WHO@ Newsletter - January 11, 2010
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .I think he was massaging *his* meat
Man who said he was 'massaging' meat gets 10 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_
A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing an $80 slab of meat. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported Thursday that 51-year-old Mark Zachary of Orangeburg received the maximum sentence after jurors found him guilty Wednesday of shoplifting. Prosecutors said the sentence was justified because the Aug. 26 theft from Reid's grocery store in Orangeburg was his ninth offense.
Authorities said when a store manager approached Zachary about the missing New York strip and the big bulk under his shirt, he fled, right into the arms of an off-duty police officer.
Assistant Solicitor Glenn Justis asked jurors "Where's the beef?" in his opening argument.
Zachary testified he was "massaging" the meat, not stealing it.
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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)
Girl fight videos posted on internet amid violence surge - 01/12/10
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation
A MASSIVE spike in violent attacks by young Queensland girls has been blamed on internet "fight sites" where videos of the attacks are posted.
Hackers take aim at Facebook users - 01/11/10
http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/loca
Kimberly Potts calls Facebook her "lifeline" to her son Justin, who is serving in Iraq with the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Army National Guard. It's helped her stay in contact with him, to see photos of his Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas.
Twitter trash talk blamed in NYC murder - 01/11/10
http://www.inquisitr.com/56414/twit
Twitter has emerged as a source of evidence and possible catalyst in a homicide investigation in Harlem.
Two young men, Jameg Blake and Kwame Dancy, both 22, are said to have argued on the popular microblogging service before taking their dispute to the real world.
In The Age of Social Media, Can You Escape Your Ex? - 01/11/10
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconside
It's a New Year and I am quite certain that many of you have said, "Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya'," to those significant others who weren't -- THE ONE. You're starting fresh; you're blogging about your future goals; you're tweeting your resolutions and updating your Facebook status with things like, "I will never, ever, ever settle!"
Teen in court on Facebook racism charge - 01/11/10
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-centra
Youth faces two charges of racial harrassment after allegedly posting anti-Jewish comments directed at another man.
Should Law Grads Be Banned From The Legal Profession For Cyber-Stalking? - 01/08/10
http://www.businessinsider.com/should-l
Lawyers jokes aside, attorneys are evaluated for their "character and fitness" before they are admitted to the bar in their state. They questions are what you would expect -- have you been expelled from any institution for an honor violation, have you ever convicted for any crime, etc.
Autistic son who asked internet friend to kill his 'overprotective' parents detained in hospital - 01/08/10
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
An autistic man was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order today after plotting to kill his adoptive parents with a friend he met on a fetish website just three months earlier.
Christoper Monks, 25, persuaded Shaun Skarnes, 20, to stab the couple while they were asleep at their home in return for sexual favours.
Teacher charged with harassment - 01/08/10
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/c
She allegedly sent a threatening e-mail to a colleague at North Montco Technical Career Center in Towamencin.
An alleged act of cyber harassment cost a technical school teacher her job and led to her being criminally charged in Montgomery County, officials said Thursday.
Facebook threats lead to inquiry in Pine Island - 01/08/10
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsma
A 17-year-old Oronoco boy allegedly threatened to bring a gun to Pine Island High School through a Facebook conversation he had with a 17-year-old female classmate Thursday afternoon.
Love in the age of social networking too much text and not enough talk? - 01/08/10
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/articl
When it comes to technology, young people and relationships, the interplay can perhaps best be summarized by a phrase familiar to Facebook users: It's complicated.
Secret drives model's ex-boyfriend to plot acid attack - 01/07/10
http://www.whas11.com/featured-con
Katie Piper, 26, was a model and aspiring television presenter when she was splashed in the face with sulfuric acid by a stranger on the London streets in March 2008. Police moved quickly on the trail of her assailant.
Arrests: Former Asheville bank employee charged - 01/07/10
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20
City police charged a former Asheville bank employee with harassing and threatening his old employer. David Gregory Smith[], 49, of High Point, was charged with extortion and cyberstalking. According to arrest warrants, Smith sent e-mails to Pisgah Community Bank and threatened to expose confidential bank information unless he was given severance pay and benefits.
Man Sentenced For E-Mail Threats To Local Company, Fla. Legislator - 01/07/10
http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/ar
A 39-year-old Florida man was sentenced Thursday for emailing threats to a company in Columbus.
Kyle Jeffrey Tschiegg, of Sarasota, Florida was sentenced to 90 months imprisonment for emailing threats including threats to cause a candidate to drop out of a race for statewide office in Florida, hacking into email accounts of individuals and companies, and using stolen identity information to commit computer crimes.
