TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Social Media Crime

  • Valentine Lopez

    Valentine Lopez

    17-year-old sex assault suspect goes before judge:

    A registered sex offender who had been attending classes at Pasadena High School went before a judge Friday.

    He was there to hear the newest charge against him.

    Valentine Lopez, 17, is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he met on Myspace.com.

    The school district said it was already aware of his conviction three years ago for a sex crime against another child.

    But, officials added, there was nothing it could do at the time to separate Lopez from the other students.

    More details from another article…

    Lopez was taken into custody Wednesday, according to police.

    According to the DPS Website, Lopez is a registered sex offender, convicted in 2003 for a sexual assault case that involved a three-year-old victim.

    Pasadena ISD Superintendent Kirk Lewis explained that though the district was aware of Lopez’ past record, there was nothing they could do aside from providing the teen with an education.

    “The district will do everything it can always to protect its’ students,” he said. “In this particular instance, there were legal restrictions that prevented us from doing anything more than what we had already done. My understanding is that they’re currently working through the process for suspension, and completing the paperwork to have him moved to an alternative placement (facility).”

    According to Lewis, any student that lives within any school district must be provided an education by that school district. People were not notified of Lopez’ past convictions, said the superintendent, because the teen was protected by juvenile and privacy laws.

    It’s nice to know that a sex offender’s right to privacy outweighs the safety of the other kids attending that school.

    Thanks to Melissa for the tip. And thanks to Mr. A, we have Lopez’s MySpace. It says he’s in a relationship. I wonder if his SO knew about his record.

  • Jay Coffield sentenced

    Jay Coffield sentenced

    MySpace Predator Sentenced:

    I originally posted about Jay Coffield here.

    JOLIET, Ill. — A man who used the popular, youth-oriented MySpace.com Web site to arrange a sexual tryst with an underage Naperville girl has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for that crime.

    Will County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Rozak meted out the prison term to Jay D. Coffield, 44, of Morris, state’s attorney James Glasgow confirmed Monday in a written statement.

    Coffield pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of indecent solicitation of a child. The allegation stemmed from his efforts earlier this year to arrange a sexual rendezvous with a 14-year-old Naperville girl.

    The girl’s 21-year-old cousin contacted Naperville police Detective Rich Wistocki on May 22, after discovering “inappropriate comments” directed at the teenager on the girl’s MySpace page, Glasgow said.

    “Taking a page from the online watchdog group Perverted Justice, this amateur sleuth set up her own undercover account online and began talking to Coffield online,” Glasgow said of the girl’s cousin.

    She then turned her account and other information over to Wistocki, the Naperville Police Department’s Internet Crimes Unit investigator, Glasgow said.

    Wistocki, posing as the teenager, continued corresponding with Coffield, who used the MySpace screen name of Mistercee42.

    Coffield ultimately suggested the girl meet him the evening of June 9 in a coffee shop near 95th Street and Route 59 on Naperville’s far southwest side. He indicated he would then take her to DuPage River Park, near Royce Road and Naper Boulevard on the city’s far southeast side, where they would have sex, police said in June.

    Coffield arrived at the coffee shop around 6:15 p.m. and was arrested immediately. Coffield, who had no criminal record at the time, told police it was the first time he had tried to arrange a meeting with a girl he had chatted with over the Internet.

    “No longer an anonymous Internet surfer looking for vulnerable children, Jay Coffield now will have a public prison sentence and his face online among other Illinois registered sex offenders,” Glasgow said.

    “Instead of just picking up the pieces after a child has been violated, we were able to expose and punish a predator before a child’s life was tragically affected.”

  • Another Werribee suspect?

    This comment on The Whole Story brings us the MySpace of this guy (goatse alert-NSFW) who left the following comments on another MySpace…

    10/24/2006 6:33 AM
    cheers m8 but u gotta understand i burnt her hair a little bit apoligised then wen she got pissed on gave her my shirt and im getting in fucking shit. evericunt thinks im a tite ass cause of the fucking media its bs.

    10/24/2006 6:25 AM
    m8 im not in the mood for ppl like u who have fucking no idea wats goin on puttin ur fucking $2 worth in. shes not fucking retarted she a normal girl. dont try and judge us m8 because none of us r in the mood for ppl like u tryin to be a sick cunt.

    So basically, he admits his participation in the “CTM” DVD but acts like he’s the victim. Prison couldn’t come fast enough for these assclowns.

  • Werribee victim speaks out

    Justin of The Whole Story, who first brought the Werribee story to my attention, has a great entry about the victim speaking out.

  • CTM still up for sale

    Werribee DVD assault offered for sale for $60:

    Some unscrupulous scumbag has decided to capitalize on the Werribee sex assault DVD…

    COPIES of the Werribee sex crimes DVD are being offered for sale at prices up to $60.

