Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous Crimes’ Category
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Prostitution could spike during RNC
Of the 5,000 or so "erotic services" ads on the Twin Cities craigslist Web site, the word "Republican" appears twice. In an ad looking for event "hostesses" during next week's presidential nominating convention in St. Paul, and in another ad promising "your secret is safe w/me!" ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
If you have been following the Jason Fortuny story, it's actually getting pretty interesting. In 2006 he re-published over 180 responses to a fake sex ad on Craigslist and was recently located and issued a summons. The NY Times did a piece about it recently.
"The victim argues Fortuny violated ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Police in the trend-setting state of Ohio have stumbled onto something new to them: Craigslist.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
A Pacific Northwest man and a woman were arrested and jailed after their sexual encounter led someone to think a rape was in progress.
Authorities say a homeless woman seeking a place to pitch a tent contacted them after witnessing a man sexually assaulting a bound and naked woman.
The 47-year-old man ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Denver resident Matt Slaby posted an ad on Craigslist after he noticed a strat cat had got stuck up in a 60-foot tall tree for five days.
Slaby had tried to call various local authorities such as the fire department, animal control and tree cutting services. Apparently, it wasn't a priority for any of ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Police have arrested 21-year-old Omar F. Hotak from Branford, Connecticut. He initially found and responded to a Craigslist ad posted by a 39-year-old prostitute.
When Hotak arrived at the Groton Town, Econolodge Inn & Suites, he showed a badge and small gun, pretending to be a policeman.
The hooker got suspicious when she ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Paybacks can be a bitch. In this case it was an expensive one too.
Sounds like a couple of snobbish ladies were driving through the streets of San Francisco in a white Hummer like ..... well snobbish ladies.
There were stuck up stares and a poor 90 year old Asian man almost getting ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Officials at the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania said they are investigating one of their own priests.
It seems Father Michael Ruk used Craigslist to advertise his massage services.
"It appeared that the priest in charge of an Episcopal church was selling sex on Craigslist. I was outraged," said a man who only wants ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
So many people are tired of the long hours, low pay, long commute, etc... in today's crowded cubicle world we call business.
So what we do about it? Consider starting up a Home Business. You are your own boss, make your own hours, and more importantly ..... keep the hard earned profits ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Add another sick twist to the low-life scam artists out there. This warning relates to car escrow fraud.
Better Business Bureau (BBB) recently issued an alert warning online car shoppers that scammers are posing as phony escrow services in order to defraud consumers out of thousands of dollars.
Escrow fraudsters are stealing the identity of legitimate ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Craigslist is working hard to minimize the non-stop spam that has invaded its site. Not only is it just the obvious ads that stand out like a sore thumb, but the sneaky ones that get you after it's too late.
The spam postings aren’t really obvious at first. You only know you’ve hit ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
A British Columbia couple placed on ad on Craigslist, trying to sell their 7-day old baby. Price tag - $10,000 Canadian dollars.
Police used the cell number in the ad to arrest them. Their story quickly changed and they used the old - sorry it was just a hoax - excuse.
The 23 ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
This is a wonderful ending to a story that could have been so tragic for everybody involved.
A married couple, MaryBeth Zmuda and Timon Martin, were involved in a traffic accident. They crashed into an embankment and rolled over on Interstate 15 in San Diego.
Sadly their dog, 11-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, Emmy, ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
There's been much discussion here and all over the media about the demise of the newspaper industry, particularly the advertising segment.
There are multiple reasons, but one of the main ones is the success of Craigslist, offering many thousands of free classified ads.
Mick Gregory does a great job summarizing the history and various ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
As gas continues to soar, people from around the country keep looking for ways to save. Carpooling is on the rise.
In Madison Wisconsin, Ashwanth Vijayan says "It costs about 50-dollars to fill a whole tank."
So instead of just pissin' away his money to the big oil companies, he decided to do ...
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