WHO@ Newsletter - February 21, 2011
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .I had to include an "awwwwwww" moment
Wallet missing for 40 years found in NY crevice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_
A New York man whose wallet disappeared from his jacket pocket has gotten it back 40 years later.
Rudolph Resta was working for The New York Times as an art director in 1970 when he left his jacket in a closet at the old Times building in Manhattan just off Times Square. When he went to fetch the jacket, the wallet was gone.
Fast-forward to last fall, when a security guard checking a gap by an unused window came across the wallet apparently stashed there by a thief who'd pulled out the cash.
Resta was tracked down through pieces of ID linked to the Times.
Resta is now in his 70s. He's enjoying the memories the wallet contained photos of his sons as children, his glamorous wife and his late father.
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(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Cyber-stalking victim speaks up - 02/21/11
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNew
IT MAY sound ironic, but the CEO of social networking website Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, made headlines recently for being cyber-stalked. Cyber-stalking occurs when an individual uses the anonymous nature of online tools such as e-mail, blogs, social networking sites, micro-blogging sites like Twitter, as well as other forms of electronic communication, to stalk and harass someone.
Facebook stalkers on the rise - 02/20/11
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/s
YOUNG people are taking out restraining orders against stalkers on Facebook, claiming they are victims of intimidation. Lawyers say there has been a rise in apprehended violence orders taken out for cyber bullying in the past two years.
Facebook: Uncivilized networking in a cyber world - 02/20/11
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.d
When Jessica Fodor's ex-fiance and his friend allegedly gained control of her Facebook account in early January and posted cruel and sexually explicit comments on other people's pages, Fodor took action. The Lehighton woman called state police, who ultimately charged Fodor's ex-fiance and his friend with harassment.
Student Leadership Conference Touches on Sensitive Issues, Cyberstalking - 02/19/11
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?f
Fairmont State and Pierpont welcomed high school and college students this weekend to its Student Leadership Conference. The theme was "Succeeding Against All Odds", and touched on some sensitive issues that young people face. Online abuse and harassment continues to be a problem throughout the country. Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter makes it even easier for rumors to travel around fast. "I just see a lot of the victims coming to us who are younger and younger. I think the whole explosion of the cyber bullying in not only kids and teens, but in college students has gotten crazy," said Jayne Hitchcock, President of Working to Halt Online Abuse.
Males suffering sex harassment by other men - 02/19/11
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-02/1
Young males in Shanghai suffer more sexual harassment than females, and more often than not from other males, according to a survey of 2,000 people between the ages of 15 and 24. The Shanghai Research Institute of Family Planning interviewed 1,100 university students, both male and female, and 900 unmarried women. The men in the survey reported various levels of harassment from being spied on and having their pictures taken to being physically touched while in restrooms or changing rooms.
Mannford Man Arrested For Making Death Threat Against Woman On Facebook - 02/19/11
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.a
A Mannford man is in jail without bond after threatening to kill a woman he barely knows on Facebook. Deputies say the Travis Taylor had plans to make good on his threat on Friday, February 18, 2011.
Jury in cyber harassment trial found no proof of 'emotional distress' - 02/19/11
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stch
Jurors who acquitted a St. Peters woman in a cyber-harassment case said prosecutors failed to prove a 17-year-old girl suffered emotional distress when the woman posted her information in a sexually suggestive Craigslist ad.
Ivanka Trump's Alleged Stalker -- I Should Be FAMOUS! -02/18/11
http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/18/ivanka-tr
The man arrested for stalking Donald Trump's daughter thinks he has what it takes to become a CELEBRITY -- and TMZ has learned he's reached out to a REALITY STAR for help with his image. 28-year-old Justin Massler (left) -- who was popped in Reno last year for cyber-stalking Ivanka Trump -- fired off an email last Friday to "The Spin Crowd" star Jonathan Cheban (right) ... a real-life public relations guru.
Debt Collector Scams On The Rise - 02/18/11
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/2691
A growing number of Hoosiers are complaining about harassing phone calls from debt collectors. Brian Alexander of Indianapolis was threatened with jail time if he did not make a credit card payment on an $800 loan he was unaware of, 6News' Rafael Sanchez reported.
Facebook Posts Bite Dallas Officer - 02/18/11
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/F
During the last five years or so, some people have clued up to the fact that putting all your business out there on the Weird Wide Web might not be such a good idea. Some people, not all. A Dallas police officer looks to be learning that come-back-to-bite-ya-in-the-butt lesson the hard way.
Protecting the Freedom to Type, Text, Tweet and Talk - 02/18/11
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-n
As governments cracked down on protesters across the Middle East this week, some eye-witnesses struggled to get word to the rest of the world. Disseminating accurate information from inside a repressive regime can be a challenge.
