January 17th, 2008
Possible “Myspace” Connection to a Valley Murder:
19-year-old Dustin Gran and his 16-year-old girlfriend Brittany Navarra are accused in the bludgeoning death of 18-year-old Krista-Rae Pike of Madera, California.
It seems that Navarra used to date Krista-Rae Pike’s fiancé, Thomas Hollier. When Pike returned to Madera Hollier broke it off with Navarra and went back to Pike. […]
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January 16th, 2008
Teens arrested in videotaped beating posted on MySpace Web site:
Two 14-year-old girls in Newport Beach, California were arrested for beating a 13-year-old girl. They also filmed the beating and posted the video to MySpace.
Another reason why oarents should be monitoring their kids’ internet activity.
It’s also a reason why kids shouldn’t have camera cell phones.
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December 30th, 2007
Man guilty of more charges in MySpace case:
I originally posted about Anthony Uckele here. He’s the 24-year-old from Saratoga, California who was facing 36 charges for a sexual ‘relationship’ he had with a 12-year-old girl he met on MySpace.
Well it seems that Mr. Uckele has been convicted of 20 of those charges. On the remaining […]
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December 8th, 2007
Jail, probation in MySpace imprisonment case:
29-year-old Rami George Tawasha of South San Francisco was sentenced for the false imprisonment of a woman that he met on MySpace. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail and three years probation. He accepted a plea in order to avoid a trial for charges of forced oral […]
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November 27th, 2007
In court, San Jose girl tells of sex with adult she met online:
Right now 24-year-old Anthony Uckele of Saratoga, California is facing 36 counts of lewd conduct that could put him behind bars for 78 years.
He was arrested back in October 2005 for having sex with a 12-year-old girl that he met on MySpace. […]
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August 12th, 2007
Man charged with using MySpace to lure girl into prostitution:
32-year-old Melvin Charles Parker Jr. of Richmond, California was arrested for using MySpace to lure a 16-year-old girl into prostitution.
Once the girl arrived in town, police stopped her on the street for questioning when it appeared she was trying to find customers. She told police Parker […]
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July 7th, 2007
Pittsburg police look for robbers who lured through cyber ad:
Like I needed to give you another reason not to do business on craigslist.
PITTSBURG — In a disturbing new trend of cyber crime, Pittsburg police are looking for two robbers who lured victims Tuesday evening to an apartment complex with a Craigslist classified ad.
Two San Jose […]
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June 16th, 2007
Suspected murderer located via MySpace.com:
29 year old Gary Dale Myers was first arrested back in March 2005 for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death with a samurai sword.
The Sheriff’s department originally let Myers go because of a lack of DNA evidence.
However, a detective from Maryland recently posed as a woman on the social networking site […]
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April 27th, 2007
California eyes stronger cyberstalking laws:
California is looking to strengthen it’s cyberstalking laws after a wave of harassment has taken place on craigslist. In one such incident a 17-year-old girl’s picture and phone number were posted on craigslist with an ad stating that people should call if they’re interested in a good time.
The proposed bill […]
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April 18th, 2007
Netting predators:
Add California to the list of states who are drafting meaningless legislation concerning MySpace and sex offenders.
The proposal calls for California to require registered sex offenders to report their e-mail addresses and Internet identities to the state, which would make them available to MySpace and other social networks to block participation.
“It is not […]
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April 9th, 2007
Rocklin theft arrest, home items posted on Craigslist:
No, not the infamous Tacoma house prank. However in Rocklin, California one 29-year-old Scott Onnen was arrested for theft. The house he was living in was supposed to be unoccupied because it was a foreclosure. A real estate agent noticed two males in the house and called police. […]
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March 20th, 2007
Man arrested after trying to sell stolen car parts back to original owner:
The black market known as craigslist has struck again. This time a man from Fremont California called police and told them that parts stolen off his car we’re being sold on craigslist. Police had him arrange a meeting with the seller and when […]
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January 26th, 2007
Police Catch Taggers Through MySpace:
Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old were arrested in Covina, California for tagging. They were busted when police saw pictures of their graffiti on, you guessed it, MySpace.
“Both kids denied it, adamantly, (said) they had nothing to do with it,” Covina police Officer Tim Statler said.
“Then I showed them the pictures that […]
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January 5th, 2007
We have two stories of craigslist prostitution to bring you today.
The first comes out of the Bay Area (go figure) where we have the mother and son prostitution team of Min Liu and her son Jia Xue.
As you can probably guess they were busted for running an “Asian Massage” business.
“Essentially they (the ads) […]
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April 15th, 2006
Man Allegedly Rapes Teen After Meeting On Myspace.Com:
CrimeFighters are investigating the alleged sexual assault of an Oceanside teenager. The victim apparently met her attacker on the popular website myspace.com.
Nineteen-year-old Luis Alvarado was arrested in Hollywood and booked into the Vista Detention Facility.
Police say Alvarado drove to Oceanside last month to meet the 13-year-old victim, after […]
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