WHO@ Newsletter - January 9, 2012
I couldn't make this up if I tried...Robber tried to sell to victim
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/01/0
Police in Florida said they arrested an armed robbery suspect after he tried to sell iPhones and iPads to his alleged victim two days later.
Miramar police said Hank Yan was robbed Monday near an apartment complex on the 2200 block of Sherman Circle South by a gunman who took two iPhones and $500 cash, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Friday.
Police said Yan received a phone call two days later from a man whose voice he recognized as the robber. Yan said the man offered to sell him an iPad and three iPhones and arranged to meet him at the apartment complex near where the robber occurred.
The accused robber, Zachary Swindle, 19, and alleged accomplice Devonte Suckie, 18, were arrested when they showed up for the arranged meeting Wednesday.
Swindle was booked on an armed robbery charge and Suckie was charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Suckie also is facing an unrelated charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling and grand theft.
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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)
Using Smartphones to Document Stalking - 01/08/12
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/Using-Sm
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. More than 26 million adults are stalked every year in the U.S. "There's people being stalked that don't even realize it's happening to them," said Pam Harris, Mini-Cassia Shelter. 1 in 6 women have experienced stalking at one point in their lifetime and about 1 in 19 men. That's according to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.
Man arrested for internet stalking of 12 minors - 01/07/12
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/m
A Branford man was arrested after trying to persuade several underage females to be his girlfriend and making sexual advances online. Michael Azzaro, 23, of 7 Avon Road, was arrested on Saturday, after a lengthy police investigation.
68 cases of online female harassment registered in 2011 - 01/07/12
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.as
Incidents of online harassment of females witnessed a rapid increase during 2011, as 68 cases were registered. District court records revealed that 68 cases of cybercrime were registered with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against persons who were allegedly involved in hacking e-mail accounts of females, and sending them abusive, obnoxious and vulgar e-mails.
Baby girl is murdered live on Skype - 01/06/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A MOTHER drowned her baby daughter in a bucket while her British boyfriend watched live over the internet. Norwegian Yasmin Chaudhry plunged the one-year-old girl head first into water during a 3am Skype video call. Chaudhry, 26, had said she wanted to know how to discipline her baby for waking and "disobeying her".
Saudi hacker, 19, claims he posted thousands of Israeli credit card details online in his second attack of the week - 01/06/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A hacker claiming to be a 19-year-old Saudi posted thousands of Israeli credit card numbers and other personal data online - the hacker's second politically motivated attack this week.
New PC virus doesn't just steal your money - it creates fake online bank statements so you even don't know it's gone - 01/06/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencete
A new version of the SpyEye 'trojan horse' software not only steals your money, it then offers false reassurance that it's still there. When you visit your online bank, there will be no trace of the transactions that cyber-criminals are using to empty your bank account.
Selena Gomez's accused stalker gets 3-year restraining order on day of 'Wizards' finale - 01/06/12
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Selena-Go
A man accused of stalking and making threats against Selena Gomez recently had his restraining order extended for another three years - and he has signaled that he is OK with it. A Los Angeles judge had in November dismissed a criminal stalking charge against Thomas Brodnicki, 46, but ruled that a temporary civil restraining order issued against him should remain in place. The 19-year-old pop star and Disney Channel actress says the man, who has a history of mental illness, had threatened to harm her.
BBB lists top 10 scams - 01/06/12
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/01061
The Better Business Bureau serving the Southern Piedmont of N.C. and S.C. has released a list of the top 10 scams of 2011. Most of these scams originated online, often from foreign countries. Scammers used the anonymity provided by the Internet to victimize millions of people, efficiently and effectively. “Online, a scammer can pose as your neighbor, or someone from your bank, the IRS, the FBI, or even the BBB,” said BBB President Tom Bartholomy. “When the person who contacts you pretends to be someone you think you know, you let your guard down and miss red flags that spell scam.”
Website Posts Lead To Harassment Plea Deal - 01/06/12
http://www.swtimes.com/news/article_f7a
A Fort Smith man pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor harassment complaint made by a Greenwood alderman. Dennis Wayne McCaslin, 53, was ordered to pay a $350 fine, $120 in court costs and directed to have no offensive contact with Alderman Lance Terry or his family and commit no criminal offenses in exchange for his plea Wednesday in Sebastian County District Court in Greenwood.
Social Media Background Screening Checks of Job Applicants Becoming More Prevalent and More Controversial - 01/05/12
http://www.esrcheck.com/wordpress/2
Employers and recruiters have discovered a treasure trove of information about potential job applicants on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and so-called ‘social media background checks’ are becoming more popular and prevalent than ever. However, the use of social media background checks for job applicants has become controversial and can present legal risks.
Stalker texted neighbour 'night night' for four years - 01/05/12
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/886540-stal
Holly Townley was bombarded with calls and up to 186 messages a month by Gary Wilson, 51, a family friend. Despite changing her phone number several times, the 21-year-old victim could not escape the grasp of her mystery tormentor, who regularly used violent and threatening behaviour towards her, a court was told.