Spanish nun expelled from order over Facebook usage - 02/18/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f
A Spanish nun has been kicked out of the religious order where she lived the last 35 years in seclusion after spending too much time on the social networking site Facebook.
47-year-old man charged with stalking 18-year-old girl, wanting to marry her - 02/18/11
http://www.marconews.com/news/2011/f
An Immokalee man was arrested Thursday, after Collier County Sheriff’s deputies said he stalked an 18-year-old teen because he wants to marry her. Cergo Cadet, 47, who was listed as homeless, was arrested by Collier deputies Thursday near the 200 block of South Ninth Street. He was charged with stalking/cyber stalking.
CPSO arrests registered sex offender for cyberstalking - 02/17/11
http://www.sulphurdailynews.com/news/x1
On January 14, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office received a report from a woman claiming she had received two disturbing phone calls on her unlisted home telephone number. Upon answering the phone, she alleged that the caller made lewd sexual comments to her.
Vacation rental scam stings Blount family - 02/17/11
http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local
A Blount County woman wants to warn others of a scam that didn’t seem suspicious initially. “You hear of scams saying you won something and send money and you think of that being a scam,” Linda Leming Whitehead said Thursday. “When you go to a legitimate website and you rent through it, you don’t think it’s a scam.”
Michigan Woman Upset Over Photo Posted on 'People of Walmart' Website - 02/17/11
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/201
Have you ever heard of the "People of Walmart?" The website lets anyone upload pictures they've taken of shoppers and post them online, basically so that others can make fun of them. But one metro Detroit woman was not laughing when a picture of her mom popped up on the site, MyFoxDetroit reports.
Student charged after 'hit list' is found - 02/16/11
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/0
Police charged a 16-year-old student Friday with cyberstalking at East Chapel Hill High School. Shiquitta Marie Moore, of Chapel Hill was charged with three counts of misdemeanor cyberstalking after Principal Eileen Tully contacted police Feb. 4 about a "hit list" found on a computer at the school, according to a police report.
Cut All The Cyberstalking, Girls! - 02/15/11
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-cut-a
A new survey of more than 800 college students found that over 60 percent of admitted cyberstalkers were female. More than 30 percent ‘fessed up to hacking into their S.O.‘s email accounts. Researchers also found that women were way more likely than men to stalk Facebook or check cellphone histories.
Palm Bay man arrested after fight over Facebook status - 02/14/11
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/201
A 21-year-old man faces charges after police said he attacked a woman who questioned a change in his Facebook relationship status to single.
Wallet missing for 40 years found in NY crevice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_
A New York man whose wallet disappeared from his jacket pocket has gotten it back 40 years later.
Rudolph Resta was working for The New York Times as an art director in 1970 when he left his jacket in a closet at the old Times building in Manhattan just off Times Square. When he went to fetch the jacket, the wallet was gone.
Fast-forward to last fall, when a security guard checking a gap by an unused window came across the wallet apparently stashed there by a thief who'd pulled out the cash.
Resta was tracked down through pieces of ID linked to the Times.
Resta is now in his 70s. He's enjoying the memories the wallet contained photos of his sons as children, his glamorous wife and his late father.
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Visit WHOA on the web at http://www.haltabuse.org
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NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Cyber-stalking victim speaks up - 02/21/11
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNew
IT MAY sound ironic, but the CEO of social networking website Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, made headlines recently for being cyber-stalked. Cyber-stalking occurs when an individual uses the anonymous nature of online tools such as e-mail, blogs, social networking sites, micro-blogging sites like Twitter, as well as other forms of electronic communication, to stalk and harass someone.
Facebook stalkers on the rise - 02/20/11
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/s
YOUNG people are taking out restraining orders against stalkers on Facebook, claiming they are victims of intimidation. Lawyers say there has been a rise in apprehended violence orders taken out for cyber bullying in the past two years.
Facebook: Uncivilized networking in a cyber world - 02/20/11
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.d
When Jessica Fodor's ex-fiance and his friend allegedly gained control of her Facebook account in early January and posted cruel and sexually explicit comments on other people's pages, Fodor took action. The Lehighton woman called state police, who ultimately charged Fodor's ex-fiance and his friend with harassment.
Student Leadership Conference Touches on Sensitive Issues, Cyberstalking - 02/19/11
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?f
Fairmont State and Pierpont welcomed high school and college students this weekend to its Student Leadership Conference. The theme was "Succeeding Against All Odds", and touched on some sensitive issues that young people face. Online abuse and harassment continues to be a problem throughout the country. Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter makes it even easier for rumors to travel around fast. "I just see a lot of the victims coming to us who are younger and younger. I think the whole explosion of the cyber bullying in not only kids and teens, but in college students has gotten crazy," said Jayne Hitchcock, President of Working to Halt Online Abuse.
