Social networking puts staff at risk of Mafia extortion, warns ex-FBI agent:
As if you needed yet another reason not to post your personal info on MySpace or Facebook.
Former FBI Agent Joe Pistone told Computer Weekly that the Russian and Italian mobs are using the personal information they glom off of social networking sites to either [...]
Mom hopes MySpace can find killers:
Jennifer Riddle of Torrance, California has set up a MySpace in hopes of finding the killers of her son.
19-year-old Tyce Riddle was shot and killed on July 1st by unknown assailants. 50-year-old Jamie Aguallo Sr. was also shot and killed and his son, 18-year-old Jamie Ray, was shot and [...]
Police say teen plotted to kill mom for breast implants:
18-year-old Nikita Lee Weis of Fountain, Colorado was arrested for plotting to have his mother killed. His motive was that he would take her money then get breast implants for his girlfriend Sophia Nicole Alsept.
Aslept and two men that Weis hired, Juan Antonio Velez Gonzalez, [...]
Child porn luring man gets jail time:
I originally posted about Ian Stuart Johnson here. Back in January Johnson, of Calgary, pleaded guilty to child porn charges and trying to lure underage girls over the Canadian social site Nexopia.
He was sentenced to time behind bars yesterday but only for 15 months. No offense to my Canadian [...]
She Even Told Her Hairdresser:
Lori Drew was so pleased with her little scheme against 13-year-old Megan Meier that she bragged about it to not only her hairdresser but to other acquaintances as well. Until Megan killed herself over it then Drew tried to cover up any connection to the scheme.
Court papers which The Smoking [...]
Finnish gunman’s video puts YouTube policies back in spotlight:
Last year after the shootings at Jokela High School in Finland I called on YouTube to revise its policy about videos such as the ones that Pekka-Eric Auvinen posted prior to the shootings. Of course the Google owned company didn’t heed my words. Why would they? I’m [...]
MySpace Helps Catch Suspected Monkey Thief:
19-year-old Steven Labore was arrested for stealing two monkeys from a Pennsylvania wildlife compound. Police were able to identify him through his MySpace page. Labore and cohort Michael Naylor broke into the compound because they thought marijuana was being grown in the compound’s greenhouse.
For your lack of obvious smarts and [...]
2 NM hospital workers fired for taking photos:
Two employees of University of New Mexico Hospital were fired for taking close up pictures of injuries that came in through the ER then posting them to their MySpaces.
The MySpaces were private but that didn’t stop someone from tipping off the hospital.
The article says that law enforcement was [...]
Man Charged With Soliciting Teen For Sex:
40-year-old Charles R. Mowder of Midlothian, Illinois was arrested for trying to solicit sex from a 16-year-old girl. Illinois’ age of consent is 17.
A woman, who I assume was the girl’s guardian, found the e-mails that Mowder was sending to the girl and notified police. Police in turn searched [...]
Cops post own MySpace page to help deter sexual predators:
You can add the Salt Lake City police to the ever growing list of police departments who are adding their presence to MySpace.
As with most police departments they’re hoping that area kids will add them as their friends and that their presence will discourage sexual predators.
It [...]
Officials link photo, crosses:
In Meggett, SC three kids were arrested for cross burning. If I have to explain why that’s a big deal you need to crawl back under the rock you came out of. Anyway the three suspects are Chance Jones, 19, Joseph Wayne Chaplin, 18, and Nicholas George Jellyman, 17.
Jones’ MySpace contained the [...]
MySpace images put Pine Grove chief in bad light:
The chief of police in Pine Grove, PA is in a little hot water because of his MySpace. It seems that Joshua N. Reager posted pictures of what the article calls “nude and seminude women” on his MySpace. The MySpace also linked to the website of his [...]
Woman in MySpace Suicide Case Moving Away From Neighborhood:
Poor Lori Drew. When she’s not busy kicking puppies, tearing the wings off of butterflies and making 13-year-old girls commit suicide she has to find a new home. The Drews have decided to leave their Dardenne Prairie, Mo. home for parts unknown. Isn’t that where all the [...]
Former student gets maximum sentence:
I originally posted about Steven Voneida here. He was a student of Penn State University at Harrisburg and was convicted back in February of posting threats on his MySpace against the school. The threats referenced Virginia Tech and claimed ‘They got what they deserved.’ It also contained a poem called ‘the [...]
On Students, MySpace and the First Amendment:
Here’s another story where rather than punishing their kid decided to file a lawsuit.
A 12-year-old girl from a Pennsylvania school made a fake profile of Principal James S. McGonigle. The profile said that his interests included hitting on students and parents called him a pedophile among other things. The [...]
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