    The DVD – which shows teenagers engaging in sexual activity with a teenage girl before urinating on her and setting her hair on fire – was offered for sale at the weekend on the Melbourne Gumtree classifieds website.

    The vendor claims his daughter bought a copy of the video, dubbed C— The Movie, and has made copies which he is offering for sale.

    The DVD was first offered for sale on Saturday for $50, under the title Genuine C The Movie. The vendor asks would-be buyers to email their details if they want a copy.

    “I will be discreet and deliver even to PO Box if you like in plain wrapping and unlabelled DVD so nobody will know and we don’t get arrest (sic),” he writes.

    The DVD was re-advertised yesterday with the price jacked up to $60 in response to “increased demand”.

    The advertisement describes the DVD as a “Video of local sites and activities by local Melborne (sic) artists”.

    Let’s stop right there for a second. Artists? Since when is rape an art? Not to mention the fact that allegedly a parent of a student is selling this video.

    When the Herald Sun emailed the vendor anonymously yesterday, he said that when the DVD was sent the would-be buyer would get only a 10-minute preview.

    When payment arrived, he would give the buyer a password that gave them access to the entire movie.

    By 3pm (AEDT) yesterday the ad had been removed from the Melbourne Gumtree site.

    But the would-be salesman has also posted promotions on the personal websites belonging to some of the teenagers who feature in the DVD.

    “Movie now $60 only a few left email me … all profits to a good cos (sic),” he wrote.

    The DVD had been selling for just $5 at Werribee schools.

    But police last week said they were prepared to charge anyone who bought or downloaded the DVD with possession of child pornography.

    I hope the police find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law with extreme prejudice.

  • CTM 2

    DVD thugs ‘made break-in sequel’:

    Well, well, well. It seems that our favorite Australian teenage thugs from Werribee had a sequel in the works. It seems that vandalism, assault, and rape weren’t enough, and they went on to B & E…

    A SEQUEL to the Werribee sex crimes DVD is believed to show the thugs involved in a break-and-enter spree.

    Teenagers who claim to have seen footage say the mob rampages through homes, urinating in kettles and trashing private property.

    They claim several boys filmed feature in the original DVD, which shocked the nation with its portrayal of a pack of delinquents sexually abusing a mentally impaired girl.

    Students in Werribee know the gang as the “CTM Boys”.

    They say the group has promoted the sequel “CTM2” online.

    A boy, who gave his name as Ronnie, said the film shows some members of the group forcing their way into homes.

    “They were breaking into people’s houses and going through s—t and just trashing the places,” he said.

    “It was disgusting,

    “Like they were leaving s—t — I mean real s—t — in some places and they were pissing in things like cups and kettles.

    “These guys are seriously sick,

    “They’re bad, they’re giving us Werribee kids a bad name. We’re not all like that.”

    I wonder how long it would have been before they decided to make an honest to God snuff film. These kids need jail, not ‘help’. They’re beyond help.

  • Name and Shame

    ‘Avengers’ shame DVD suspects:

    YOUNG Australians are taking cyber revenge by “naming and shaming” the Werribee teenagers who filmed a young girl being sexually degraded and then sold DVDs of the attack.

    A MySpace website dubbed “CTM — name and shame” has been set up to publicly humiliate those involved in the filming and sale of the DVD.

    The site reveals pictures and names of the teens allegedly involved.

    “It’s time to name and shame those involved in the making of C— the Movie — watch this space!” the website says.

    “This MySpace is not affiliated with CTM. It was created for the purpose of naming and shaming those involved in making the movie.

    “Another thing: any comments attacking the girl involved will not be tolerated.”

    If you’re looking for the name & shame MySpace, it’s here. NSFW language on that MySpace.

  • Another victim of Shefelbine comes forward

    Another victim of Shefelbine comes forward

    Another teen girl comes forward in MySpace assault case:

    Another victim of scumbag rapist Scott Shefelbine has come forward…

    The latest girl to come forward about her relationship with Scott D. Shefelbine claims the last time they were together, the 31-year-old Tolland man and former Ellington High School teacher’s aide physically forced her to have sexual relations with him, according to an affidavit supporting his arrest.

    Shefelbine already is facing charges he sexually assaulted several other girls he met on MySpace.com.

    According to the arrest warrant affidavit, the girl’s father called West Hartford police Oct. 10 to say he’d just seen a television news report about a sexual predator using MySpace to lure young girls, and recognized Shefelbine from his mug shot as the boy dating his 16-year-old daughter.

    The father told police that Shefelbine had claimed to be 17 and had been to his house about 10 times, the affidavit says. He said he had asked Shefelbine to verify his age, but no identification ever was produced, according to the affidavit.

    After the father’s report police interviewed the girl, who said she’d met Shefelbine in late August in an online chat room. Initially, she voluntarily performed a sex act on him whenever they were together, the affidavit says, but the last time they were together, she refused and Shefelbine forced her.

