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  • ‘Megan Had It Coming’ is a hoax and other news

    MySpace Bully Talks Back (Maybe):

    If you’ve been following the Megan Meier story like I have then you’re familiar with the ‘Megan Had It Coming’ blog. I’m not going to link to it because whoever is running it doesn’t deserve the attention. Anyway, it’s allegedly being posted by someone close to the situation who believes that Megan Meier deserved what she got. Some media outlets think it may actually be Lori Drew posting that blog. As a matter of fact, I had a journalist ask me my opinion on its authenticity yesterday. I think it’s a hoax and I’ll tell you why.

    The posts at ‘MHIC’ are awfully similar to the comments left by someone calling themselves ANONYMOUS that posted on one of my Megan Meier entries. The e-mail address they used to leave a comment traced back to the MySpace of a 16-year-old black girl from Michigan. It is possible that ANONYMOUS was using a fake address that just happened to coincide with that MySpace but the MySpace in question has since been deleted ever since I made that fact public. The second reason I think it’s a fake is because ANONYMOUS’ IP address traced back to Louisville, KY. That’s roughly 260 miles from where the Drews lived. Now since the Drews have allegedly disappeared that might be where they’ve moved to but I can’t be certain of that without knowing the date that they moved. Another reason I think it’s a fake is that I would like to believe that even Lori Drew, in light of what’s happened, wouldn’t be that stupid or callous to make a blog called ‘Megan Had It Coming’.

    However…

    Woman Accused Of Setting Up False MySpace Page That Led To Girl’s Suicide Breaks Her Silence:
    …it seems that Lori Drew is speaking through her attorney.

    But now Drew denies she was even home when the malicious messages were being sent. “She didn’t find out about it until after Megan had taken her own life,” her lawyer Jim Briscoe told a U.S. network.

    A police report contends that Drew asked an 18-year-old employee to create the false I.D., but there’s now some confusion about how it actually came into being and who sent the messages. She “did not create the MySpace account,” Briscoe maintains. “She did not instruct anybody to create the MySpace account. She never made any communications through the MySpace account.”

    Her lawyer claims Drew is losing business because people are blaming her for the girl’s death and are afraid to be associated with her. Her own neighbours will no longer even talk to her. And if the motive really was to see what was being said about her own child online, that’s backfired, too. “Her daughter has had to drop out of school because of the harassment,” Briscoe reveals.

    He claims even if she did have some knowledge about the existence of the site, she wasn’t aware of the kinds of notes being posted to the girl or she would have stopped it. “She wished she did. If she could turn back the clock, that’s the part she would do differently,” he insists.

    Cry me a river. The Meiers aren’t buying it and neither am I. The Meiers are planning civil action against the Drews. I guess the Drews will have to come out of their hole eventually.

  • Child rapist pleads guilty

    Baby Rapist Faces Life in Prison:

    It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about James Wamsley. He might stick out in your mind. He was accused of raping an infant. I say was accused because he pleaded guilty to the charges.

    As part of the plea, Wamsley was also found guilty of an aggravating factor, including the vulnerability of the child.

    Aggravating factors affect how the teen will be sentenced.

    Since then, lawyers have duked it out over another aggravating factor: the injuries to the baby.

    In a trial hearing Tuesday, a judge ruled the teen is guilty of that second aggravating factor, which could put him away for life.

    Wamsley was charged as an adult and if anybody has a problem with that I present the following…

    Experts said most rape cases in children don’t require surgery at all.

    But this little boy was hurt so badly, he needed surgery in Spokane.

    In nearly two decades as a pediatric specialist, Dr. Zirkle has seen only a handful of cases involving an infant.

    “There probably aren’t more than 15 or 20 in my career that are under the age of one,” she said.

    Dr. Zirkle was one of a handful of doctors who examined the little boy’s medical information, and confirmed his wounds wouldn’t have healed on their own.

    Wamsley is looking at a possible life sentence. Sentencing is scheduled for January 8th.

  • Asa Coon was sober

    SuccessTech shooter was sober during attack:

    According to Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office, Asa Coon had no drugs or alcohol when he went on his shooting spree at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio.

    I didn’t know this was an issue since I’ve never heard of a drunk or stoned school shooter.

  • The Drews disappear

    MySpace Suicide Teen’s Harassers Vanish:

    According to this blog post from AOL News Bloggers, it seems the Megan Meier’s tormentors, the Drews, have disappeared off the face of the earth.

    If, after reading about the story, you’re filled with a similar urge to vandalize the Drews’ house, you’re not alone. Some media outlets posted their names, and they’ve been the subject of escalating violence, detailed here. Now it seems they’ve disappeared from the neighborhood, leaving — wisely — no forwarding address.

    I wonder if they left before or after yesterday’s press conference about no criminal charges being filed.

  • No criminal charges in Megan Meier’s suicide

    Prosecutor: No Criminal Charges in MySpace Suicide:

    As expected St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas announced at a press conference earlier today that there will be no criminal files charged in the harassment/suicide death of Megan Meier.

    “Their purpose was never to cause her emotional harassment that we can prove,” Banas said. “There’s a difference between what people think or what we may believe the reason was that they created this, it’s what we can prove and what a jury would believe.”

    Banas said statements from the neighbor and two teens who participated in the fictitious account couldn’t meet criminal standards for the state’s statutes on harassment, stalking or endangering the welfare of a child.

