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  • Torture victim held captive for a month

    Police Say Williams Abused for More Than a Month:

    Police are now stating that Megan Williams was held captive for a month, not a week, by the Deliverance Reject Family from West Virginia.

    Megan Williams went into the trailer home in Logan County where police say she was raped, beaten and tortured on Aug. 2, according to court testimony heard on Tuesday. Bobby Ray Brewster, 24, one of the six suspects in the case, got out of jail on Aug. 2 on charges he hit and threatened Williams, according to testimony from a Logan County sheriff’s deputy.

    So the first thing Cletus does is when he gets out of lock-up is to kidnap somebody.

    New charges have been filed as well…

    Besides Brewster, the others charged include his mother, 49-year-old Frankie Lee Brewster. Also on Tuesday, the original charges against suspect Frankie Brewster were amended to include first degree sexual assault, giving false information during the commission of a felony, kidnapping and three counts of misdemeanor battery.

    More details of the abuse…

    During the hearing, prosecuting attorneys presented a fly swatter, a knife and a wooden stick. Lawyers told the court the suspects used the implements to beat Williams. Each impliment had red and brown stains, but they will all be tested to determined what the material is. Deputies also testified that Williams went willingly to the home, but the suspects would later refuse to let her leave.

    And more of the family’s stellar record…

    The suspects had lengthy criminal records In 1994, Frankie Brewster was indicted on first degree murder charges, but pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an 84-year old woman. In March of this year, her son Bobby Brewster, was charged with brandishing a deadly weapon. Last year he was charged with battery on a police officer. Combs’ criminal history includes a malicious wounding charge in 2006. Messer has several domestic violence charges, including second offense domestic assault and burglary. Karen Burton and her daughter Alisha have also been arrested on numerous occasions. Karen Burton has been charged with assault on a police officer. Her daughter was charged with domestic assault in May.

    It’s amazing that this family of scumbags were even out on the streets.

  • Forced sexual acts

    MySpace encounter leads to charges:

    Seriously Connecticut, is there something in the water that causes your state to produce so many sex offenders?

    BANTAM – A Morris man is facing charges for allegedly using his computer to entice a 15-year-old girl who listed her age as 20 years old in her MySpace.com page.

    Gabriel Simmons, 31, was served with an arrest warrant Monday by state police at the Bantam Superior Court charging him with using a computer to entice a minor, second-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor, and illegal distribution of liquor to a minor.

    Simmons was reportedly on parole when he met the 15-year-old girl Dec. 31 to spend a New Year’s Eve weekend in his Morris apartment, according to an arrest warrant. Another couple joined them for the small party that included video games, beer and smoking marijuana.

    The victim told police she went willingly with Simmons but that he forced her to perform sexual acts. She was intoxicated at the time, she told police, according to the warrant.

    Now while the girl made some incredibly stupid choices the “forced her to perform sexual acts” part is still illegal no matter what age the victim is. And smoking dope while on probation we’ll probably get you locked up too.

  • Unlocking iPhones? Banned. Prostitution? Still ok

    Unlocking iPhones? Banned. Prostitution? Still ok

    Craigslist Users Crack Down on IPhone Unlockers:

    Now let’s see. It seems that craigslist has no problem with prostitution and drugs being sold on their site. However, advertising your services to unlock Apple’s iPhone seems taboo.

    This morning, we told you about Jef, an iPhone unlocker in New York who was selling his services on Craigslist over the weekend. After Jef saw his posts selling a quick iPhone unlock procedure flagged and removed from the site, he decided to offer the service for a trade rather than cash. See “Brooklynite Offers IPhone Unlocking In Exchange for Free Bagels.”

    Jef’s “trade me” post was then flagged and removed. So, he wrote another post offering the same service for free, only to see that one also flagged and removed by the community.

    Most of the posters are being flagged as scalpers or spammers. There’s nothing in Craigslist’s Terms of Use which says you can’t sell unlocking services. There’s also nothing stating that you can’t offer an unlocked phone at a premium price. But look at the FAQ and you’ll see that reselling for a premium is considered scalping, an activity which might get you flagged.

    Want some hookers and blow? No problem, we have all sorts of selections. Want an iPhone unlocked? Nope, sorry, can’t help you. That’s illegal. Craigslist really is the Bizarro World of the internet.

