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  • Quotes from Craig

    Craigslist’s creator says big things in store:

    Just some quotes from craigslist founder Craig Newmark that I’d like to discuss…

    “We’re the online equivalent to a flea market,” said Craig Newmark, Craigslist.org creator.

    That’s funny, I’ve never seen a hooker at a flea market.

    “We’ve operated on this notion, ‘Treat people how you would like to be treated,’” said Newmark.

    So people want to be scammed and harassed then?

    “There are companies that give people lip service, but we do try to follow through with that,” said Newmark. “We don’t do it perfectly, but we try.”

    craigslist is the definition of lip service because that’s all anyone ever gets when someone has a problem with craigslist. Just try to get them to remove a harassing ad. It’s almost impossible.

    “Remember the idea of shared values and the notion of committment.”

    Why should we remember? You’ve obviously forgotten.

  • Man who solicited handyman’s daughter re-arrested

    Man charged with soliciting 12-year-old through her dad:

    Back in September, I posted a story about a guy who responded to a craigslist ad for a handyman in Maine. The handyman posted in his ad that he was trying to feed his family. The slime who responded to his ad instead offered money to have sex with the man’s 12-year-old daughter. That slime was thankfully arrested and his name is Michael Berk.

    It seems that Berk was wanted by the Secret Service for his actions and is now in their custody.

    The article I linked to also gives additional details about Berk’s arrest.

    Berk had offered the handyman $300 for three ‘visits’ each week with his daughter. Luckily the handyman he was expecting was replaced with a Maine State Trooper with a microphone.

    When authorities searched Berk’s computer there were images of Thai children performing sexual acts from an alleged child sex tour Berk took of Thailand.

    Berk was released by Maine authorities on $1000 bail. Good job there Maine.

    He was arrested in Frederick County, Maryland for loitering in a motel parking lot. It was then he tripped Secret Services radar.

    This is why they should give the death penalty to serial child molesters like this scumbag. God only knows how many victims this perversion of humanity has had.

  • McKenzie-Gude indicted

    Teen Accused of Possessing Bomb Materials Faces Federal Charges:

    Our favorite would be presidential assassin is back in the news. 18-year-old Colin McKenzie-Gude was indicted on federal charges this past Friday.

    If you’ll recall not only was he found to be in possession of illegal firearms and explosives but he was also found with addresses to teachers’ houses of his former high school, a map that the president’s motorcade takes to Camp David, and forged documents that showed McKenzie-Gude as a government agent.

    McKenzie-Gude’s lawyer is trying to make the other teen that was arrested the scapegoat by alleging that it was the other teen that purchased the guns with his mother’s credit card. That doesn’t change the fact that McKenzie-Gude was in possession of them and all the other items.

    Are they trying for the ‘he was holding it for a friend’ defense?

  • Iowa girl reclaimed by family

    Teen abandoned under safe-haven law back with family:

    Remember the Iowa girl who was dropped off at a Nebraska safe haven? Well, she’s back with her grandparents.

    It seems that they were making good on a threat to drop her off there if she didn’t do what they say.

    No charges are being pressed at this time.

    My dad threatened to leave me at Sears when I was a kid and he commanded enough respect from me that I thought he would do it. He never did though.

  • Father of Staton 9 wants visitation

    Man Who Left Children Asks For Visitation Rights:

    Here we are back in Nebraska with their wacky safe haven law stories.

    This time the father of the 9 kids that were all dropped off at once is now petitioning for visitation rights.

    Gary Staton, who dropped off the Staton 9, was in court this past Wednesday seeking visitation right for the 9 children he left at a safe haven.

    What do you think dear reader? Should he be allowed visitation or since he dropped them at a safe haven should he not have any visitation rights? What say you?

  • Bodies in freezer ID’d

    Renee Bowman
    Renee Bowman

    Names of Girls Found in Maryland Freezer Released:

    There’s been more news in the case of Frog Clown over there, Renee Bowman. She’s the one who was abusing her adopted child when police found the corpses of two of her other adopted children in her freezer.

    The girls that were found in the freezer have now been identified as 9-year-old Jasmine Nicole Bowman and 11-year-old Minnet Cecelia Bowman. Their exact ages at the time of their deaths have not been determined yet.

    Frog Clown has not been charged with their deaths as of yet. I’m assuming they’re waiting on autopsy results before filing charges on the girls’ deaths. She is still being held on child abuse charges.

  • Jacques pleads not guilty

    Jacques Pleads Not Guilty:

    Michael Jacques, the accused killer of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, had his lawyers plead not guilty for him yesterday. The scumbag couldn’t even man up and show his face in court.

    It could be six months before the feds decide on pursuing the death penalty or not.

  • Used car scam alive in Houston

    Investigators warn of Craigslist car scam:

    Speaking of the craigslist used car scam Houston Police are warning people not to fall for it after 4 people in the Houston area already have.

    They say the suspects contact the victim via e-mail, posing as a representative of the company eBay.inc and provide instructions to the victims as to how to make payment arrangements for the vehicle purchased.

    Of course, those instructions are to wire the money using MoneyGram and then the scammers make off with the cash.

    As far as I know, MoneyGram is a legit service but much like craigslist, it seems to be a useful tool for scam artists.

    Remember kids, never wire the money.

  • Jonesboro gunman pleads guilty to theft

    Alleged Shooter Enters Plea Out On Unrelated Charges:

    I don’t know why the headline calls him an alleged shooter. He was convicted of the crime after all.

    Anyway, Jonesboro gunman Mitchell Johnson pleaded guilty to the felony theft and fraud charges. He stole an ATM card from one of his customers at his job at the local Gas ‘n Gulp.

    Johnson is looking at 30-years in addition to the four years he was sentenced to on federal weapons charges.

  • Lori Drew asks again for dismissal

    MySpace Suicide Defendant Asks Again For Case Dismissal:

    The attorneys representing Lori Drew are once again asking for a dismissal in her federal fraud case. If you do not recall Lori Drew allegedly posed as a teenage boy by the name of Josh Evans on MySpace in order to harass 13-year-old Megan Meier. Megan was so distraught that she committed suicide.

    Her attorneys argue that the federal statute that she was charged under only applies to interstate theft.

    The prosecution claims the Drew committed theft of information by obtaining information about Megan Meier through deceit.

    A hearing will be held on the matter on Oct 30th.