February 17th, 2008
Police arrest SWIC student who threatened to shoot others on campus:
A day after the slaughter at NIU a student of Southwestern Illinois College was arrested for making threats against other students.
21-year-old Steven E. Ellis of Warrensburg, Illinois was arrested Fridqay after attempting to recruit another student in a plot to attack the school.
Nothing […]
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February 17th, 2008
‘Young cousins’ latest Bridgend suicides
The Welsh town of Brigend has been experiencing a rash of suicides by young people in recent weeks. Two more of its young citizens have taken their life. This time a 15-year-old boy and in a separate incident his 20-year-old female cousin.
Some media in the U.K. have tried to connect […]
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February 16th, 2008
MySpace pot busts rolling along in Punta Gorda:
MCS’s favorite police department has done it again.
For you newcomers the Punta Gorda, Florida Police Department is famous around these parts for using MySpace to bust drug dealers and users.
This time it’s 24-year-old Joshua Vuolo. The Punta Gorda PD may have been tipped off to […]
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February 16th, 2008
Charges: Man had sex with girl after meeting on MySpace:
That’s 34-year-old David Nack of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. He’s been charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2005. Wisconsin’s age of consent is 18.
According to the Wisconsin Dells Police Department, the girl said she met Nack after he replied to her profile on MySpace […]
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February 15th, 2008
Staten Island teen will face charges in MySpace case:
You would think that this would be common sense but obviously it isn’t. When a restraining order has been issued against you and you’re not supposed to contact the victim in any way, that includes MySpace. So says New York judge Matthew A. Sciarrino.
16-year-old Melissa Fernino was […]
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February 14th, 2008
Arrest Made in Alleged MySpace Sex Abuse:
23-year-old Anthony McGrew has been arrested for sexually abusing two underage girls, one of which he met on MySpace.
The Story County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Anthony McGrew of Melbourne met one of the girls on MySpace.
They met in person two weeks later. That’s when authorities say McGrew sexually abused […]
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February 14th, 2008
Underwood defense asks to strike death penalty option:
The defense for would be cannibal Kevin Ray Underwood are trying to get the death penalty taken off the table because of press leaks.
Underwood’s defense attorney, L. Wayne Woodyard, appearing in Cleveland County District Court, argued Wednesday that too much information about the case has been leaked […]
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February 13th, 2008
Student convicted for MySpace post:
24-year-old Steven Voneida of Harrisburg, PA was convicted of posting threats against Penn State-Harrisburg on his MySpace.
Voneida made posts on his MySpace praising the Virginia Tech gunman and threatening the campus…
A poem entitled “the Ballad of Cho Seung-hui” about Seung-Hui Cho — the shooter who killed 32 people and then […]
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February 13th, 2008
Surrey police warn parents about internet luring:
The RCMP in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada have arrested an 18-year-old on suspicion of an alleged sexual assault. His victim is said to be a 12-year-old girl that he met over the Canadian social site Nexopia.
No further details have been released.
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February 12th, 2008
In celebration of the upcoming holiday, the b5media Lifestyles Channel participated in their own little carnival, hearts and flowers, hugs and kisses…
Because of nasty weather and the horrible flu bug going around and the recent server outage, some of the channel wasn’t able to participate. But when it comes to something like Valentine’s Day, […]
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February 12th, 2008
Cross seeks new Internet safety laws to shield kids:
State legislators in Illinois are trying to pass a law that would require sites like MySpace and Facebook to get written parental permission before kids would be allowed on the site.
This may be the stupidest proposed legislation yet.
Is the state going to verify each and […]
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February 11th, 2008
My not so safe space, still?:
This is a great artilce from the Philadelphia Inquirer about how MySpace’s ‘pact’ with the Attorneys General is pretty much useless. Who says so? Why Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett says so.
That’s because the safety barriers it prescribes depend largely on MySpace subscribers’ truthfully reporting their ages when creating online […]
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February 9th, 2008
Judge: MySpace charges stand:
A Pennsylvania Judge refused to dismiss charges against Kevin Andrew Burd. Burd is accused of setting up a racist MySpace under another teen’s name.
Burd has been charged with identity theft, reckless endangerment, harassment and disorderly conduct, and for being an all around assclown. Ok, I made that last part up.
Burd is […]
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February 8th, 2008
Facebook Site Prompts Sexual Assault Charges At College:
Every time I make a post about Facebook vigilantism I hear the song “Ghost Riders in The Sky” by The Outlaws in my head.
Anyway Facebook Vigilantes have struck again. This time the vigilantism has crept over our northern border and is now taking place in the good […]
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February 7th, 2008
No that’s not some form of sci-fi weapon. It’s this guy from Corvallis, Oregon. This 26-year-old male was arrested for threatening to ‘pull a Columbine’ on his community college. I posted about it at my blog about school violence TheTrenchcoat Chronicles. At that post our good friend Pat from Belchspeak was kind enough to provide […]
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