TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: MySpace

  • Sioux Falls man pleads guilty to child sex

    Sioux Falls man pleads guilty to child sex

    Aaron Stanga

    Man pleads guilty to rape after meeting teen using MySpace:

    Meet Aaron Stanga. He’s a 21-year-old from Sioux Falls, SD who pled guilty to having sex with a 14-year-old girl that he met on MySpace. He’s looking at 5-years under the plea. However, there should be a parent being locked up for negligence…

    The victim told police she presented herself as 24 years old when she first began chatting with Stanga. The defendant told police he thought the girl was 16 when they had sex in June at her house.

    She said she was 24, and they had sex at her house. Parents anyone?

  • Shefelbine’s dad gets probation

    Shefelbine’s dad gets probation

    Suspect’s Father Gets Probation:

    David Shefelbine, the father of suspected serial predator Scott Shefelbine, received probation for punching out a female reporter.

    David Shefelbine of Tolland, father of Scott Shefelbine, received the special form of probation for a year, by Judge Patricia L. Harleston.

    In granting the probation, Harleston directed David Shefelbine to have “no assaultive behavior toward anyone, particularly anyone in the news media.”

    I guess there goes the father-son picnic at county lockup.

  • MySpace sex offender facing child porn charges

    MySpace sex offender facing child porn charges

    Sex offender faces child porn charges:

    Carl Courtright of Granite City, Illinois was one of those registered sex offenders that had a profile on MySpace when he shouldn’t have. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan used that to obtain a search warrant for Courtright’s home.

    Police searched the house on the morning of Aug. 9 and seized several computers, hard drives, and computer equipment.

    One DVD, listed in the search warrant return, is titled “Dateline NBC to Catch a Predator.”

    Investigators with Madigan’s High Tech Crimes Bureau used IP address information obtained from MySpace to learn that Courtright had been actively trading pornographic images over the Internet.

    “Child predators who think they are safe hiding behind a computer screen are no longer anonymous,” Madigan said in a written release. “We have the technology and we are committed to using all of our resources to seek them out and hold them accountable for their crimes.”

    It’s nice to see that a state attorney general is using the information to go after criminals and not just MySpace.

  • Court employee failed to supervise Shefelbine

    Court employee failed to supervise Shefelbine

    Court worker suspended for failing to track whereabouts of accused MySpace molester:

    You remember Scott Shefelbine, don’t you? He’s the guy who was arrested a brazillion times for molesting underage girls he met on MySpace, even after he was already arrested.

    It turns out that a court employee has been suspended without pay because she failed to keep track of Shefelbine after one of the many times he posted bail.

    During that time, it’s believed he visited one of his victims when his bond specified he was forbidden from doing so.

  • Werribee victim may have to testify

    Werribee victim may have to testify

    Trio to plead not guilty over DVD attack:

    Alleged victim to appear at DVD trial:

    Three suspects in the infamous Werribee, Australia sexual assault DVD intend to plead not guilty when they return to court in December. This ought to be good considering the suspects were caught on videotape, but it’s not like the court is going out of its way to actually punish these criminals.

    To make matters worse, attorneys for some of the suspects are planning on questioning the victim under cross-examination. Normally, I would say that tactic may work against them, but again, the courts aren’t bending over backwards to punish these teenage rapists.

    Thanks to Alan for the tip.

  • Utah MySpace rapist

    Utah MySpace rapist

    Hurricane police arrest rape suspect who met alleged victim on MySpace.com:

    Police In Hurricane, Utah arrested 21-year-old David R. Miller (no MySpace found) on rape charges. Miller met his 18-year-old victim on MySpace after she had recently moved to the area to attend school.

    The victim told police she had numerous on-line conversations with the suspect and the two agreed to meet. They drove to a remote location in Hurricane City, where the reported rape occurred.

    The alleged suspect was located and interrogated a few days later. Det. Raleigh Morris arrested 21-year-old David R. Miller on one count of rape and one count of forcible sodomy, both first class felonies. Miller was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on Aug. 28.

    Purgatory doesn’t quite sound enough. I wish it was called the Hell Correctional Facility myself.

  • Sean Lennon

    Sean Lennon

    No, not John Lennon’s son.

