February 9th, 2007
Attorney General Corbett announces drug arrests in “Operation Raw Deal;” 21 charged in Venango County with heroin & cocaine sales:
K brings us the story of “Operation Raw Deal” where the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office where 21 people were arrested in a 10-month investigation of drug dealers in the Oil City area and Venango County. K […]
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February 7th, 2007
K brings us an update and a new criminal genius.
Previously K brought us the story of a 17-year-old girl who claims she was raped at a Girls Gone Wild taping. At the time the bar’s manager was facing charges of child endangering and serving alcohol to a minor. The charges have been dropped. And since […]
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February 3rd, 2007
MySpace ‘tryst’ leads to arrest:
That’s Franklin Porter of Framingham Mass. He’s been arrested for trying to sell drugs and possibly do more to a woman named Jill. As expected Jill turned out to be Framingham Detective Matt Gutwill.
Porter, who posted on the popular social networking Web site as “Fhammazpow135 Ask About it,” denied being at […]
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January 27th, 2007
Police Use MySpace Page To Track, Arrest Suspected Drug Dealer:
20-year-old Michael Wayne Pilkerton of Suffolk, Virginia used his brother’s MySpace to brag about their rather large marijuana crop. It didn’t take long for police to find out and they used an informant to make three buys from Pilkerton. Pilkerton is facing felony drug distribution charges. […]
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January 14th, 2007
Fla. police make arrest through MySpace:
The Punta Gorda Police have arrested yet another person in their obviously successful MySpace stings. If you remember the first two arrested that I’ve posted about here were David Carroll and Shawn Stevens. This time the suspect is 34-year-old James Brian Johnson. As usual the suspect thought he was arranging […]
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January 10th, 2007
Man faces drug charge in latest MySpace sting:
What’s the quickest way to get yourself arrested for selling drugs. Outside of walking into a police station and trying to sell it there it must be trying to sell it on MySpace. That’s what Shawn Stevens of North Point Florida did. He was arrested for trying to […]
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January 6th, 2007
MySpace Blog Entry Leads To Drug Arrests:
This is one of the most bizarre stories I’ve posted here at MCS.
A 12-year-old girl from Florida went to visit her father and stepmother during the Christmas holiday. During her 10 day stay she was give cocaine and weed and was taught how to use them and was encouraged […]
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December 18th, 2006
Teen allegedly offered pot to cops on MySpace:
Today’s Red Forman Dumbass Award winner is one 17-year-old David Carroll�
A Charlotte County teen is accused of using the internet to sell marijuana to police. Seventeen year old David Carroll boldly posted on his MySpace page that he smokes pot and sells it. He even posted a picture […]
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December 12th, 2006
Sheriff’s Son Arrested, Charged With Drug Possession:
HOUSTON — Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas’ son was arrested and charged with drug possession on Saturday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Court officials said Brent Thomas, 26, posted a $2,000 bail after being jailed for a short period of time.
Arrest records show Brent Thomas was charged with theft in 1999. […]
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October 26th, 2006
Screams, terror and a battle:
This one is more than a little freaky�
TUALATIN — The movie had ended, her 8-year-old daughter was asleep, and Sally had dozed off on the couch to the drone of “That ’70s Show.” Around midnight Sunday, she awoke with a start: A man she had never seen before was standing over […]
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October 11th, 2006
Exeter man accused of soliciting girls on MySpace:
A 48-year-old Exeter man allowed to have marijuana under the state’s new medical marijuana law is accused of soliciting teenage girls on the popular Web site myspace.com and smoking marijuana with them, police said today.
Steven Trimarco, a resident of the Split Rock Trailer Park�
Who didn’t see that […]
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September 15th, 2006
Suspect Arrested for Selling Marijuana on Internet:
Yet another dope dealer on craigslist…
Detectives were investigating ongoing complaints from various citizens that illegal narcotics were available for purchase on the popular Internet site Craigslist.org.
Eugene Church responded to an investigator’s request, offering to sell the undercover detective 4 ounces of high-grade marijuana. The detective arranged a meeting with […]
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September 9th, 2006
K brings us some more criminals with MySpace connections.
First up we have Joshua Bertoncello. A 21-year-old grocery clerk from Slippery Rock, PA who basically embezzled $40,000 from the grocery chain he worked for. The money was for charges he ran up on his mother’s credit card.
Then we have the Michael Tobias and Christopher Portka. A […]
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August 23rd, 2006
Police Arrest Drug Suspect They Say Flaunted Crimes on Myspace:
With an estimated 100 million members, it shouldn’t be too surprising that not all of those people on Myspace are following the rules.
Police say criminals are comfortable marketing their skills on Myspace, and an apparent example came this week in Manteca.
The name Miles Murphy came up […]
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August 3rd, 2006
Craigslist becomes a place for pot peddlers:
Not surprising since this is coming from Seattle…
The classified-advertising Web site craigslist has become popular in recent years with young, tech-savvy city dwellers seeking apartments, jobs and for-sale items.
But it’s also being used as an Information Age black market for some Seattle-area marijuana dealers.
“I’m not too concerned about getting […]
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