TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: MySpace

  • Teen testifies against Lori Drew

    Woman Testifies Against Lori Drew in MySpace Hoax Case:

    19-year-old Ashley Grills is the girl who actually created the fake MySpace profile of ‘Josh Evans’ that led to the suicide of Megan Meier. She’s been granted immunity by the California grand jury in exchange for her testimony against Lori Drew, the 47-year-old woman believed to be behind the whole nefarious plot against Megan Meier.

    Grills admitted for the first time publicly that she created the profile of Josh Evans, and she told Roberts that she wrote the cruel words, “the world would be a better place without you,” that may have pushed Meier over the edge.

    Grills said that she was trying to end the “relationship” because she felt that the joke had gone too far.

    “I was trying to get her angry so she would leave him alone and I could get rid of the whole MySpace,” Grills said.

    Or you could have apologized to Megan and told her the truth.

    Anyway, it sounds like Lori Drew wanted to take it even further…

    “She was wanting to meet him and me and … me and Lori’s daughter were both telling Lori that we thought it was going too far ’cause none of us can meet her, none of us are guys,” Grills said.

    “And she [Lori Drew] was like, it’s fine, you know, we can set her up. We can have her go meet him at the mall and go there and just laugh at her, and I thought that was wrong,” Grills continued.

    Lori is 47. Megan Meier was 13. I think it goes without saying that this is not the behavior of an adult.

    With any luck, the grand jury will hopefully start the process to bring justice for Megan Meier.

  • $30M MySpace lawsuit not dead yet

    Family seeks revival of MySpace suit over alleged sex assault:

    The Texas family that had tried to sue MySpace over their daughter’s sexual assault are trying to get the suit revived.

    The victim, only known as Julie Doe was 14 when she was sexually assaulted by then 19-year-old Pete Solis. Solis had met his victim over MySpace. He’s now in prison for the sexual assault.

    However, the family of Julie Doe sued MySpace for 30 million dollars. The lawsuit was summarily dismissed. Now the family is asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to overturn the dismissal.

    As much as I sympathize with the family for what their daughter went through I just have to reiterate that MySpace is not at fault and this comes off as just a grab for money.

  • Pedophile fire captain turned in by own daughter

    Sort of…

    Former South Jordan fire captain charged in child porn case:

    45-year-old Michael Farnsworth of Riverton, Utah is under arrest on child pornography charges. He used to be a fire captain in the South Jordan Fire Department.

    It all started when his daughter found a fake MySpace profile he was using that said he was 21-years-old. The daughter told Mrs. Farnsworth who confronted him about it. He claimed that was the profile he used to monitor his daughter’s activity on MySpace. I don’t know how he explained why all his MySpace friends were underage girls.

    A co-worker of Mrs. Farnsworth tipped off police. I wonder how the coworker was tipped off. Anyway, police did a forensic search of Farnsworth’s computers and found a cache of child porn. But not just any child porn…

    A forensic analysis of Farnsworth’s computer hard drives revealed several child pornography photos, including two listed on the nationwide Child Victim Identification Program.

    You can’t much lower than that.

  • WV sex offender on MySpace

    Sex Offender Fails to Register MySpace Page:

    Marvin Davis of Weston, West Virginia has been charged with being a convicted sex offender and having a MySpace. It seems that Davis did some time for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old in 1996.

    He’s also been charged with not registering his e-mail address.

    Sex offenders have to let police know when they make any changes including addresses, phone lines, and vehicles.

    If they don’t register the change within 10 days then they’ll face charges.

    It’s not know if he contacted any minors through his MySpace.

  • Fugitive spotted at Louisville

    Fugitive spotted on UofL main campus:

    Police at the University of Louisville are telling people to be on the lookout for one David P. Wheatley.

    David P. Wheatley, 41, who is known to claim he is a former Marine or law-enforcement officer, has been spotted at the Ekstrom Library in the late evenings, according to the alert from the U of L Police Department. He is charged with sex crimes against a young girl.

    Last week, Wheatley’s case was featured on the Web site for the FOX TV show “America’s Most Wanted.”

    Wheatley, who is wanted by U.S. marshals and Louisville Metro Police, is described as a black man who is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

    Wheatley uses public libraries to access his MySpace. The link I posted has plenty of pictures of him.

  • Suspected Utah MySpace rapist arrested

    Myspace used to find rape victims?:

    21-year-old Aaron Clow is not only accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl but he’s also accused of raping several other underage girls.

    A man arrested for having sex with a 13-year-old girl also is suspected of contacting underage girls via MySpace.com, befriending their families, and then raping the girls. Aaron Clow, 21, was taken into custody after a Taylorsville teenager told police she had a relationship with him for three years – since she was 13.

    The scariest part is that these parents fell for his line of bull. I would have never let my daughter be alone with any 21-year-old.

    Thanks to a different Aaron for the tip.

  • Creepy Kentucky bus driver arrested

    Bus driver accused of using MySpace to lure teen:

    46-year-old Gary L. Clark of Morehead, Kentucky was a bus driver. I say was because I’m sure he’s lost his job after being arrested for soliciting a teen over MySpace.

    Police said he solicited the boy to meet him Saturday and allegedly coerced him into getting into his vehicle. There, “inappropriate actions” occurred, but police declined to elaborate.

    The victim was not one of the kids that rode his bus.

  • Bigfoot is a MySpace predator

    David Anthony Faboo
    David Anthony Faboo

    Text messages lead police to girl, suspect on the road:

    Sasquatch over there is 37-year-old David Anthony Faboo. Scruffy Dan traveled from his home in Hillsboro to Wheatland, California to pick up a 16-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

    Halfway back to Oregon the girl realized she was making a mistake and text messaged a friend. The friend contacted police who kept the friend texting with the victim so they could track down the Yeti.

    When they caught up with The Wolfman the girl was unharmed and Faboo was charged with second-degree kidnapping and custodial interference.

    The victim is said to have a “diminished mental capacity.”

  • No charges for ‘Megan Had It Coming’

    No charges against impersonators in Internet suicide case:

    Authorities in St. Charles County, Missouri will not be filing any charges against those behind the ‘Megan Had It Coming’ blog.

    For those of you just joining us let me recap. In the wake of the controversy surrounding the much-publicized suicide of Megan Meier, someone posted a fake blog pretending to be Lori Drew saying that Megan got what she deserved. I deemed it a fake as soon as I laid eyes on it.

    Now let’s get to the aforementioned authorities…

    St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas said Tuesday that the sheriff’s department investigated those who posed as Lori Drew on the Internet. Because the bloggers were from outside of Missouri and had not sent messages to either family involved in the case, and the difficulty of legally proving the identity and actions of people behind their Internet addresses, charges are not being pursued in the impersonation case, Banas said.

    Banas said he did not have the names of those allegedly involved in the online impersonation of Drew. The St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department referred questions to Banas’ office.

    Heaven forfend if the pranksters’ names ever get out. Then karma will be raking in all the ‘lulz’.

  • GA man arrested for child molestation

    Nehemiah Musa Wells
    Nehemiah Musa Wells

    MySpace Hook-Up With Teen Lands Atlanta Man In Jail:

    22-year-old Nehemiah Musa Wells was arrested this past Wednesday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

    The girl’s father found Wells hiding in the girl’s bedroom.

    The arrest warrant says Wells first met the girl at her home on November 1st and engaged in sexual intercourse with the girl without her consent at the time.

    So he’s a child rapist too.

    But again 13 is below the minimum age for MySpace but there are no safety checks in place to keep a 13-year-old off of MySpace because none exist. Unless you want to count parents as a safety check.