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January 8th, 2008

Crime in Charlotte on MySpace again

My favorite local crime blog Crime in Charlotte, NC has another one of her amazing posts about what what Charlotte area teens are posting on their MySpaces.
It’s a very sobering look.
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January 3rd, 2008

North Carolina man charged with stautory rape

Man charged with raping girl he met on MySpace:
That handsome devil is Shawn Patrick Pendleton of Lexington, NC. He’s been arrested on charges of statutory rape for having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met on MySpace. The age of consent in the Tar Heel State is 16.
I couldn’t find his MySpace but […]

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September 6th, 2007

Attempted abduction at NC school

Mother Warns of MySpace Dangers After Men Seek Out Her Daughter In Landis:
This story is uber-creepy and it kind of hits me where I live since it’s right down the road from…where I live.
LANDIS, N.C. — A mother is speaking out about two men who allegedly saw her daughter’s MySpace page and came to South […]

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August 21st, 2007

Charlotte’s MySpace Thugs

Crime In Charlotte has another great post up about Charlotte’s thugs on MySpace.
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August 7th, 2007

Give it up already Roy

Cooper still pushing for parental consent to use MySpace:
Seriously Roy, it’s time to hang it up.
Even after being crushed in the North Carolina House Attorney General Roy Cooper is still touting his master plan for MySpace.
Attorney General Roy Cooper vowed Monday to keep pressuring lawmakers to approve legislation that will require minors to […]

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July 30th, 2007

NC MySpace bill fails

Energy bill advances; MySpace rules fail:
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s proposed legislation to make teens get parental permission before signing up for MySpace has failed in the State House.
But the second bill lost its headlining clause, a requirement that parents give permission for their younger teenagers to sign up for online social-networking sites. Rep. […]

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July 24th, 2007

AG Cooper strikes again

Cooper cracks down on predators:
North Carolina Attorney General is up to his old tricks again. Putting unreal expectations on MySpace and allowing parents to continue to shirk their responsibility.
The rules on how children use social networking sites like MySpace.com could soon be changing.
State lawmakers are working a on a bill that would require parents to […]

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June 5th, 2007

MySpace kegger busted in Asheville

MySpace.com ad leads to alcohol charges for teens, adults:
Two undercover agents of the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement office busted a kegger in Asheville after the party was advertised on MySpace. In what was probably a MySpace bulletin the party was advertised as having a $5 cover for all the beer you could drink. Two […]

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May 23rd, 2007

NC legislation on parental consent passes committee

Bill on parental consent for MySpace advances:
North Carolina is slowly starting to turn into New Jersey as far as over-regulation is concerned.
RALEIGH - Children under 18 would have to get parental consent to join MySpace.com and other social networking Web sites under a bill approved today by a state Senate appropriations committee.
N.C. Attorney General […]

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March 29th, 2007

Fake MySpaces net cyberstalking charges

Students charged with cyber stalking:
We have another MySpace related story that happened in my back yard. Two students from Mooresville High School in North Carolina were arrested for misdemeanor cyberstalking after creating fake MySpaces of their assistant principals.
They portrayed one of the administrators as a pedophile, police said. They also used racist words.
Police were […]

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February 13th, 2007

NC Attorney General brings the MySpace hate

Attorney General Pushes For Internet Safeguards:
I thought that my state of residence would have a little more sense but that’s what I get for thinking. Add North Carolina to the list of states who are jumping on the blame MySpace Boogeyman bandwagon. Attorney General Roy Cooper has called on sites like MySpace to install age […]

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January 11th, 2007

Local bars on alert for underage drinker

Crime In Charlotte, NC brings us the story of Brittany Mariah Andrews. A 16-year-old from the local area who was arrested for using a fake ID to get into clubs and underage drinking. Apparently it was so bad the local club scene website CharlotteNightlife.com put out an alert on her. How did she get arrested? […]

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March 29th, 2006

VandalSpace

Steele Creek vandals arrested, police say:
A wave of vandalism that’s been going on locally here locally in Charlotte, NC has been brought to a halt. How did police catch the vandals? Take one guess…
Four teens stand accused of vandalizing a neighborhood. Police said the vandals targeted the Steele Creek neighborhood in southwest Charlotte.
They used […]

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