TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: Facebook

  • Casey Anthony’s Facebook…again

    Does facebook play a role in Caylee Anthony’s disappearance?:

    From the ridiculous to the sublime. The Casey Anthony story still keeps getting the fine tooth comb treatment from the media. This time it’s about Facebook again.

    Apparently, some woman from Ontario (not sure if that’s Canada or not) has contacted Orlando police stating that Casey Anthony’s Facebook had a message that said she lost some duct tape that she borrowed from a friend.

    As I’m sure most of you know a child’s body that could be Caylee Anthony was found in a trash bag wrapped with duct tape.

    I’m not saying this isn’t a significant find that could help put Casey Anthony away for life or am I detracting from the woman’s find. I’m just so sick of the media saturation of this case while another missing child by the name of Giovanni Gonzalez goes almost unheard. Maybe if Giovanni received this kind of media attention then people from other countries could find clues for his disappearance too.

  • Facebook group to keep Ashton Glover’s killers in jail

    Online Networking Group Created to Prevent Prisoner from Parole:

    Katie Ellis of Sugar Land, Texas didn’t know Ashton Glover but she knows enough to want to keep her killers behind bars.

    As I’ve mentioned before Sean Brown was sentenced to 10 years to help Matt McCombs try to dispose of Ashton’s body. But Brown could be eligible for parole as soon as January.

    So Ms. Ellis has started a Facebook group called “Keep Ashton Glover’s Killers in Jail!”.

    It has all the information you may need to let the Texas Board of Parole know that in no way, shape or form should Brown be paroled in January.

  • Michigan teen raped by Facebook friend

    Police: Man Met, Assaulted Girl On Facebook:

    Police in Clinton Township, Michigan have arrested a man who raped a 16-year-old girl he met on Facebook.

    The suspect claimed that he just moved to the Detroit area. She invited him to her home once while her family was home. The man returned a different time when she was home alone. She didn’t let him in but he broke into the house through a basement window and raped the girl. A family member came home and chased him off.

    The suspect is 18-year-old Michael Thomas Robinson of Eastpointe, MI. He’s alleged to have had four different Facebook profiles, one using the name of ‘Michael Jones’.

    He’s looking at a life sentence for the rape.

    Thanks to my wife Jade for the tip.

  • 11-year-old approached by predator on Facebook

    Facebook predator: Convicted sex offender allegedly tried to lure 11-year-old N.S. boy to Ontario:

    Brendon James MacNeill of Mississauga, Ontario was arrested recently for trying to lure an 11-year old boy from Nova Scotia on Facebook. MacNeill allegedly instigated the conversation with the boy. He said that he could hook the kid up with a 12-year-old girl from Quebec.

    Macneill is a high-risk sex offender who was just released this past March.

    While Macneill is a scumbag of the highest order I found this message a little ironic from the boy’s mother…

    The woman is warning parents to monitor their kids’ Facebook use closely.

    Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Facebook’s minimum age 13?

  • 419 on Facebook

    Cyber criminals target Facebook users:

    It seems the 419 scammers have invaded Facebook. How the scam works this time is that they hijack someone’s Facebook profile then send messages to their Facebook friends asking for $500 under the premise that they’re stranded in Nigeria.

    I don’t know about you but I think most of Facebook friends do not go to Nigeria on a regular basis. And if any of my Facebook friends were to ever get a message from me saying I’m in Nigeria you’ll definitely know its fake because I don’t even like to leave my house let alone the continent.

  • Facebook pedophile sentenced

    Fox Lake man gets 35 years for Facebook sex scheme:

    We have another repeat guest today. This time it’s Michael Macalindong. He’s the 25-year-old from outside of Chicago who I dubbed Facebook’s first pedophile.

    Maclindong lured teen boys over Facebook into having sex with him. When they refused he threatened to post videos of them on the internet. He was also found to have a large cache of child porn on his computer. In May he pleaded guilty to the child porn charges.

    Yesterday he was sentenced on the luring charges and received a sentence of 35 years in federal prison.

  • Social sites can boot sex offenders

    MySpace can now expel sex offenders:

    Yesterday President Bush (remember him?) signed a bill into law yesterday that grants sites like MySpace and Facebook to have access to a national database of registered sex offenders.

    With that access, the sites would be able to cross-reference their user base and expel any registered sex offenders on it.

    Sex offenders who do not register their e-mail addresses and other internet information could face up to 10 years in prison.

    I actually think this is an enormous step to getting sex offenders off of places like MySpace but again I have to note that it doesn’t do anything to keep off the sex offenders that haven’t been caught yet.

    Parents still need to remain vigilant in their kids’ internet usage. If you don’t know how to monitor their net habits educate yourself.

    Parents should always be the first line of defense.

  • Casey Anthony’s Facebook

    Casey Anthony has hundreds of online supporters:

    If you haven’t heard about Casey Anthony you’ve been living under a rock you can catch up here.

    Long story short she’s a person of interest in the death of her own daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. Anybody with half a brain thinks that she had something to with her daughter’s death even though Caylee hasn’t been found yet.

    Those without half a brain have become Casey Anthony’s Facebook friend…

    Casey’s Facebook page is dedicated it to her missing 3-year-old daughter Caylee. On Facebook Casey has a growing list of friends leaving messages of support. She is getting lots of support from strangers from Leesburg to London.

    Amanda wrote: “Keep your head up mom…I’ve been in your shoes before. It’s not the best place to be behind the pointed finger….There is a rainbow after the storm.”

    Maegyn from Michigan wrote…”There is not a night that I don’t pray that when I wake see that she was brought homes safe and sound…”

    It does say at the top of Casey’s pages that the site that says only positive comments. The site is being monitored and her friends from around the world seem to respect that.

    According to the report from FOX 35 in Florida, Casey Anthony has approximately 650 Facebook friends. That’s 650 people who probably think that the word ‘gullible’ is not in the dictionary.

  • To catch a Shadow

    Police: Predator targeted teen websites:

    29-year-old Warren Nanney of Boise, Idaho was arrested this past Friday in child porn charges.

    Nanney was said to have been in possession of images of 14 and 15-year-old girls. Using the handles of “Shadow” and “Jadedwasted” Nanney cruised the usual places looking for young girls. Investigators say that he used Myspace, Facebook, and Myyearbook to find his victims. It’s alleged that he had sex with two girls who were under the age of 16 by posing as a 16-year-old.

    “He had over 500 contacts, 500 people listed as friends and 90 percent of them were under the age of 18, females who were in the Treasure Valley,” said Bill Crawford, a detective with the Caldwell Police Department.

    Hopefully, this serial scumbag will be put away for a long time.

  • Facebook pedophile pleads guilty

    Man pleads guilty to using Facebook to entice minors:

    I originally posted about Michael Macalindong here.

    Back in February of 2007 Macalindong was arrested for using Facebook to try to entice a 15-year-old boy to his home for sex. It’s actually way more complicated than that so go read my original post for all the disturbing details.

    Yesterday he pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

    No word on sentencing yet.