Polk Video Beating Case Defendant Has Release Rules Eased:
Brittni Hardcastle, she of the infamous Victoria Lindsay beating, has had her request to ease her house arrest granted.
However, she still has to adhere to a curfew and have no contact with the other suspects or the victim.
‘I Was Mad And I Felt Bad,’ Videotaped Beating Suspect Says:
One of the suspects in the Victoria Lindsay has had her statements to an assistant state attorney released to the press. 15-year-old Kayla Hassel seems to be claiming that she’s a victim.
She talks about how she was mad and felt bad after she saw the video after her release and how she’s had unwanted attention because of it. She also claims that it was never anyone’s intention to post the video to MySpace or YouTube. Right, what else do kids do with videos like this?
Hassel also turns on Brittani Hardcastle by saying it was Hardcastle that was encouraging others to beat Victoria. She also said that she was afraid of getting between the two because of how little she is.
I guess she thinks it’s all about her. Just like the rest of them.
23-year-old Shaun Patrick Austin of Bath, Pennsylvania was originally arrested last month when police found child porn on his computer.
Now he’s also accused of using MySpace and VampireFreaks to meet girls ages 12-15 and either having sex with them or raping them. To make matters worse Austin is HIV positive. Some of the pictures were even of his victims.
He’s being held on $250K bond.
Woman pleads innocent in Myspace hoax suicide case:
Lori Drew entered a plea of not guilty in federal court in Los Angeles today. As you know she’s been indicted on charges of conspiracy and accessing a protected computer to obtain information which led to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier.
The trial is scheduled to start in L.A. on July 26th and she’s facing 20 years behind bars if convicted.
Northglenn Teen Accused Of Raping At-Risk Adults:
19-year-old Nicholas Meier of Northglenn, Colorado has been arrested for the rapes of two developmentally challenged women.
Meier allegedly used MySpace and craigslist to meet the two women who have a child’s intellect.
This is almost as bad as child molestation and Meier took action similar to that of a child predator. He reportedly used cell phones and text messaging to groom his victims just like a pedophile would. To make matters worse there may be other victims.
It will be interesting to see how Meier’s defenders spin this one. Were the disabled women asking for it? Did they say they were more intelligent than they really were on MySpace?
There’s a special place in hell for people like this who take advantage of the disadvantaged.
Thanks to Mr. A for the tip.
“I felt scared for her,” says teen in beating case.:
Cara Murphy recently had the charges dropped against her in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay. Now she’s speaking out…
“I guess I’m sorry for all that happened,” Cara Murphy said during a news conference Friday night, apologizing for her involvement in the videotaped beating of a Mulberry cheerleader that incited a media frenzy.
“I’m glad the charges got dropped though.”
I believe the second part but not the first.
Murphy says she never realized that what took place on videotape would turn into a national controversy. After apologizing to the victim, Victoria Lindsay, Murphy admitted she could have done more to stop the beating.
Murphy commented, “During the time I definitely can say I felt scared for her. Once I saw the video, I realized this was a bad thing that happened.”
Yet she didn’t realize it as it was going on? What difference should it being on video make?
I think the only thing she’s really sorry for is that she got caught. she won the lottery by having the charges dropped.
Charges Dropped Against Three in Teen Beating:
Charges have been dropped against Cara Murphy, Stephen Schumaker, and Zachary Ashley. Schumaker and Ashley were originally thought to be lookouts.
A notice for each teenager gave the same explanation: “Further investigation has shown that there is insufficient evidence to proceed with charges against the defendant.”
The article’s author speculates if they’ll testify as witnesses.
And remember kids, just because there is insufficient evidence it doesn’t make then angels.
Two Vermilion teens say they were sexually assaulted by MySpace friends from New York:
Three men from New York state are being accused of rape by two teenage girls from Vermilion, Ohio.
Michael Wightman, 18, Anthony Edinger, 19, and James Lass, 21, are have said to met the Ohio girls over MySpace then were invited to visit. That’s a 300 mile trip by the way.
When Wightman was caught wandering the streets of Vermilion with pot in his possession he led the police to Edinger who was in a nearby car, who then led them to Lass who was at the house where the girls were. The ages of the girls at the house were 15, 14, and 14.
Two of the girls are claiming rape but for once I’m not so sure…
Edinger, who had an open can of beer in the car, had bruising on his neck that appeared to be ”hickeys,” the report said. He admitted to having sexual relations with a girl at a nearby house where one of his friends was still located.
The story unfolded from there. Inside the house, police found the three teenage girls — ages 15 and 14 — and James Lass, 21, of Brattsburg, N.Y., who was sleeping in the master bedroom.
At first the girls were reluctant to talk to police, but once separated, two of the three girls broke down.
The 15-year-old had sex with all three males — twice with two of them, but claims it was not consensual, police said. One of the 14-year-old girls, who said she was sleeping in a bathroom, said she was raped by Lass.
The other 14-year-old was not involved in any of the sexual activity, police said.
In case you were wondering where the parents were the father of the girl who lived in the house was at work.
But before everyone gets their panties in a bunch about how these ‘poor boys’ were set up let’s not forget the fact that while the sex may have been consensual they still had sex with minors and provided them with drugs and alcohol. D’oh!
Enjoy your stay in Ohio boys.
Man enters plea in child molestation, pornography case:
I originally posted about child molesting and child porn producing scumbag Gregory Scott Serrano here.
He stands accused of molesting 10 girls ages 13 to 17 and taking pornographic pictures of them. He allegedly posed as a 19-year-old and used MySpace and Netlog to lure them. While in custody he also tried to get a relative of his to destroy evidence. He’s facing municipal and federal charges.
Anyway, the scumbag pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court yesterday. I can’t wait to hear the defense on this one. Then again it will probably be just like the comments I get around here. (He was a nice guy, etc.)
If convicted on the federal charges Serrano will be facing the wrong end of a life sentence.
Polk teacher arrested on sex charges:
From the same Florida county that brought us the Victoria Lindsay beating comes this story about a teacher hat strayed from the path.
32-year-old Danielle Jones of Stanbaugh Middle School in Auburndale, Florida has been arrested for having sex with at least four teenagers.
She would use MySpace to contact at least two of the teens, ages 14 and 15, who were also her students, then bring them to her house. And by two teens yes I mean both of them and yes she had sex with both of them.
Then her first two victims introduced her to two more teens, age 16, who were not her students. And yes, she had sex with them as well. In one instance all four teens spent the night at her house so you can imagine that scene.
There may be a fifth teen involved as well.
According to Wikipedia Florida’s age of consent goes like this…
By law, the exception permits an adult under the age of 24 to engage in legal sexual activity with a minor no younger than the age of 16.
Which means if you’re older than 24, which she is, your partner can be no younger than 18.
This woman is nothing more than a serial sexual predator who abused her position of authority to get what she wanted. However, since her victims were horny teen boys she’ll more than likely receive no actual punishment whatsoever. Even though it’s cliche at this point it still needs to be reiterated that if she were a man there would be a mob wanting to feed her to the gators.
Then again she doesn’t look like a pole dancer like Debra LeFave so she might actually have to serve some time.
Let’s hear it for double standards.
Thanks to ISOTMOL for the tip