Since its launch in 2004, Facebook has reached more than 800-million active users (that’s almost three times the size of the U.S. population). It has helped people connect with loved ones, promote entrepreneurial ventures, and even put out a call for help when nonprofits are in need or crimes are occurring. But every utopia – […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old Chicago man faces abuse charges after he allegedly posted a photograph on Facebook that shows his daughter’s hands, legs and mouth apparently bound with blue tape. RELATED: Police Investigating Picture Of Girl Bound With Duct Tape Police spokesman Officer Ron Gaines says Andre Curry is charged with aggravated domestic battery. […]
Ramie Grimmer, the daughter of Rachelle Grimmer the woman who killed herself and shot her two children after being denied welfare at a benefits office in Laredo, Texas has died from her wounds. Before she died Ramie Grimmer posted “May Die 3day on her Facebook page. The New York Daily News reports: Her 10-year-old brother, […]
MEMPHIS — A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with threatening a school official after police claimed he made death threats against students and teachers at a high school he previously attended. Jamal Smith was arrested at Millington High School. The school was placed on lockdown after Smith posted the death threats on Facebook. See […]
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The husband of a New Jersey high school teacher accused of anti-gay postings on her Facebook page is defending his wife’s comments. Gene Knox told WCBS-TV in New York that “everybody’s entitled to an opinion.” He also told the station: “They can persecute her but they can’t prosecute her.” NJ Teacher […]
NEW YORK — Police captured a man charged with robbing several banks by tracing posts and pictures on his Facebook page. Jesse Hippolite was charged by the NYPD with 3 stickups and is suspected of 16 others. Hippolite named himself after notorious bank robber, Willie S. Sutton on Facebook. The New York Daily News reports: […]
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man was gunned down hours after a judge upheld felony charges against his ex-girlfriend, who was accused of offering $1,000 on Facebook for someone to kill him. But with the teenager who allegedly took the bait already in custody, investigators said Tuesday they aren’t sure why the man was killed. Corey […]
Facebook is on the defensive after various social networks went abuzz when users who synced their phones found out that all their contacts numbers were on the site. The social networking site denied rumors that syncing mobile phones with the social network publicly reveals the phone’s contacts. The story began circulating yesterday via status updates […]
NEW YORK — The NYPD has formed a unit to monitor social media outlets Facebook, Twitter and Myspace to find out information about illegal flash mobs, house parties and gang fights. The New York Daily News reports: Newly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, one of the department’s online and gang gurus, has been put in […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — As they prepare lesson plans for fall, teachers across Missouri have an extra chore before the new school year begins: purging their Facebook friend lists to comply with a new state law that limits their contact with students on social networks. The law was proposed after an Associated Press investigation found 87 […]
NEW YORK — A fugitive from upstate New York who taunted police on his Facebook page to `catch me if you can. I’m in Brooklyn’ has been arrested. The Daily News says U.S. marshals and NYPD detectives tracked Victor Burgos down to an apartment in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood Monday night, sitting at his computer with […]
SALT LAKE CITY- Jason Valdez is no stranger to Utah police. His latest brush with the law, however, may have been the most public. An armed Valdez, 36, held a woman hostage at a motel in a tense 16-hour, overnight standoff with SWAT teams, all while finding time to keep his family and friends updated […]