    MySpace Rape Arrest: What Parents Can Do:

    21-year-old Sean Lennon of Ravena, New York, is under arrest for the rape of a 15-year-old girl.

    It started as an e-mail exchange through MySpace dot com according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Department. They say 21 year old Sean Lennon of Ravena befriended the then 14 year old girl online. Authorities say she was clear in telling Lennon of her age but the two met anyway. The first of two sexual encounters happened in a wooded area behind the Ravena firehouse. Investigators say Lennon convinced the girl to sneak out of her house.

    The article also contains some common-sense tips to help keep your kids safe.

  • Slo-N-Low

    Slo-N-Low

    Man faces felonies for sex with girl:

    36-year-old Daniel Dietz has been arrested for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. What makes it worse is that they were introduced by the girl’s mom.

    The girl’s mother told police she introduced her teenage daughter to Dietz at a support-group meeting she had been attending and through which the mother had become acquainted with Dietz, the documents said.

    “According to statements received from members of the support group, they observed (the girl) and Dietz playing ‘footsies’ along with other flirtatious behavior and on multiple occasions these members indicated to Dietz the behavior was not appropriate,” the documents state.

    After meeting the girl, Dietz allegedly began talking with her via the Internet.

    Dietz delivered to police his two laptop computers, which he gave the detectives permission to search. Upon reviewing Dietz’s MySpace account on which he uses the moniker “Slo-N-Low,” detectives found an Internet chat conversation between Dietz and the girl.

    In a MySpace chat on March 25, according to court documents, Dietz spoke with the teen about “sexually explicit matters.” During the conversation, Dietz allegedly asked for a photo of the teen and she complied by sending him a photo of herself with her bare chest exposed, the documents said.

    Dietz also allegedly used one of his computers to transmit a photo of his genitalia to the 13-year-old’s e-mail account, court documents allege.

    According to MySpace account records, Dietz and the teen discussed meeting and carrying out plans to engage in the sexual activity they had discussed in Internet chat conversations, court documents said.

    “During one Internet chat the two noted that they knew sexual contact between them was illegal because (the girl) was only 13 years old,” court documents state.

    Dietz spent the night at the girl’s home after fixing her computer, according to court documents, and while the teen’s mother slept, the girl performed a sex act on Dietz in the family’s kitchen.

    Court documents state the girl said she also engaged in sex acts with Dietz on other occasions at her home and at his residence.

    I bet when he’s in prison, he’s going to regret using the moniker of “Slo-N-Low”.

    Links via Metal Sludge.

  • New Jersey AG eyes MySpace and others

    New Jersey AG eyes MySpace and others

    New Jersey asks 12 Web sites to check for sex offenders:

    New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram has not only asked MySpace for sex offender information, she’s also asked eleven other sites to do the same.

    Attorney General Anne Milgram has asked for information from Xanga.com, Facebook, Community Connect, TagWorld, Bebo, MyYearbook.com, Tagged, Friendster, LiveJournal, Imeem, Hi5 and Gaia Online.

    I’ll give her this much, she’s thorough. Some of those sites I hadn’t even heard of. But like other states Attorneys General, she’s picking on MySpace…

    The Attorney General’s Office has issued three subpoenas to MySpace, but the 12 other sites will soon be getting letters from Milgram asking for help.

    And also, like the other state Attorneys General, there’s no mention of parents doing a better job of monitoring their children.

  • MySpace used to lure girl into prostitution

    MySpace used to lure girl into prostitution

    Man charged with using MySpace to lure girl into prostitution:

    32-year-old Melvin Charles Parker Jr. of Richmond, California was arrested for using MySpace to lure a 16-year-old girl into prostitution.

    Once the girl arrived in town, police stopped her on the street for questioning when it appeared she was trying to find customers. She told police Parker threatened her into prostitution.

    “He told her that he wanted her to prostitute herself, or his friends would look up her family and hurt them,” said Margo Rohrbacher, a spokeswoman for the San Rafael police.

    Police said they told the girl to call Parker, and listened in as he gave her instructions on where to meet him to deliver her earnings. He was arrested when he arrived.

    I couldn’t find a MySpace for Parker. But if you needed another reason why kids should not be posting their personal info online, this is it.