  • Conn. Creeper Sentenced

    Conn. Creeper Sentenced

    Man sentenced for arranging sex with girl he met on MySpace:

    I originally posted about Jason Palmeira here. He was charged with using the Internet to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of attempting to have, and having, illicit sexual conduct with a minor. That’s a mouthful. In English…

    Palmeira traveled on July 13 from Massachusetts to Connecticut to meet the girl, picking her up in a green sports car. He drove the girl to Massachusetts, bringing her to a location he described as his girlfriend’s house, the affidavit says.

    Once at the house, Palmeira is accused of having sexual contact with the girl, putting his finger in her vagina and driving her back to Connecticut, dropping her off at the Simsbury Public Library the following morning, according to the affidavit.

    Of course, this was all arranged over MySpace.

    For his troubles, Palmeira was sentenced to three years behind bars.

  • White’s lawyers appeal to Mo. Supreme Court

    White’s lawyers appeal to Mo. Supreme Court

    Lawyers take school shooting case to Mo. Supreme Court:

    The lawyers for Thomas White are appealing to the Missouri Supreme Court to have White tried as a juvenile.

    Public defenders said Monday they have appealed to reverse a lower court’s July decision that Thomas White, 14, should be tried as an adult. He faces four felony counts related to the school shooting last October and a charge of attempted escape from juvenile custody.

    White was 13 at the time of the shooting at Memorial Middle School.

    Nobody was injured when White allegedly fired a single shot into the ceiling. Prosecutors allege that White repeatedly tried to shoot the school’s principal but that the gun jammed.

    The public defenders are just delaying the inevitable. Now, all court proceedings will be postponed until the state supreme court issues a decision or reverts the case back to a lower court. My prediction is that the Missouri Supreme Court will more than likely refuse to hear the case.

    If they do hear the case, I’m sure they’ll get a bunch of tear-stained letters from suburban housewives who think no teen is capable of murder. Just on that possibility alone, I wouldn’t hear the case if I was a Justice.

  • I guess this was bound to happen

    I guess this was bound to happen

    Groups press for hate-crime charges in woman’s alleged torture:

    First, let me tell you my stance on hate crime legislation. Personally, I think all violent crimes are hate crimes, but I’m not opposed to any legislation that keeps criminal scumbags behind bars longer.

    Now let’s get to the story.

    Representatives of several black churches appealed to prosecutors Thursday to pursue hate-crime or civil-rights charges against six white people accused of torturing a black woman over several days.

    Normally, I would agree with them, but this is a special case. Like I’ve mentioned before, the kidnapping and sexual assault charges carry more weight than the hate crime charges. The church leaders should be more concerned about justice being done than having prosecutors file charges that at this point would be nothing more than symbolic in nature.

    While black church leaders are calling for marches and protests, the NAACP is taking a wait and see approach…

    The NAACP said it was monitoring the case. “We expect the authorities to do the right thing in bringing the responsible parties involved in these despicable and heinous events to justice with the full weight of the law,” Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, said in a statement.

    Remember, the kidnapping charges carry a max life sentence and the sexual assault charge carries a max of 35 years. The hate crime charges only carry 10 years. Let them secure the kidnapping conviction first, then file hate crime charges.

  • Patrick Buss sentenced

    Patrick Buss sentenced

    Willamette Valley man pleads guilty in MySpace sex case:

    One of the earliest cases I posted about MySpace crimes was that of Patrick Buss. He’s the man from Oregon who tried to lure underage girls to a motel over MySpace. However, the girls were having none of that and reported him to police.

    Yesterday, Buss pleaded guilty to attempted sex abuse and was sentenced to 7 years behind bars. If that sounds light, don’t worry. He’s already serving a 20-year sentence for a previous offense.

  • WV Torture follow up

    WV Torture follow up

    A ton of news has come out about the kidnapping and torturing of Megan Williams. I’m going to bring you all the “highlights” that I have.

    Brewster relative says Frankie and Bobby have had a hard life:

    I was wondering how long it would take for this one to come out. Like it could possibly excuse what these monsters did.

    Carrie Brewster confirmed that when he was 14, Bobby Brewster was accused of fatally shooting his father, Bisha Tomblin, in 1998. Other than that, the grandmother didn’t want to talk about her grandson’s or daughter’s criminal pasts.

    Boo-freakin’ Hoo. To me, that just means that Bobby Brewster should have been locked up a long time ago.

    Magistrate says torture suspect revealed plans to kill victim:

    Apparently, the Clampetts on Crack were planning on killing Megan Williams.

    One of the six defendants charged in the weeklong torture of a Charleston woman allegedly told a magistrate the group planned to take the woman to an area lake and kill her.

    Logan County Magistrate Leonard Codispoti says 49-year-old Frankie Brewster blurted out the planned killing during her arraignment this weekend.

