TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Social Media Crime

  • Another predator in Naperville

    Naperville police say paroled rapist tried to lure girl online:

    It’s been a while since I posted a story about Naperville, Illinois but here we are. Outside of Connecticut, Naperville seems like the MySpace predator capital of the world.

    This time paroled rapist Bryan E. Halstead, 44, of Chicago Heights was arrested in Naperville for posing as a teenage boy to meet an underage girl. The underage girl was actually Naperville police.

    There originally was a girl but her astute parents discovered Halstead’s message and contacted police.

  • The Rio Rancho Perverto

    Man accused of rape after meeting girl online:

    Meet 37-year-old Louis Tirone of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. He’s accused of raping a 12-year-old girl that he met over MySpace. According to police Tirone claims that the girl said she was 37 on her MySpace then claimed she was 23, then 17. Dude, if you can’t tell the difference between a 37 and 12-year-old you have serious problems.

    Tirone picked the girl up from a sleepover then took her back to his place where they had sex.

    The girl’s mom discovered a message from Tirone on her MySpace about it and called the police. Tirone was apprehended at his job at Wal-Mart.

    Personally, I don’t think the ‘she said she was 37, 23, and 17’ defense is going to work. 23-year-old girls don’t even joke about being 37.

    Also, it’s obvious that mom knew about the girl’s MySpace as well. The minimum age for MySpace is 14, not 12.

    Thanks to Mr. A for the links.

  • Ansen Brown captured

    Florida Man, Accused In MySpace Molestation, Caught In Upstate:

    I posted about Ansen Brown yesterday. He’s the guy from Hollywood, Florida who flew a 15-year-old girl from California to Florida and molested her. He had posted on his MySpace blog that he would fly someone out who was interested in being in porn.

    Well, he won’t be making any movies anytime soon unless he’s part of an Investigation Discovery documentary about prison life.

    Mr. Brown was apprehended at an Econo Lodge in Greenville, South Carolina where he’s currently awaiting extradition.

  • 21-year-old rapes 14-year-old he met over MySpace

    Gadsden man charged with rape of teen he met on MySpace:

    21-year-old Jared Heath Gaskey has been arrested in the rape of a 14-year-old he met over MySpace.

    Gaskey left his home in Gadsden, Alabama and drove to Greenville, South Carolina and picked her up at middle school. Then he drove her all the way back to Gadsden. While in Gadsden Gaskey received a call from Greenville police informing him that the girl was 14 and to turn himself in. Gaskey went to his local police department but it was closed. So rather than calling the police he went back to his place and had sex with the 14-year-old girl.

    Not surprisingly the dude is a Juggalo.

  • Police looking for would be child porn producer

    Hollywood Cops Hunt MySpace Sexual Predator:

    Police in Hollywood Florida are looking for 32-year-old Ansen Brown.

    Brown made a blog post that asked who wanted to be a porn star. The blog post said if he thought they were good enough he would fly them to Miami.

    Apparently, he thought a 15-year-old girl was good enough because that’s who he flew from California to Florida. He’s accused of molesting her once they got back to Brown’s place.

    The girl was found but Brown has disappeared.

    Update: Per LiLO you may want to turn your speakers off before clicking Brown’s MySpace link.

  • Overcharged?

    Teens in video beating overcharged?:

    The attorney for Cara Murphy is speaking out on behalf of her client. Cara Murphy is one of the defendants in the beating of Victoria Lindsay.

    Her attorney, Melodie Lopez, doesn’t think the defendants should have been charged as adults and doesn’t think her client should have been charged at all.

    She insists that Murphy never hit the victim, Victoria Lindsay, and in fact tried to stop the beating by telling her friends, “Enough is enough.”

    “She (Murphy) didn’t call police I know that, but she did make some attempts to stop the incident at some point” Lopez said.

    Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the fact that she was present at the time of the crime and did nothing to prevent it make her an accessory?

    And as far as the adult charges go, a wise man once said ‘Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.’

  • Gag order lifted in beating case

    Gag order lifted in teen beating; sheriff speaks out:

    The gag order has been lifted in the beating case of Victoria Lindsay.

    Outspoken sheriff Grady Judd is saying that there was a lot more behind the attack than a mere $4.

    Sheriff Judd also said that the media attention on the story would have died down by now if it wasn’t for the gag order.

  • Was it a $4 beating?

    New Details in Teen Beating Case Released:

    Now the story goes that the reason behind the beating of Victoria Lindsay was because she owed $4 to Mercades Nichols according to documents released by prosecutors.

    If that’s the case I wonder what Nichols wanted the $4 for.

    Nichols’ grandmother also comments on the beating in the article.

    Also, Stephen Schumaker changed his story when it came to putting it on tape. He now claims he wasn’t even there.

  • History of Violence

    Beating Suspect’s Ex-Beau Got Injunction:

    Well, well well. It seems that the alleged ringleader in the beating of Victoria Lindsay has had a run-in with the law before.

    An ex-boyfriend of Mercades Nichols had once obtained an injunction against Nichols for violence against him and threatening violence. She was arrested for violating the injunction by sending him text messages and getting one of the other suspects, Brittni Hardcastle, to bring the victim a Valentine’s Day present.

    It sounds like somebody’s precious little snowflake has anger and possession issues.

  • Solis gets 90 days

    Man gets 90 days in jail assaulting teen met on Myspace:

    Pete Solis has pleaded out to a 90-day sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met on MySpace. Solis was looking at federal charges if he did not agree to the plea. Solis will be a registered sex offender.

    If his name sounds familiar it’s because his victim was ‘Julie Doe’ whose mother failed at suing MySpace for $30M.