Males suffering sex harassment by other men - 02/19/11
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-02/1
Young males in Shanghai suffer more sexual harassment than females, and more often than not from other males, according to a survey of 2,000 people between the ages of 15 and 24. The Shanghai Research Institute of Family Planning interviewed 1,100 university students, both male and female, and 900 unmarried women. The men in the survey reported various levels of harassment from being spied on and having their pictures taken to being physically touched while in restrooms or changing rooms.
Mannford Man Arrested For Making Death Threat Against Woman On Facebook - 02/19/11
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.a
A Mannford man is in jail without bond after threatening to kill a woman he barely knows on Facebook. Deputies say the Travis Taylor had plans to make good on his threat on Friday, February 18, 2011.
Jury in cyber harassment trial found no proof of 'emotional distress' - 02/19/11
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stch
Jurors who acquitted a St. Peters woman in a cyber-harassment case said prosecutors failed to prove a 17-year-old girl suffered emotional distress when the woman posted her information in a sexually suggestive Craigslist ad.
Ivanka Trump's Alleged Stalker -- I Should Be FAMOUS! -02/18/11
http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/18/ivanka-tr
The man arrested for stalking Donald Trump's daughter thinks he has what it takes to become a CELEBRITY -- and TMZ has learned he's reached out to a REALITY STAR for help with his image. 28-year-old Justin Massler (left) -- who was popped in Reno last year for cyber-stalking Ivanka Trump -- fired off an email last Friday to "The Spin Crowd" star Jonathan Cheban (right) ... a real-life public relations guru.
Debt Collector Scams On The Rise - 02/18/11
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/2691
A growing number of Hoosiers are complaining about harassing phone calls from debt collectors. Brian Alexander of Indianapolis was threatened with jail time if he did not make a credit card payment on an $800 loan he was unaware of, 6News' Rafael Sanchez reported.
Facebook Posts Bite Dallas Officer - 02/18/11
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/F
During the last five years or so, some people have clued up to the fact that putting all your business out there on the Weird Wide Web might not be such a good idea. Some people, not all. A Dallas police officer looks to be learning that come-back-to-bite-ya-in-the-butt lesson the hard way.
Protecting the Freedom to Type, Text, Tweet and Talk - 02/18/11
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-n
As governments cracked down on protesters across the Middle East this week, some eye-witnesses struggled to get word to the rest of the world. Disseminating accurate information from inside a repressive regime can be a challenge.
Spanish nun expelled from order over Facebook usage - 02/18/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f
A Spanish nun has been kicked out of the religious order where she lived the last 35 years in seclusion after spending too much time on the social networking site Facebook.
47-year-old man charged with stalking 18-year-old girl, wanting to marry her - 02/18/11
http://www.marconews.com/news/2011/f
An Immokalee man was arrested Thursday, after Collier County Sheriff’s deputies said he stalked an 18-year-old teen because he wants to marry her. Cergo Cadet, 47, who was listed as homeless, was arrested by Collier deputies Thursday near the 200 block of South Ninth Street. He was charged with stalking/cyber stalking.
CPSO arrests registered sex offender for cyberstalking - 02/17/11
http://www.sulphurdailynews.com/news/x1
On January 14, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office received a report from a woman claiming she had received two disturbing phone calls on her unlisted home telephone number. Upon answering the phone, she alleged that the caller made lewd sexual comments to her.
Vacation rental scam stings Blount family - 02/17/11
http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local
A Blount County woman wants to warn others of a scam that didn’t seem suspicious initially. “You hear of scams saying you won something and send money and you think of that being a scam,” Linda Leming Whitehead said Thursday. “When you go to a legitimate website and you rent through it, you don’t think it’s a scam.”
Michigan Woman Upset Over Photo Posted on 'People of Walmart' Website - 02/17/11
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/201
Have you ever heard of the "People of Walmart?" The website lets anyone upload pictures they've taken of shoppers and post them online, basically so that others can make fun of them. But one metro Detroit woman was not laughing when a picture of her mom popped up on the site, MyFoxDetroit reports.
Student charged after 'hit list' is found - 02/16/11
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/0
Police charged a 16-year-old student Friday with cyberstalking at East Chapel Hill High School. Shiquitta Marie Moore, of Chapel Hill was charged with three counts of misdemeanor cyberstalking after Principal Eileen Tully contacted police Feb. 4 about a "hit list" found on a computer at the school, according to a police report.
Cut All The Cyberstalking, Girls! - 02/15/11
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-cut-a
A new survey of more than 800 college students found that over 60 percent of admitted cyberstalkers were female. More than 30 percent ‘fessed up to hacking into their S.O.‘s email accounts. Researchers also found that women were way more likely than men to stalk Facebook or check cellphone histories.
Palm Bay man arrested after fight over Facebook status - 02/14/11
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/201
A 21-year-old man faces charges after police said he attacked a woman who questioned a change in his Facebook relationship status to single.
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