January 8th, 2008
L.A. grand jury issues subpoenas in Web suicide case:
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has issued subpoenas in the suicide death of Megan Meier from Missouri. For those of you living under a rock Megan Meier at the age of 13-committed suicide when a boy she met on MySpace rejected her and demeaned her. […]
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November 14th, 2007
‘My Space’ hoax ends with suicide of Dardenne Prairie teen:
This one is so heart wrenching as a parent that I’m at a loss for words.
Megan Meier was a 13-year-old girl that had some problems but things were turning around for her. That was until she got a friend request from someone claiming to be, in […]
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August 26th, 2007
MySpace Pedolphile Turns Out to Be a Hoax:
Two teens from Erwin, North Carolina are in hot water after creating a fictional pedophile and giving him a MySpace.
Erwin Police say a man named Mr. Henry Dibbs set up a webpage on MySpace and described himself as a single man, a reformed drug addict and someone who […]
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May 26th, 2007
Woman charged in Craigslist hoax pleads not guilty:
Nichole Blackwell, the accused craigslist house hoaxer, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree burglary, first-degree malicious mischief and first-degree criminal impersonation.
Blackwell left court without comment Friday. Her attorney, Ted Rogge, said he doesn’t think the charges against his client will stand up, despite the fact […]
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May 17th, 2007
Woman charged after Craigslist posting resulted in a house stripped:
Do you remember the story about the Tacoma house that was placed on craigslist with the ad that said you can remove anything you want? Originally they thought the landlord’s sister, who was recently evicted from the premises, was the one who took out the ad. […]
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April 9th, 2007
Sister denies Craigslist Tacoma home hoax:
Speaking of the craigslist Tacoma prank the evictee in the matter, Lisa Scearcy, the sister of the landlord Laurie Raye, says she was not the one who placed the ad in craigslist that said take anything in the house for free.
“I didn’t do it,” Scearcy told The News Tribune […]
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April 6th, 2007
Tacoma woman’s house emptied after craigslist hoax:
A woman in Tacoma, Washington by the name of Laurie Raye recently evicted some tenants from a property she owns. Someone then posted an ad on craigslist that said anybody is welcome to come and take things from the property for free. And they did.
Neighbors said they saw strangers […]
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