Bike path robber foiled by MySpace page:
A man from Somerville, Mass. was robbed of his cell phone. Rather than doing nothing about it he montored craigslist for someone selling the phone which of course someone did.
With police assistance he set up a phony e-mail account and contacted the seller. While conversing with the seller […]
Police seek link in two robberies involving strippers:
Police in the San Luis Obispo area of California are on the lookout for suspects who are believed to be involved in two robberies involving “strippers” that advertise on craigslist.
The San Luis Obispo robbery happened after two men called an exotic dancer, Princess Exstasy, they found on the […]
Felon busted for MySpace display:
19-year-old Brice Chase of New Hampshire got himself into a little bit of trouble. It seems that he posted pictures of himself with guns and swords on his MySpace. Throw in some drug references…what’s that you say? Why is that a big deal? Well, it seems that Mr. Chase was on […]
4 charged in MySpace burglary scam:
19-year-old Bryan Bowers of Orange, Mass.; 19-year-old Thomas Lafrennie, 18-year-old Amanda Lafrennie; and 24-year-old Lawrence Lafrennie, all of Gardner, Mass. have all been arrested in a MySpace robbery scam.
According to authorities, this is how the scam worked - the 4 of them posed as an 18-year-old woman on the Internet […]
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 […]
MySpace bashing accused bailed:
17-year-old Kael Haynes Turner from Australia was granted bail in Brisbane Supreme Court recently. He had spent 54 days in custody for a series of crimes. He was part of a group of kids that called themselves GC Rydhaz, GC standing for Gold Coast. The GC Rydhaz went on a spree where […]
Tricked by Tiffany:
So some poor schmo from Minnesota (no offense Minnesota) comes to the Big Apple. While he’s there he decides to get himself some “company”. So where is the first place he looks? Why craigslist of course. And what did Mr. Tourist Man get for his troubles? A world of hurt.
When boy met girl […]
Four held in alleged MySpace scheme:
A man hoping to hook up with a MySpace hottie was instead lured into the woods beaten and robbed of $87.
Yesterday in Gardner District Court, prosecutors alleged that siblings Amanda Lafrennie, 18, Thomas Lafrennie, 19, and Lawrence Lafrennie, 24, all of Gardner, and Bryan Bowers, 19, of Orange, used […]
Ex-football player guilty here, faces more charges:
Ellis T. Jones III is a recurring character here at MCS. He’s the former San Jose State football player and the infamous “Craigslist Bandit”. He basically invented the craigslist scam of robbing people who think they are buying something from somebody on craigslist.
He’s back in the news for being […]
Craigslist scammers strike again:
The wretched hive of scum and villainy known as craigslist continues to provide quick cash for the criminal class. This time a 20-year-old male from Fremont, California was was robbed of $1,400 when he tried to buy what he thought was a flat screen TV. When he met the seller the TV […]
Robbery suspects found on MySpace:
Jared Mathena, 18, of Brighton, Mass. was arrested for trying to rob a man. The man fought back and held Mathena down until the cops got there. In the meantime three of his cohorts got away. Mathena basically rolled on them and told police he knew them through MySpace. Using Mathena’s […]
New evidence in case: MySpace page
Vanilla Ice over there also goes by the name of Moisae Martushev. He’s an 18-year-old from Alaska whose been arrested for breaking into a string of Anchorage churches. From one of those churches, Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Eagle River, he stole that rather large cross that he’s holding in […]
Craigslist trysts proving dangerous in Richmond:
This is a story from Richmond, California about a recent slew of crimes they’ve had related to craigslist. One man was robbed and carjacked after meeting a woman he thought he was going to pay for sex. Someone who thought they were selling shoes to someone off of craigslist was […]
Bare-Bottom Bandit Gets 3-5 Years:
I’m sure by now most of you have heard about the guy from Omaha who was caught on video trying to rob a Tobacco Hut in Omaha Nebraska. You know the one. The one where the guy was drunk and crawled across the floor with his pants down that was caught […]
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