Hundreds of children adopted after being abused have lives turned upside down as natural parents use Facebook to track them down - 01/05/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
Adopted children are having their lives thrown into chaos by Facebook messages from birth parents who neglected or abused them when they were younger, charities have warned. A big increase in unsolicited contact from parents who track down children who were taken into care for safeguarding has led to serious disruptions in the adoption process.
Executive 'forced out of job' over LinkedIn CV - 01/05/12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/s
A human resources executive was forced out of his job after angering his employer by putting his CV online and advertising that he was interested in other “career opportunities”, a tribunal heard.
Fallout continues after email threat from mayor’s assistant - 01/04/12
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/30133980/det
Eyewitness News found out the Charlotte mayor's assistant who threatened a nonprofit is taking more heat. City Council member Warren Cooksey wants the mayor and city manager to sign off on anything Tracy Montross writes him from now on. Cooksey is also warning major groups around town that they may want to do the same.
Parents break age rule to help kids join Facebook - 01/04/12
http://www.freep.com/article/20120104/F
Nancy Gerstein is a marketing executive who supervises corporate Facebook pages for her company's clients. So Gerstein had no qualms when her 11-year-old daughter recently told her that she had created an account on the social media site while she was at a sleepover with a friend. She even helped her daughter finish establishing the Facebook page.
Police investigate almost 400 online ‘trolling’ attacks in 2011 - 01/03/12
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w
Almost 400 incidents of cyber harassment and bullying were investigated by police in Wales last year, we can reveal. Victims of abusive, threatening or harassing messages sent via social networks included teenagers as young as 14. The problem has increasingly hit the headlines in recent months with celebrity victims Katherine Jenkins and former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas complaining publicly about being subjected to vitriolic online attacks.
Clay Waller gets five years for Internet threat - 01/03/12
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Cl
A judge sentenced Clay Waller to five years in prison on federal Internet threat charges Tuesday. Waller has been under a cloud of suspicion since his estranged wife disappeared June 1. Waller was the last person known to have seen her before her disappearance.
New 'silent camera' apps cause plague of voyeurism in Japan - and some are on sale in West - 01/03/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencete
Most smartphone cameras have a built-in shutter noise to prevent the camera being used to take pictures without people's consent. But a new wave of 'silent' apps - some specifically designed for voyeurism - have been blamed for a huge rise in illicit photography in Japan.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/01/0
Police in Florida said they arrested an armed robbery suspect after he tried to sell iPhones and iPads to his alleged victim two days later.
Miramar police said Hank Yan was robbed Monday near an apartment complex on the 2200 block of Sherman Circle South by a gunman who took two iPhones and $500 cash, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Friday.
Police said Yan received a phone call two days later from a man whose voice he recognized as the robber. Yan said the man offered to sell him an iPad and three iPhones and arranged to meet him at the apartment complex near where the robber occurred.
The accused robber, Zachary Swindle, 19, and alleged accomplice Devonte Suckie, 18, were arrested when they showed up for the arranged meeting Wednesday.
Swindle was booked on an armed robbery charge and Suckie was charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Suckie also is facing an unrelated charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling and grand theft.
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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)
Using Smartphones to Document Stalking - 01/08/12
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/Using-Sm
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. More than 26 million adults are stalked every year in the U.S. "There's people being stalked that don't even realize it's happening to them," said Pam Harris, Mini-Cassia Shelter. 1 in 6 women have experienced stalking at one point in their lifetime and about 1 in 19 men. That's according to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.
Man arrested for internet stalking of 12 minors - 01/07/12
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/m
A Branford man was arrested after trying to persuade several underage females to be his girlfriend and making sexual advances online. Michael Azzaro, 23, of 7 Avon Road, was arrested on Saturday, after a lengthy police investigation.
68 cases of online female harassment registered in 2011 - 01/07/12
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.as
Incidents of online harassment of females witnessed a rapid increase during 2011, as 68 cases were registered. District court records revealed that 68 cases of cybercrime were registered with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against persons who were allegedly involved in hacking e-mail accounts of females, and sending them abusive, obnoxious and vulgar e-mails.
Baby girl is murdered live on Skype - 01/06/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A MOTHER drowned her baby daughter in a bucket while her British boyfriend watched live over the internet. Norwegian Yasmin Chaudhry plunged the one-year-old girl head first into water during a 3am Skype video call. Chaudhry, 26, had said she wanted to know how to discipline her baby for waking and "disobeying her".
Saudi hacker, 19, claims he posted thousands of Israeli credit card details online in his second attack of the week - 01/06/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A hacker claiming to be a 19-year-old Saudi posted thousands of Israeli credit card numbers and other personal data online - the hacker's second politically motivated attack this week.