    Not the sharpest tools in the shed, are they?

    W.Va. Victim Knew Torture Suspect:

    Megan Williams knew at least one of her attackers…

    One of the six suspects arrested in the case, Bobby Brewster, had a previous relationship with the victim, Logan County Prosecutor Brian Abraham told The Associated Press. He said Brewster had been charged in July with domestic battery and assault after a domestic dispute involving the same woman.

    “She obviously had some sort of social relationship,” Abraham said. “That is based on the fact that she was present at his residence on a prior date.”

    I don’t care if they were knockin’ boots. I don’t care that Ms. Williams may not have been willing to get out of an abusive relationship. There is nothing you can say to me that is going to make disparage the victim. What was done to her was not even in the realm of humanity. It was more like being attacked by a pack of wild mangy filthy dogs.

    No Hate Crime Charges in Torture Case:

    Now before everyone gets their panties in a wad, it’s not because authorities believe this wasn’t a hate crime. However, the kidnapping and sexual assault charges carry stiffer sentences.

    While the hate crime statute only carries a max sentence of 10 years, the sexual assault statute carries a max of 35 years and the kidnapping statute carries a max of life.

    Personally, I think these rejects from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre should get death, but WV does not have the death penalty.

    Locals: Torture Suspects Were Trouble:

    Surprise, surprise. The neighbors weren’t too fond of the white trash De Sade family.

    Charlotte and Roy Williams tried to avoid their neighbors, a rowdy bunch who blared music for days on end. But the noise may have been the least of their offenses.

    “If I knowed that was happening up there, I would have gone up there myself to try and help that girl,” said Roy Williams, who is not related to Megan Williams.

    Police tape remained at the scene in Big Creek, and empty beer cans filled a rusting shopping cart next to the mobile home. An empty TV dinner tray collected rainwater near the front door.

    Like many in Big Creek, Roy Williams, 61, and his wife, Charlotte, 49, avoided the property.

    “We know everyone over here in this area – except them,” Charlotte Williams said. “We didn’t want to know them.”

    Since 1991, police have filed 108 criminal charges against the six.

    Frankie Brewster was charged in 1994 with first-degree murder, but pleaded guilty to lesser charges of manslaughter and wanton endangerment. She was released from prison in 2000 after serving five years in the death of an 84-year-old woman, court records show.

    Bobby Brewster was accused in March of attacking his mother with a machete, according to court records. The outcome of those charges domestic assault, brandishing a deadly weapon and obstructing an officer – was not immediately clear.

    He also faces domestic battery and assault charges after a dispute involving Megan Williams in July. A court date has not yet been set.

    The Brewsters were constantly fighting, drinking and disrupting the otherwise quiet hollow in southern West Virginia, Roy and Charlotte Williams said.

    “Sometimes we’d hear music playing really loud,” Charlotte Williams said. “We could tell you what the words to the song was, it was so clear. It would go for three or four days, 24 hours a day sometimes.”

    Quite literally, the neighbors from hell. I hope they go back there soon.

  • Katherine Lester off again

    Katherine Lester off again

    Teen heads back to Middle East:

    You all remember Katherine Lester, don’t you? She was the 16-year-old girl from Michigan who ran away to be with her boyfriend that she met on MySpace. And by running away I mean flying to Israel because her boyfriend lives in West Bank. She was stopped in Jordan before she could reach Israel and was returned home to Michigan.

    Now she’s 18. But don’t think you have a chance, guys. She only has eyes for the Middle East and she’s heading back.

    The article I linked to says she’s spending less than a week there and then returning home. However, this article says that it’s a one-way ticket. If that’s true I honestly fear for her safety.

  • Alleged pimp pleads not guilty

    Alleged pimp pleads not guilty

    MySpace pimp suspect pleads not guilty:

    I originally posted about Melvin Parker Jr. here. He’s the 32-year-old California “man” who is accused of luring a 16-year-old girl over MySpace into prostituting for him. He has pleaded not guilty to pimping the girl out.

    The case began last month when San Rafael police saw the girl trolling for sexual customers in the Canal Area. The girl, a runaway from Washington state, told police she arrived in the Bay Area on Aug. 3 to see a man she had met on MySpace.com, the social networking site. After she arrived, the man threatened to harm her family if she did not work for him as a prostitute.

    Working with police, the girl arranged to meet the man at Burger King in the Canal area. Police arrested Parker when he showed up.

    Yet, he pleaded not guilty. Criminals never fail to crack me up.

    Parker is due back in court on October 9th.