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Archive for the ‘Criminals’ Category

May 6th, 2008

A comedy of errors

Lee Sheriff deputies use MySpace to track suspect:
This is a story about 19-year-old Tyson Lee Richardson of Florida. He tried to be bad dude by committing a home invasion. Only the victim saw how nervous he was and stood up to Richardson and his cohort. One of the victims was able to identify Richardson through […]

By Trench -- 2 comments

May 5th, 2008

MySpace founder’s house robbed

OMG! MySpace Founder’s Home Robbed:
The founder of MySpace had his home broken into over the weekend. No, not Tom, the real founder of MySpace Brad Greenspan.
No word on what was taken. I wonder if Tom was questioned since he’s used to stealing from Greenspan.
Tags: Brad Greenspan, burglary, MySpaceShare This

By Trench -- 1 comment

May 1st, 2008

Teen busted for posting nude pic of ex

Teen charged with posting ex-girlfriend’s nude photo on MySpace:
18-year-old Franklin Lee Hocker of Cheyenne, Wyoming has been arrested for posting nude photos of his ex-girlfriend on MySpace. The crime wasn’t for the nude photo itself but for the fact that he hacked his ex’s MySpace and posted it there. Hocker has been charged with with […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

April 21st, 2008

Irish prisoner posts to Bebo

Inmate uses Bebo to talk to friends from prison:
A prisoner in Ireland was able to use a smuggled cell phone to post to his profile on Bebo. He’s accrued 44 friends and had 500 hits per week. The 500 hits isn’t that impressive but 44 friends for a guy who is serving time is. And […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 19th, 2008

PeTA does some good for once

O.C. man enters plea in MySpace animal abuse case:
19-year-old Joseph Anthony Deiss of Orange County, California has pleaded guilty to animal abuse charges. It seems that Mr. Deiss recorded himself throwing rabbits and a pug 15 to 30 feet in the air and letting them hit the ground. He then posted the video to MySpace […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

April 8th, 2008

MySpace in the SGV

Frank of L.A. Crime Scene Blog has a nice story about why parents should check their kids’ MySpace.
Just one of the many reasons.
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April 3rd, 2008

Fake Florida cop on MySpace

JSO Tracks “Fake Cop” Through MySpace Account:
27-year-old Andrew Diaz of Jacksonville, Florida has been arrested for impersonating a police officer. It seems that he posted pictures on his MySpace of him in police gear including brandishing a gun and his ‘federal police car’.
Now before you get all up in arms about that these are […]

By Trench -- 2 comments

April 1st, 2008

Bank robber chatted with police on MySpace

Alleged bank robber arrested after chats with detective on MySpace:
29-year-old Charles Rehmund of Florida was on the run for allegedly robbing a bank. Police were able to locate his MySpace and sent him a message. No undercover or anything, just a message saying that they were the police. Rehmund then ‘friended’ the investigator. The investigator […]

By Trench -- 3 comments

March 28th, 2008

Virginia Sniper

Say hello to Slade Allen Woodson of Afton, Virginia.
He’s been arrested as one of the Virginia snipers.
A second suspect has been shot but has not been named.
Tags: MySpace, Slade Allen Woodson, sniper, virginiaShare This

By Trench -- 1 comment

March 27th, 2008

UK Conman sentenced

Conman who fleeced bedridden stranger he met on MySpace is jailed for three years:
Frazer Rogers of the UK was sentenced to three years for conning a bedridden woman out of her money. Rogers met 23-year-old Allison Eyers over MySpace. After befriending her he swindled her for thousands of pounds. Rogers theft of Ms. Eyers money […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

March 11th, 2008

UK gangs are stupid

Gangs caught out by online boasts:
Apparently gangs in the UK are as smart as their US counterparts, which is not very.
They’ve been posting videos of themselves brandishing illegal weapons on sites like YouTube and Bebo. In return British police have been rounding them up.
Ch Insp Mulroonie said: “The message is that we don’t have […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

March 10th, 2008

NC teen charged with cyberstalking

Teen faces charge of cyberstalking for messages he allegedly posted on MySpace:
I always love it when somebody local makes this site. (Not really)
Anyway 17-year-old Terrance Dawkins of Gastonia, North Carolina has been arrested for charges of cyberstalking. He allegedly posted threatening messages on MySpace about a 31-year-old woman who he was at odds with.
Printed copies […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

March 5th, 2008

UK Facebook harassment trial

Man faces trial over Facebook harassment:
In England 33-year-old Michael Hurst will be the first man in the UK to be tried for harassment over Facebook.
I don’t see what the big deal is.
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: “We have prosecuted alleged harassment cases before where people have sent letters, made phone calls […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

March 3rd, 2008

Surrender arranged on MySpace

Fugitive Uses MySpace To Surrender:
This is a new one on me.
Marcus Ray of Kansas City, Missouri was wanted on charges of domestic assault. Rather than go straight to police to turn himself in Ray contacted community activist Alonzo Washington at Washington’s MySpace.
Mr. Washington was able to arrange Ray’s surrender to police without incident.
Accoriding to […]

By Trench -- 0 comments

February 29th, 2008

Brooklyn teen nabs mugger on MySpace

Teen Catches Alleged Mugger Via MySpace Flirting:
16-year-old Yudelka Polanco of Brooklyn, NY is being commended for her fine detective skills.
She had her cell phone stolen and was able to use MySpace and the SIM card in her phone to track down the thief.
After the robbery, the mugger checked his own email using Polanco’s SIM card. […]

By Trench -- 1 comment

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