TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

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  • Andre Johnson sentenced

    Man guilty of sex with teen met on MySpace loses bid for lenience in Lake County court:

    Back in July, I posted about Andre Johnson. He’s a 30-year-old man from Ohio that was on parole for the rape of a 14-year-old girl when he raped another 14-year-old girl. Johnson had met his most recent victim through the girl’s sister but maintained a relationship with her on MySpace.

    Now he’s been sentenced. He has to serve out the remainder of his original sentence and a judge tacked 8 years on to that for his most recent crime.

    During Thursday’s hearing, Johnson asked the judge to give him a break. Judge Lucci told Johnson he had already been given that chance when he was paroled on the first crime.

    I love how multiple offenders think they deserve a break.

    Anyway, Johnson will also be a lifelong registered sex offender.

  • Media fueling MySpace hysteria

    Sexual predator gets close to his target on MySpace:

    The headline is kind of misleading but I’m getting ahead of myself.

    30-year-old Andre Johnson of Eastlake, Ohio was already on probation for improper sexual conduct with a 14-year-old. Apparently, that wasn’t enough of a deterrent. He’s now accused of breaking into the bedroom of another 14-year-old girl and raping her.

    He denies that the sex was rape, but admits he was so drunk and high that he barely remembers the evening.

    Like that makes it better.

    And here’s where MySpace comes into play.

    The two originally met through the teen’s older sister, but detectives say the relationship was further established by chatting back and forth on MySpace.

    So while Mr. Johnson is a grade A scumbag and deserves everything he gets MySpace was barely involved in this incident and was not the conduit for this predator to meet his victim.

    Sensationalistic journalism at its worst.

  • Cleveland area predators

    Cleveland area predators

    Broadview Heights men accused of raping girls met on MySpace:

    CLEVELAND — Two Broadview Heights men are accused of raping young girls they met on the web site MySpace.

    Channel 3 News first told you about 21-year-old Albert Azolino back in March.

    He is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Strongsville student lured to his home through internet chat.

    Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason says Azolino and 33-year-old friend Timothy Norman face rape, unlawful sexual contact with minors, and pandering charges.

    The prosecutor warns parents to be leery of the kids spending time on this web site.

    “It’s like a catalogue for predators,” Mason said. “It’s got the pictures of the kids so anybody who wants to get online — they go on to myspace.com, look at the pictures and click on it. Up comes the profile of the person they just click on.”

    Mason says the suspects would offer alcohol to the kids then photograph them during sex acts.

    If convicted the two could face life in prison.

    I was unable to find the MySpaces of either suspect. If you know of them, please let me know.