Missouri Mother from Myspace Hoax Must get 3 year Imprisonment: Feds

May 4th, 2009 Lawyer: Probation recommended in MySpace hoax case LOS ANGELES — A defense lawyer says officials have recommended probation and a $5,000 fine for a Missouri woman involved in a MySpace hoax on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. Attorney Dean Steward said Monday that the punishment for Lori Drew was outlined in a presentencing report filed by probation officials.

July 31st, 2009 Prosecutors won't seek death in office killingsSAN JOSE, Calif. — Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty in the case of a Silicon Valley engineer charged with fatally shooting three people at a Santa Clara high-tech firm.

July 20th, 2006 The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report that a 14-year-old Oostburg girl was solicited to be part of a “menage a trois” on the social networking Web site MySpace.com, according to Capt. Dave Adams. The girl’s father called the sheriff’s department Wednesday night after her mother communicated with several of the girl’s friends using her MySpace account and discovering language that was “sexual in nature,” Adams said.

July 10th, 2009 Second man arrested in brokerage hacking schemeOMAHA, Neb. — A man has pleaded not guilty to participating in a scheme to access online brokerage accounts to jack up stock prices and reap thousands of dollars in illegal profits.

July 28th, 2008 Only four days after escaping from a federal minimum-security prison in Florence, Colorado "Spam King" Eddie Davidson, 35, killed his wife, baby daughter and finally himself. Davidson shot and killed his wife in her former home in Bennett, Colorado along with his three-year-old daughter.

August 28th, 2005 Four Spammers down, hundreds to go. James R. Schaffer, Jeffrey A.

August 10th, 2006 Chapanar, a parole absconder for more than a year, couldn't resist putting his picture on Myspace.com, most recently bragging about his newborn son. Viewers of the Bay Area cable-access show "Fugitive Watch'' found his profile on Myspace and calls poured in.

September 2nd, 2009 NY judge gives ex-Monster exec 2 years in prisonNEW YORK — The former president and chief operating officer of the online job services company Monster Worldwide has been sentenced in New York to two years in prison for stock options fraud. A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday also ordered James Treacy to forfeit $6.3 million and pay restitution of $6.3 million to the victims.

September 2nd, 2009 CA man charged with kidnapping teen he met onlineBOISE, Idaho — An 18-year-old California man has been charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Idaho girl after police say the two met on a social networking site and he got her to move in with him. Misael (mis-AY'-el) G.

June 20th, 2006 A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on MySpace.com sued the MySpace for $30 million, claiming that it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators. The lawsuit claims that the Web site does not require users to verify their age and calls the security measures aimed at preventing strangers from contacting users younger than 16 "utterly ineffective." What do they expect MySpace to do? Ask every registrants to provide photocopy of age or driver's license? At the core I think the primary responsibility of managing their children is on the parents.

June 10th, 2009 Kan. man convicted of Craigslist rape found dead KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man facing nearly 30 years in prison for raping three women who had advertised on Craigslist's former "erotic services" section apparently committed suicide in his Kansas jail cell, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

November 30th, 2007 In MySpace on average (based on sample size of 2071208 images) 15 photos are uploaded per user. Considering only users who have at least one or more photos uploaded, they have on average uploaded a staggering 32 photos.

May 6th, 2009 Phoenix-area mother helps bust Ecstasy ring PHOENIX — Police are crediting a Phoenix-area mother's tip for the dismantling of an drug ring that even had a price list posted on MySpace. The woman's call to the Maricopa County Methamphetamine Task Force last week helped authorities find the dealers' MySpace page.

September 4th, 2006 It is surprising to see MySpace still allows simple hacks like this. You can view any user's private videos on MySpace with this simple trick.

July 11th, 2007 MySpace has submitted another list of sex offenders to authorities. In response to a subpoena by New Jersey Attorney General, MySpace handed over information on sex offenders that joined since May 21st.