 2007
A Year After Ashton Glover’s Death, Two Neighbors Face October Murder Trail:
A lot of people have been asking me lately if I’ve heard about a trial date for Sean Brown and Matt McCombs. They’re the alleged killers of Ashton Glover. They were friends of Ashton who shot her in the head out of “morbid curiosity”. […]
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July 7th, 2007
N.J. MISS IN A FIX OVER HER PICS:
Miss New Jersey, Amy Polumbo, is fighting back against unknown persons who are trying to blackmail her over some pics from her private Facebook.
Polumbo, a blond beauty from Howell who won her crown last month on a campaign to protect children from In ternet predators, vowed to fight […]
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July 7th, 2007
Pittsburg police look for robbers who lured through cyber ad:
Like I needed to give you another reason not to do business on craigslist.
PITTSBURG — In a disturbing new trend of cyber crime, Pittsburg police are looking for two robbers who lured victims Tuesday evening to an apartment complex with a Craigslist classified ad.
Two San Jose […]
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