Man who 'ran pirate music site received £190,000 in donations from downloaders' - 01/07/10
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A man who ran an illegal 'pirate' music site which allowed 21 million downloads had almost £190,000 in his accounts when police raided his home, a jury heard today.
Snowed-In Brits boost adultery website - 01/06/10
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100106/od_
Britons snowed in by the wintry weather have been flocking to an extra-marital dating site in the last 24 hours.
IllicitEncounters.com, which provides a platform for married people to conduct affairs, said on Wednesday it has seen an unexpected increase in visitors over the past 24 hours, and received a record number of new profiles on Wednesday morning.
Stalking suspect faces stiffer penalty - 01/06/10
http://www.sunherald.com/local/story/18
A man arrested Tuesday on a cyberstalking charge contacted his victim “500-and-something times,” said Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd.
Vincent Salvadore Drummond is on probation in Harrison County for a misdemeanor harassment conviction involving the same woman, which gives the latest charge a stiffer penalty, Byrd said. The woman, who lives on Old Fort Bayou Road in Vancleave, contacted the Sheriff’s Department on Dec. 28 about harassing and threatening phone calls. Byrd said criminal investigators confirmed that the communications came from Drummond.
Teens arrested for posting violent online threats - 01/06/10
http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/l
Two 14-year-old girls were arrested after posting alleged threats online about killing students at Ecole Selkirk Junior High, say RCMP.
On Dec. 31, the teen suspects allegedly posted messages on Facebook and MSN threatening to kill at least five other students and wrote about bringing guns and a bomb to the school, say RCMP.
Selling Fake Art on eBay - 01/06/10
http://trueslant.com/nickobourn/20
A Chicago man named Michael Zabrin recently admitted he sold fake Picassos, Lichtensteins, Chagalls, and works by several other artists on eBay. He plead guilty in court, saying that he had stolen over $1 million from unaware online buyers.
Internet stalker plagued young mum - 01/06/10
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/ev
A delusional internet stalker who drove more than 200 miles to see his victim is today the subject of a year-long restraining order. Mohammad Irfan was also banned for a year from entering the woman's home town after admitting causing harassment with fear of violence on three separate occasions.
DA's Office investigates death threats on Utica Topix - 01/05/10
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x37051
Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara on Tuesday said his office is investigating two cases involving death threats posted on the Utica section of the popular Web site Topix. And those may be just the first of many such cases locally, as McNamara said he expects his office to step up its prosecution of online harassment in the future.
Man who said he was 'massaging' meat gets 10 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_
A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing an $80 slab of meat. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported Thursday that 51-year-old Mark Zachary of Orangeburg received the maximum sentence after jurors found him guilty Wednesday of shoplifting. Prosecutors said the sentence was justified because the Aug. 26 theft from Reid's grocery store in Orangeburg was his ninth offense.
Authorities said when a store manager approached Zachary about the missing New York strip and the big bulk under his shirt, he fled, right into the arms of an off-duty police officer.
Assistant Solicitor Glenn Justis asked jurors "Where's the beef?" in his opening argument.
Zachary testified he was "massaging" the meat, not stealing it.
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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)
Girl fight videos posted on internet amid violence surge - 01/12/10
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation
A MASSIVE spike in violent attacks by young Queensland girls has been blamed on internet "fight sites" where videos of the attacks are posted.
Hackers take aim at Facebook users - 01/11/10
http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/loca
Kimberly Potts calls Facebook her "lifeline" to her son Justin, who is serving in Iraq with the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Army National Guard. It's helped her stay in contact with him, to see photos of his Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas.
Twitter trash talk blamed in NYC murder - 01/11/10
http://www.inquisitr.com/56414/twit
Twitter has emerged as a source of evidence and possible catalyst in a homicide investigation in Harlem.
Two young men, Jameg Blake and Kwame Dancy, both 22, are said to have argued on the popular microblogging service before taking their dispute to the real world.
In The Age of Social Media, Can You Escape Your Ex? - 01/11/10
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconside
It's a New Year and I am quite certain that many of you have said, "Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya'," to those significant others who weren't -- THE ONE. You're starting fresh; you're blogging about your future goals; you're tweeting your resolutions and updating your Facebook status with things like, "I will never, ever, ever settle!"
Teen in court on Facebook racism charge - 01/11/10
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-centra
Youth faces two charges of racial harrassment after allegedly posting anti-Jewish comments directed at another man.
Should Law Grads Be Banned From The Legal Profession For Cyber-Stalking? - 01/08/10
http://www.businessinsider.com/should-l
Lawyers jokes aside, attorneys are evaluated for their "character and fitness" before they are admitted to the bar in their state. They questions are what you would expect -- have you been expelled from any institution for an honor violation, have you ever convicted for any crime, etc.
