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February 5th, 2007

MySpace memorial comments lead to arrests

2 charged in death following MySpace postings:
21-year-old Daniel Gjertsen of South Jersey died of alcohol poisoning after consuming too much at a New Year’s Eve party. Like in most of these cases friends started posting memorial comments on his MySpace. Some of those comments have led to criminal charges.
There was an apology from one […]

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April 7th, 2006

ProbationSpace

Probation + beer + MySpace = Jail:
More criminal geniuses…
Monticello - Guess what? Probation officers go online, too. So if you’re on probation, it’s better that you don’t post pictures of yourself drinking beer on your MySpace page. Doing just that got two Sullivan County men thrown in jail today.
One rule of probation: You can’t […]

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April 5th, 2006

Tales from The Space

Lost in MySpace:
Just some more horror stories from some MySpace users…
Not long ago, someone got a hold of 15-year-old Jon Sakuma’s MySpace password and uploaded sexually explicit photos onto the sophomore’s personal profile.
Jon was so embarrassed that he deleted the whole account and swore off MySpace altogether.
Within an hour of erasing the profile, he created […]

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March 14th, 2006

Faced on Facebook

UNF Fraternity Put on Probation for Party Pictures:
Apparently high school kids aren’t the only ones making asses out of themselves on the internet…
A college website has one UNF fraternity in hot water.
The website is called facebook.com. It is an internet site that caters to students with information from classes to events and students can even […]

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March 5th, 2006

Students Suspended for Drunk Photos

Otsego students disciplined for Web-site photos:
Three Otsego High School athletes were recently disciplined for posting photos on MySpace.com that showed them with alcoholic beverages.
One student is currently playing a sport and has had to miss 25 percent of the season under the school’s Athletic Code of Conduct, said Dennis Patzer, superintendent of Otsego Public […]

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