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation lead the investigation after the U.S. Attorney’s Office was contacted by the Meier family, Banas said.

    In a perfect world, there would be charges filed against the adults that caused Megan Meier to commit suicide. Then again in a perfect world, adults wouldn’t descend into this kind of behavior then act like it wasn’t their fault.

  • Dixie Chick supports West Memphis 3

    Dixie Chicks Start Defense Fund for Murderers:

    Another celebrity has fallen under the spell of the West Memphis 3 propaganda machine but this one isn’t too surprising. Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks is CONVINCED that the WM3 are innocent after seeing the documentaries on them. The sure sign that your cause is doomed is when Natalie Maines signs on. Maines has started a defense fund for the WM3. Like they needed another one because the ones they’ve had so far have worked out really well for them.

    Here’s her heartfelt plea…

    “I’m writing this letter today because I believe that three men have spent the past 13 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit,” Maines’ message begins.

    “On May 5, 1993 in West Memphis, Ark., three 8-year-old boys, Steve Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were murdered.

    “Three teenage boys, Damien Echols, Jesse Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin were convicted of the murders in 1994. Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelley received life sentences without parole, and Damien Echols sits on death row.

    “I encourage everyone to see the HBO documentaries, ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Lost 2’ for the whole history of the case.”

    So she sees two movies that have an obvious agenda and she’s convinced the three are innocent. Whatever. Ringing celebrity endorsements haven’t done squat for the WM3 yet. This one won’t either.

  • Florida man arrested for sexual battery

    Richard Gagnon Jr.
    Richard Gagnon Jr.

    Detectives:Man met Lakeland teen through MySpace and Sexually Battered Her:

    That distinguished looking gentleman at right is one 39-year-old Richard Gagnon Jr. He’s been arrested for performing sexual acts on a 14-year-old girl that he met over MySpace. Gagnon is accused of making several trips from Fort Lauderdale to Lakeland, Florida to have sex with the girl.

    Detectives say Gagnon sexually battered her on several of those trips. Gagnon admitted to investigators that he knew the victim was 14 years old.

    During the most recent incident, on Friday, investigators say the girl left her Lakeland home around 11:30 pm while her mom was sleeping.

    The victim agreed to meet Gagnon, and the two drove together to the Motel 6 located at 3120 US Hwy 98 North in Lakeland.

    When the girl’s mother woke up in the morning, investigators say, she found a note written by the victim girl saying that she had left and would return in a week.

    The mother called the Sheriff’s Office, and detectives, after talking to the victim’s friends, learned their location.

    Gagnon is facing numerous charges including traveling to meet a minor and enticing a minor via the internet.

  • Hacker gets 110 years

    Hacker gets 110 years for threats on MySpace:

    33-year-old Ivory Dickerson of North Carolina was sentenced to 110 years. He was accused of hacking into the MySpaces of girls from Brevard County, Florida. Sentence a little harsh you say? Well, Dickerson would hack into the MySpaces and the girls’ computers to try to extort pornographic images of themselves. Sentence still too harsh you say?

    While investigating the hacking case, the local FBI Innocent Images Task Force uncovered a cache of child pornography dating to 1998 and videos of Dickerson with young girls, thought to be about 15 years old. In the video, Dickerson boasts of drinking with them in his room and having sexual encounters with them, according to court records.

    Not so harsh now huh?

  • Man posts underage pics of ex on Nexopia

    Man pleads guilty to distributing child porn:

    21-year-old Brian Johnathan Schultz of Edmonton, Alberta pleaded guilty to charges of distributing child porn. It seems that Schultz was dating a girl who was 16 and photographed their sexual exploits. The girl tried to end the relationship but Schultz couldn’t accept that. Schultz had started posting nude pictures of the girl on his Nexopia profile and was offering more for anyone who requested. When the girl contacted Nexopia the photos were pulled. Schultz then presented the girl with a diamond ring but the girl still refused. Then Schultz had set up a complete website offering photos of the girl.

    Canadian law states…

    The age of consent is 18 years where the sexual activity involves exploitative activity, such as prostitution, pornography or where there is a relationship of trust, authority or dependency. For other sexual activity, the age of consent is 14 years.

    So the sex was legal but the photos were not.

    Schultz is set to be sentenced early next year.

    First off I’ll probably have my man card revoked for this but ladies, don’t let your SOs take nude photos of you. Eventually, they’ll find their way to the internet. Now to the guys, we’ve all been there. We’ve all had the girlfriend that we wanted back no matter the cost after we got dumped. However, have some dignity and let her go. You’ll both be better off that way.

    Thanks to LiLO for the tip.

  • Indictment handed down in Olson murder

    Grand jury hands up first-degree murder charges in Olson case:

    A Minnesota grand jury handed down an indictment today of first-degree murder for 19-year-old Michael John Anderson. Anderson is accused of killing 24-year-old Katherine Ann Olson after Olson answered a phony employment ad placed by Anderson.

    When Savage police interviewed Anderson, he initially denied having contact with Olson.

    Anderson then admitted to being present when Olson died. He said a friend killed the woman because he “thought it would be funny.”

    However, the evidence that’s been released mostly points to Anderson acting alone.

    After a bloodied towel – with Anderson’s name inked on it and Olson’s smashed cell phone wrapped inside – was found in a nearby Savage park, authorities picked up Anderson from his job fueling airplanes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. His phone number was the last one called on Olson’s phone.

    Minnesota does not have the death penalty as much as this scumbag deserves it.