Police: Teen victims say they met man on MySpace:
22-year-old Angel Eduardo Leyva of Sparks, Nevada was arrested on charges of child porn and child sex abuse.
Leyva is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl he met over MySpace and is also accused of threatening other underage girls to send him nude pics of themselves.
Not surprisingly Leyva is unemployed and lives with his father. What a shock.
Defense Lawyer Files to Dismiss MySpace Case:
Lori Drew’s defense attorney has filed a motion to have the fraud charges against her dismissed. He claims that if Lori Drew is criminally guilty of violating MySpace’s TOS than so are we all. Considering I’m sure we’ve all violated a TOS or two in our times.
Except here’s the difference. When I give Yahoo a fake name and address a teenage girl doesn’t die because of it.
Legal Action Considered Against Polk Sheriff:
This one is from the “Boy does that woman have brass ones” department.
Christina Garcia is the mother of Mercades Nichols. Mercades is one of if not the main suspect in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay.
You would think that Ms. Garcia has more important matters to attend to like making sure her daughter stays out of jail but no. Ms. Garcia has taken it upon herself to file a lawsuit against Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for making ‘defamatory’ remarks and causing ‘severe emotional damages’.
In her intent to sue notice, Bernard wrote that Judd failed to handle the arrest of the teens “with integrity and a degree of care” that would have protected them “against unfair treatment and exposure.”
Judd has described the March 30 beating in published news stories as “animalistic” and said that after the teens were arrested, they were laughing together in a holding cell, saying “Am I going to miss cheerleading practice?” and “I guess we’re not going to the beach this week.”
I didn’t know you could be sued for the truth. Garcia’s face is causing me severe emotional damages. Can I sue for that?
Alleged DUI killer’s MySpace profile depicts youth consumed with money, drugs and graffiti:
This is a great article from the Philadelphia Daily News which happens to be my favorite newspaper of all time. It’s about one 18-year-old Joseph Genovese Jr. Genovese is accused in the DUI death of one woman and the injury of another, both from who were only in town to see their favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals, play the Phillies. Police allege that Genovese ran a red light while under the influence then struck 43-year-old Cindy Grassi, who was killed and 36-year-old Sandra Wacker.
As what happens in some of these cases involving young kids police and media go looking at the suspect’s MySpace and they found a plethora of damning information. Genovese fashioned himself a pot smoking, drinking, tagging, thug on MySpace. I implore you to read the entire article so you can see the depths of ridiculousness on his MySpace. At one point he was using his mugshot as his profile pic.
Of course in real life, he’s no gangsta at all…
According to one law enforcement source, Genovese was nowhere near as tough as he appears on his MySpace page when he turned himself in with his lawyer and family on Tuesday afternoon to AID.
The teen looked “pale-faced and kept throwing up,” the source said. The source said that Genovese didn’t say much, except that he was distraught over the incident.
He’s hardcore.
Now while this waste of matter sits in jail I’m sure I’ll be inundated by all his stupid buddies saying “FrEe J-BoNeZ” or some stupid crap like that.
Former stepfather of Vermont girl indicted:
I’m sure by now those of you who are following the Brooke Bennett story already know that her ex-stepfather has been indicted in San Antonio. Ray Gagnon was indicted on child porn charges there yesterday.
Gagnon admitted to police that he had a friend/roommate/landlord dispose of his safe which contained a computer which contained a massive cache of child porn.
Gagnon was already facing obstruction charges for disposing of said laptop while police were still looking for Brooke Bennett.
For current up to the minute news on this subject, you can usually find it in this comment thread where the commenters are doing a great job of posting up to the minute updates.
Local Teen Meets Sex Offender On MySpace:
34-year-old Dennis Boehm of Indiana met a 20-year-old girl over MySpace. Except that the girl was actually 15. When the girl told him she was 15 that didn’t discourage him any. He picked the girl up from her church in his van (windowless I’m sure) and took her to an American Legion parking lot where they had sex.
Dennis had a secret of his own though. He’s a registered sex offender who spent 11 years in prison for the attempted rape of two kids ages 9 and 11.
Boehm lives with his parents, no shock there, and they’re in complete denial. They claim the girl never told him her real age. But it’s not like he’s a registered sex offender or anything. Oh, wait, yes he is.
He’s now looking at 6-20 years behind bars.
UPDATE: What do you know. Mom’s basement dweller is a Juggalo. Thanks, Nancy.
Plainsboro man charged with luring 13-year-old via MySpace:
28-year-old Derek McDonough of Plainsboro, New Jersey was arrested on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.
If the allegations are true then McDonnough is a loser and I’m sure someone who knows him will give us some excuse. And if they do they might have a surprise coming their way but I’ll save that for later. Anyway, I have an issue with the girl’s parents because of this quote…
…the girl’s parents became suspicious about their daughter’s internet activity…
If you haven’t figured it out by now you should be suspicious of all your teen’s internet activities. They’re either up to something or they’re not savvy enough to protect themselves from predators.
Drew’s trial rescheduled for October:
Lori Drew’s trial for conspiracy and fraud charges has been rescheduled for early October. Until then Drew must stay off the internet and can’t leave Missouri or Illinois except to travel to California for the federal trial.
Texas Search in Brooke Bennett Murder:
Federal Agents in Texas are scouring a landfill looking for the computer of Ray Gagnon. As you know Ray Gagnon is the former stepfather of Brooke Bennett and a possible accomplice in her disappearance. before his arrest, he instructed his roommate to dispose of a computer that allegedly contained child porn.
I wonder if it also holds any evidence of Brooke’s disappearance or murder.
Man accused of sex with teen he met on MySpace:
23-year-old Justin Allen Lee of Avondale, AZ was arrested for driving to Chandler, AZ to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met over MySpace. Lee was discovered by the girl’s father.
Lee is using the ‘I thought she was 17’ defense even though according to the article it states her MySpace stated her correct age. Age of consent in Arizona is 18.
You also have to read how hilarious Lee’s apprehension was.
In Avondale, where he lives with his parents, Lee was already on probation for armed robbery and was booked through the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. It sucks to be him. Maricopa County is where Sheriff Joe is. I reckon he probably don’t take too kindly to perverts like this one.