    According to court documents, Shefelbine and the girl would communicate through instant messages on the computer, and he was able to obtain the girl’s cell phone number from her away message box.

    He called her, they chatted for an hour, and a few days later, on Aug. 25, he picked her up and drove her to his Tolland home, the affidavit says.

    While there they watched a movie and, according to the affidavit, Shefelbine gave the girl three bottles of raspberry-flavored vodka before suggesting “out of the blue” that she perform a sex act upon him.

    At first she said no and went outside to smoke a cigarette, but when she came back she found Shefelbine on the couch waiting for her expectantly, the affidavit states.

    The girl told police she complied then, and during each subsequent visit until their last meeting on Columbus Day.

    Shefelbine called her from the car on his way to her house and asked her to have sexual relations with him, the affidavit states, but she repeatedly told him no. When he got to the house, however, he physically forced her, the document states.

    The girl told police she didn’t want to comply, “but she did not know what else to do.”

    Shefelbine first was arrested on Oct. 10 by the Vernon Police Department on charges that he sexually assaulted four teenage girls.

    In those cases, police say Shefelbine used the Web site MySpace.com to meet teenage girls and their friends posing as a 17- to 19-year-old boy, using a hairpiece to hide his balding head.

  • More news out of Werribee

    Abused DVD girl’s attackers get support on MySpace:

    This is an article about how the scumbags that violated that poor girl in Werribee, Australia are getting support from their little stupid friends.

    “brother… we chill n thats how we roll. media smedia they talk shit.. as long as we stick together no1 can stop us.. b-e-z
    talk soon. xoxxx
    ur boy dt ” says one comment and

    “hey boofaa!
    saw the video thingy..
    you in alot of shit?
    dw man..
    i dont think it’s right..
    but i all always be here for ya..
    hope your alright and aint in to much shit
    xoxoxo katie. “

    And this is not just an Australia thing either. Kids in America are supporting friends of theirs that have committed crimes almost as horrible as this one. Is murder and rape “not to much shit”? I pray to God that these kinds of kids are in the minority.

    Police chase copies of school sex DVD:

    Local law enforcement in Australia are stating that anyone in possession of the DVD can surrender it without fear of repercussion. However, they warn that having a copy of the DVD is considered being in possession of child pornography. Police say no charges will be filed until they have completed gathering evidence.

    AFL hopeful linked to DVD:

    It appears that one suspect appearing in the DVD could be a potential player in the Australian Football League as he is eligible for the 2007 draft. The club he plays for now is not handing down any discipline until the police finish their investigation.

    In the same article Law Council of Australia President John North said those involved in making and selling the DVD should not be named…

    Mr. North said minors involved with the DVD should not be named despite some names being printed on the DVD cover.

    “If those facts are correct, it shows how immature, how easily led some of them might be, and that is the distinction the law makes for children and adolescents,” he said.

    “It’s appalling behaviour, it’s outrageous behaviour, but we shouldn’t punish it with that feeling of retribution and revenge.

    “We should try and make sure that people are punished properly if they commit a crime but that the rest of their lives aren’t ruined, and some of these people might be quite young and some of them might be quite easily led,” he said.

    What about the rest of the victim’s life? She is going to have to deal with this trauma forever. You can confiscate as many of the DVDs as you want, but I’m sure it’s somewhere on someone’s hard drive and will probably be perpetuated through infinity. Not naming the suspects is a grave injustice. But if you really wanted their names, you could go here.

    myspace deletes sex DVD comments:

    This article states that MySpace has deleted the profiles of some of those involved with the DVD. However, the last time I checked, there were at least 3 that were still up. You can go to my last entry about this to see the profiles. The article states that MySpace has also contacted Australian law enforcement.

    Knoxville insulted by link to boys’ assault film:

    Of course, the media have connected this situation to the Jackass movies. Well, head Jackass himself Johnny Knoxville had this to say…

    “I don’t understand, aside from lazy journalism, how they can make a connection between a bunch of f . . king evil little bastards assaulting a girl and us riding rockets and getting run over by a bull,” Johnny Knoxville said in Sydney.

    “Some lady from a TV show yesterday, as I was walking into a radio interview, said ‘how do you feel about the Jackass-inspired stunt?’,” Knoxville said. “I’m like ‘what the f . . . are you talking about?’ When have we ever done anything like that?”

    Knoxville said the Jackass team had never been linked to any incident like the Werribee DVD. “It’s completely insulting. We only do things to ourselves,” he said.

    As much as I dislike the whole Jackass thing he is correct. This was nothing more than an exercise in rape and public humiliation.

  • DVD of teenage girl’s rape sold to school children in Australia

    Living in The States, we don’t hear or see a lot of news from Australia. I happened to come across this story on Digg. The details and the language are pretty brutal, so it’s going behind the cut. It is not intended for younger readers. You have been warned.

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