New PC virus doesn't just steal your money - it creates fake online bank statements so you even don't know it's gone - 01/06/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencete
A new version of the SpyEye 'trojan horse' software not only steals your money, it then offers false reassurance that it's still there. When you visit your online bank, there will be no trace of the transactions that cyber-criminals are using to empty your bank account.
Selena Gomez's accused stalker gets 3-year restraining order on day of 'Wizards' finale - 01/06/12
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Selena-Go
A man accused of stalking and making threats against Selena Gomez recently had his restraining order extended for another three years - and he has signaled that he is OK with it. A Los Angeles judge had in November dismissed a criminal stalking charge against Thomas Brodnicki, 46, but ruled that a temporary civil restraining order issued against him should remain in place. The 19-year-old pop star and Disney Channel actress says the man, who has a history of mental illness, had threatened to harm her.
BBB lists top 10 scams - 01/06/12
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/01061
The Better Business Bureau serving the Southern Piedmont of N.C. and S.C. has released a list of the top 10 scams of 2011. Most of these scams originated online, often from foreign countries. Scammers used the anonymity provided by the Internet to victimize millions of people, efficiently and effectively. “Online, a scammer can pose as your neighbor, or someone from your bank, the IRS, the FBI, or even the BBB,” said BBB President Tom Bartholomy. “When the person who contacts you pretends to be someone you think you know, you let your guard down and miss red flags that spell scam.”
Website Posts Lead To Harassment Plea Deal - 01/06/12
http://www.swtimes.com/news/article_f7a
A Fort Smith man pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor harassment complaint made by a Greenwood alderman. Dennis Wayne McCaslin, 53, was ordered to pay a $350 fine, $120 in court costs and directed to have no offensive contact with Alderman Lance Terry or his family and commit no criminal offenses in exchange for his plea Wednesday in Sebastian County District Court in Greenwood.
Social Media Background Screening Checks of Job Applicants Becoming More Prevalent and More Controversial - 01/05/12
http://www.esrcheck.com/wordpress/2
Employers and recruiters have discovered a treasure trove of information about potential job applicants on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and so-called ‘social media background checks’ are becoming more popular and prevalent than ever. However, the use of social media background checks for job applicants has become controversial and can present legal risks.
Stalker texted neighbour 'night night' for four years - 01/05/12
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/886540-stal
Holly Townley was bombarded with calls and up to 186 messages a month by Gary Wilson, 51, a family friend. Despite changing her phone number several times, the 21-year-old victim could not escape the grasp of her mystery tormentor, who regularly used violent and threatening behaviour towards her, a court was told.
Hundreds of children adopted after being abused have lives turned upside down as natural parents use Facebook to track them down - 01/05/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
Adopted children are having their lives thrown into chaos by Facebook messages from birth parents who neglected or abused them when they were younger, charities have warned. A big increase in unsolicited contact from parents who track down children who were taken into care for safeguarding has led to serious disruptions in the adoption process.
Executive 'forced out of job' over LinkedIn CV - 01/05/12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/s
A human resources executive was forced out of his job after angering his employer by putting his CV online and advertising that he was interested in other “career opportunities”, a tribunal heard.
Fallout continues after email threat from mayor’s assistant - 01/04/12
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/30133980/det
Eyewitness News found out the Charlotte mayor's assistant who threatened a nonprofit is taking more heat. City Council member Warren Cooksey wants the mayor and city manager to sign off on anything Tracy Montross writes him from now on. Cooksey is also warning major groups around town that they may want to do the same.
Parents break age rule to help kids join Facebook - 01/04/12
http://www.freep.com/article/20120104/F
Nancy Gerstein is a marketing executive who supervises corporate Facebook pages for her company's clients. So Gerstein had no qualms when her 11-year-old daughter recently told her that she had created an account on the social media site while she was at a sleepover with a friend. She even helped her daughter finish establishing the Facebook page.
Police investigate almost 400 online ‘trolling’ attacks in 2011 - 01/03/12
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w
Almost 400 incidents of cyber harassment and bullying were investigated by police in Wales last year, we can reveal. Victims of abusive, threatening or harassing messages sent via social networks included teenagers as young as 14. The problem has increasingly hit the headlines in recent months with celebrity victims Katherine Jenkins and former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas complaining publicly about being subjected to vitriolic online attacks.
Clay Waller gets five years for Internet threat - 01/03/12
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Cl
A judge sentenced Clay Waller to five years in prison on federal Internet threat charges Tuesday. Waller has been under a cloud of suspicion since his estranged wife disappeared June 1. Waller was the last person known to have seen her before her disappearance.
New 'silent camera' apps cause plague of voyeurism in Japan - and some are on sale in West - 01/03/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencete
Most smartphone cameras have a built-in shutter noise to prevent the camera being used to take pictures without people's consent. But a new wave of 'silent' apps - some specifically designed for voyeurism - have been blamed for a huge rise in illicit photography in Japan.
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