Autistic son who asked internet friend to kill his 'overprotective' parents detained in hospital - 01/08/10
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
An autistic man was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order today after plotting to kill his adoptive parents with a friend he met on a fetish website just three months earlier.
Christoper Monks, 25, persuaded Shaun Skarnes, 20, to stab the couple while they were asleep at their home in return for sexual favours.
Teacher charged with harassment - 01/08/10
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/c
She allegedly sent a threatening e-mail to a colleague at North Montco Technical Career Center in Towamencin.
An alleged act of cyber harassment cost a technical school teacher her job and led to her being criminally charged in Montgomery County, officials said Thursday.
Facebook threats lead to inquiry in Pine Island - 01/08/10
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsma
A 17-year-old Oronoco boy allegedly threatened to bring a gun to Pine Island High School through a Facebook conversation he had with a 17-year-old female classmate Thursday afternoon.
Love in the age of social networking too much text and not enough talk? - 01/08/10
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/articl
When it comes to technology, young people and relationships, the interplay can perhaps best be summarized by a phrase familiar to Facebook users: It's complicated.
Secret drives model's ex-boyfriend to plot acid attack - 01/07/10
http://www.whas11.com/featured-con
Katie Piper, 26, was a model and aspiring television presenter when she was splashed in the face with sulfuric acid by a stranger on the London streets in March 2008. Police moved quickly on the trail of her assailant.
Arrests: Former Asheville bank employee charged - 01/07/10
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20
City police charged a former Asheville bank employee with harassing and threatening his old employer. David Gregory Smith[], 49, of High Point, was charged with extortion and cyberstalking. According to arrest warrants, Smith sent e-mails to Pisgah Community Bank and threatened to expose confidential bank information unless he was given severance pay and benefits.
Man Sentenced For E-Mail Threats To Local Company, Fla. Legislator - 01/07/10
http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/ar
A 39-year-old Florida man was sentenced Thursday for emailing threats to a company in Columbus.
Kyle Jeffrey Tschiegg, of Sarasota, Florida was sentenced to 90 months imprisonment for emailing threats including threats to cause a candidate to drop out of a race for statewide office in Florida, hacking into email accounts of individuals and companies, and using stolen identity information to commit computer crimes.
Man who 'ran pirate music site received £190,000 in donations from downloaders' - 01/07/10
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A man who ran an illegal 'pirate' music site which allowed 21 million downloads had almost £190,000 in his accounts when police raided his home, a jury heard today.
Snowed-In Brits boost adultery website - 01/06/10
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100106/od_
Britons snowed in by the wintry weather have been flocking to an extra-marital dating site in the last 24 hours.
IllicitEncounters.com, which provides a platform for married people to conduct affairs, said on Wednesday it has seen an unexpected increase in visitors over the past 24 hours, and received a record number of new profiles on Wednesday morning.
Stalking suspect faces stiffer penalty - 01/06/10
http://www.sunherald.com/local/story/18
A man arrested Tuesday on a cyberstalking charge contacted his victim “500-and-something times,” said Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd.
Vincent Salvadore Drummond is on probation in Harrison County for a misdemeanor harassment conviction involving the same woman, which gives the latest charge a stiffer penalty, Byrd said. The woman, who lives on Old Fort Bayou Road in Vancleave, contacted the Sheriff’s Department on Dec. 28 about harassing and threatening phone calls. Byrd said criminal investigators confirmed that the communications came from Drummond.
Teens arrested for posting violent online threats - 01/06/10
http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/l
Two 14-year-old girls were arrested after posting alleged threats online about killing students at Ecole Selkirk Junior High, say RCMP.
On Dec. 31, the teen suspects allegedly posted messages on Facebook and MSN threatening to kill at least five other students and wrote about bringing guns and a bomb to the school, say RCMP.
Selling Fake Art on eBay - 01/06/10
http://trueslant.com/nickobourn/20
A Chicago man named Michael Zabrin recently admitted he sold fake Picassos, Lichtensteins, Chagalls, and works by several other artists on eBay. He plead guilty in court, saying that he had stolen over $1 million from unaware online buyers.
Internet stalker plagued young mum - 01/06/10
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/ev
A delusional internet stalker who drove more than 200 miles to see his victim is today the subject of a year-long restraining order. Mohammad Irfan was also banned for a year from entering the woman's home town after admitting causing harassment with fear of violence on three separate occasions.
DA's Office investigates death threats on Utica Topix - 01/05/10
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x37051
Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara on Tuesday said his office is investigating two cases involving death threats posted on the Utica section of the popular Web site Topix. And those may be just the first of many such cases locally, as McNamara said he expects his office to step up its prosecution of online harassment in the future.
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