May 1st, 2008
Police: Fayette mom on MySpace when tot fell from window:
24-year-old Amanada Lee Palo of Uniontown, PA has been charged with reckless endangerment after her 3-year-old daughter fell from a second story window. It’s alleged that Ms. Palo was too engrossed in MySpace to keep an eye on her daughter.
The girl fractured her skull and […]
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May 1st, 2008
After Myspace argument, Tulsa teen stabbed:
Two teenage girls from Tulsa were arguing over a boy on MySpace. They agreed to meet in public to fight. The 15-year-old girl slapped the 14-year-old. The 14-year-old then pulled two knives and stabbed the other girl in the arm. Over a boy. Who, I would hazard a guess, may […]
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April 22nd, 2008
New Mexico girl’s MySpace beau leaves her in Texas:
A girl from Deming, New Mexico traveled to El Paso, Texas to meet her 16-year-old boyfriend. Together they then traveled from El Paso to the boy’s home near Houston. That’s a lot of ground to cover for a 16-year-old.
Anyway, the boy ditched his date at a Houston […]
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April 11th, 2008
‘Killer Ninja’ MySpace Post Costs Officer His Badge, Gun:
Police Officer Justin Varkony of the Oviedo, Florida Police Department has been suspended for something he posted on his MySpace. While he’s not the first police officxer to get suspended for it I think it’s ridiculous why he got suspended. On his MySpace he posted the following…
“Jason […]
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April 8th, 2008
Terror experts probe Facebook death threat:
This is one of the more bizarre stories I’ve posted on this site.
A Jewish woman from Melbourne, Australia received a death threat after refusing a friend request.
The dejected friend who allegedly goes by the name Ibrahim Dirani then claimed to be a member of Hezbollah.
According to police documents, the […]
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April 1st, 2008
Police: Mother Duct-Taped Children, Posted Pictures On Web:
Seriously? This is what it’s come to? 23-year-old Amber Green and her fiance, 29-year-old Lee Smith, have been charged with child abuse. What depraved crime did they commit against Green’s 5 and 6 year old? They wrapped their kids in duct tape because the kids wanted to play […]
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April 1st, 2008
Woman Testifies Against Lori Drew in MySpace Hoax Case:
19-year-old Ashley Grills is the girl that actually created the fake MySpace profile of ‘Josh Evans’ that led to the suicide of Megan Meier. She’s been granted immunity by the California grand jury in exchange for her testimony against Lori Drew, the 47-year-old woman believed to be […]
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March 20th, 2008
Bridgend coroner: YouTube clip ‘incited suicide’:
You’ve seen me post about the suicides in Bridgend, Wales before and how some people have blamed the suicides on the social networking site Bebo. Well, the coroner investigating the suicides will have no part of that Bebo nonsense. He’s blaming YouTube instead…
Philip Walters, who has been investigating a string […]
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March 17th, 2008
Thousands of Facebook and MySpace gatecrashers turn up to girl’s 18th:
18-year-old Sarah Ruscoe invited 200 of closest friends to her 18th birthday party. That was before she posted about the party on MySpace and Facebook. Then 2,000 more people showed up and trashed her family’s £3million house.
Allegedly the party was also mentioned on BBC Radio […]
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March 10th, 2008
Son’s MySpace page indeed could hamper his work prospects:
The famous psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers gives advice to woman who fears for her son’s future because of a drunkenly posted MySpace.
I’m just surprised that Dr. Brothers is still alive. I remember seeing her on Match Game when I was a kid. Or was it the $20,000 […]
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March 6th, 2008
Teen in trouble for a LiveJournal post:
Here we go with the free speech debate again. This time it’s in Connecticut where 17-year-old Avery Doninger of Lewis S. Mills High School posted on her LiveJournal that the school administration were ‘douchebags’.
The school caught wind of this and banned her from being re-elected to the student council. […]
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March 5th, 2008
‘Webparty’ revellers pelt police:
The international phenomenon of stupidity continues this time in the English town of Bournemouth.
A student there decided to throw a party and thought it would be a good idea to advertise the party on Bebo.
As you can expect 200 people showed up and trashed the neighborhood.
When police showed up a stand […]
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March 3rd, 2008
MySpace foils Wausau underage drinking party:
A couple from Wausau, Wisconsin were away from home for the weekend when they spotted something on their daughter’s MySpace. Apparently she was hosting a party unbeknown to her parents and posted the invitation on MySpace. Which we know is always a recipe for chaos.
The parents turned around and […]
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February 26th, 2008
No charges against impersonators in Internet suicide case:
Authorities in St. Charles County, Missouri will not be filing any charges against those behind the ‘Megan Had It Coming’ blog.
For those of you just joining us let me recap. In the wake of the controversy surrounding the much publicized suicide of Megan Meier someone posted a fake […]
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February 21st, 2008
Mother reports finding nude photos of teen daughter on MySpace:
A horrified mother from Martin County, Florida discovered nude pics of her 13-year-old daughter on MySpace.
Apparently the daughter took the picture of herself and sent them to her then-boyfriend. I’m sure she thought they were going to be together forever. Well, they didn’t. So after they […]
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