The Dead Kids of MySpace

Facebook Sting Leads To Arrest

2012-08-31T07:22:00.005-05:00

A registered sex offender from California has been arrested after allegedly attempting to meet someone whom he believed to be a 15-year-old girl using Facebook for sex.

And surprise, surprise...

From the Sacramento Bee:

"...William Elms is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning in Skagit County Superior Court on two counts of immoral communication with a minor.

Police were tipped off by a woman who caught her teenage daughter's boyfriend sending lewd photos and messages to someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl."

Elms is said to have traveled from the state of Washington to California in eager pleasance to sexually assault the reported minor female victim in typical RSO fashion.

Ugh, who would have thunk such possibilities?

Facebook Messages Lead To Arrest Of South Carolina Couple

2012-07-21T11:31:00.008-05:00

A South Carolina couple have been charged with sexual assault following a Facebook post involving a young minor female victim.

Thomas J. Tibbs, 36 and Jennifer Nicole Tibbs, 35, were both apprehended by police after the alleged victim came forward and told authorities that she had been sexually abused at an apartment sometime in April.

According to a report:

"She told police she came to Myrtle Beach in March from Ohio to live there and that she was given alcohol and cocaine by the couple, according to the report. The victim said after being given the drugs, she was sexually assaulted."

The article continues:

"The victim posted about the incident on Facebook and her family learned of the incident and got involved, according to the report."

A criminal complaint states the alleged victim was provided with alcohol and cocaine before the attacks.

The former Myrtle Beach residents now remain behind bars at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.

Teens Charged With Sexual Assault Following Facebook Video

2012-07-21T08:59:00.005-05:00

Wisconsin--A 17-year-old female with mental capacity of a young child was allegedly forced to perform various sexual acts on several men.

The reported acts were then recorded with a cellphone and later uploaded on Facebook, according to police.

The suspects Kendel Bivens, 17, Terry J. Gilbert, 18, Darius Shadwick, 19 and 18-year-old D'monte D. Williams have all been charged with second-degree sexual assault.

According to reports, the victim who has a mental capacity of a child between 7 and 9, was lured through the popular social networking by Mr. Bivens which later led to the subsequent assaults and the alleged video of the abuse.

Facebook Woman Lands In Jail For Sex Assault Of Teen

2012-07-21T08:39:00.005-05:00

Police in Michigan have arrested a Maryland man on accusations that she crossed state lines to sexually assault a minor female during the Thanksgiving holiday period sometime last year.

Roseanne Valesco Balgot, 22, is alleged to have bought a plane ticket, traveled to Oakland County where she reportedly booked a hotel room with the intention of engaging in sexual activity with the intended victim.

Police say the teen's parents noticed suspicious activity on their daughter's Facebook profile which led authorities to Balgot.

Teens Charged In Fatal Facebook Video

2012-07-17T07:40:00.004-05:00

Illinois--Three teenagers from Chicago have been arrested for the beating death of a 62-year-old disabled man and then posting a video of the attack on Facebook.

The teens allegedly were "playing a game" when they attacked 62-year-old Delfino Mora in an alley, according to authorities.

The three charged were identified as 16-year-old Malik Jones, Nicholas Ayala, 17 and Anthony Malcolm, 18.

Prosecutors said a large crack can be heard on the video as Mora's head hit the ground.

Jessica Thompson Charged With Rape Of MySpace 'Friend"

2012-07-16T08:33:00.008-05:00

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested for "seducing" and getting pregnant by a 15-year-old 'friend' on the once popular social networking website, MySpace.

The suspect, Jessica M. Thompson, was 22 at the time and was placed in some county jail in Indiana.

..It turns out MySpace still does matter (at least for Miss. Thompson) who now currently resides behind bars waiting some $10,000 bail.

Meet, Meet (Alleged) Facebook Predator...

2012-07-16T08:06:00.008-05:00

...Rick Vickers Jr. and supposedly of Salem.

Meet, Meet comes to us via courtesy of WBIW Radio and (of course) our vengeful Roadrunner friend.

The article involving Ricky (or Meet, Meet) is quoted via Meet, Meet:

"18-year-old Ricky Vickers Jr, of Salem man is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl whom he met on Facebook."

Meet, Meet:

"Vickers is charged with child molesting...the attack took place in April when the child was home alone."

You can read more about Meet, Meet from the sloppy journalism link(s).

Facebook Messages Lead To Arrest

2012-07-13T11:20:00.008-05:00

Police in Oklahoma have taken a 40-year-old man into custody on child sex crime and other charges following suspicious activity on Facebook.

The suspect, Theodore Kevin Booker, was jailed on complaints of child pornorgaphy, rape, computer sex crime and forcible oral sodomy charges.

According to ABC affiliate KOCO:

"A family member of a minor female reported to the OSBI that the girl was talking with Booker on Facebook and cellphone text messaging him when she sent him nude pictures of herself."

Bail was set at over $250.000.

Facebook Predator Sentenced To Six Years

2012-07-07T05:13:00.003-05:00

UK: A 19-year-old man from Salford has been sentenced to six years in prison after sexually assaulting three young girls, one as young as 12, that he befriended using Facebook.

Elliot McDermott was sentenced earlier this week for assaulting all three girls sometime last year.

McDermott groomed the three victims, 12, 13 and 14, by gaining their confidence and providing them with cigarettes and alcohol.

Police have since dubbed him, "every parents worst nightmare".

Man Charged With Rape Of Two Facebook "Friends"

2012-07-07T04:41:00.004-05:00

A 21-year-old South Dakota man has been charged with raping two girls, 12 and 13, that he met through Facebook.

Donald East, of Sioux Falls, was taken into custody after sexually assaulting the two young girls that reportedly took place last Sunday.

The two alleged victims reportedly snuck out of their house to meet Mr. East where he also provided them with alcohol.

It was at his apartment where police say he sexually assaulted both girls.

Man Arrested In Sex Assault Of Facebook "Friend"

2012-07-07T04:19:00.004-05:00

A 39-year-old man has been arrested by police in Toronto for allegedly sexually assaulting his Facebook 'friend'.

Shahid Syed of Ajax was taken into custody on one count of sexual assault and a charge of administering drugs for sex, according to a report found online.

He is accused of giving a drink laced with a drug to a 23-year-old woman and then assaulting her.

Cops say the two met on Facebook several years prior to the reported incident.

Sex Offender Arrested Over Facebook Use

2012-07-03T03:45:00.005-05:00

Police in North Carolina have taken a 47-year-old sex offender into custody after creating a Facebook page.

Kimberly Watkins, who was previously convicted of several sexual related crimes against children in 2007, reportedly told police she joined the popular social networking website to keep in touch with friends and play games.

The suspect allegedly used the fake ID, "K.T. Heath."

North Carolina prohibits sex offenders to join any social networking website following a law passed in 2008.

Man Arrested Following Facebook Contact

2012-06-27T07:12:00.004-05:00

A 23-year-old Oklahoma man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to meet a 12-year-old girl for sex he befriended using Facebook.

Henry Allen Ross, of Tulsa, was taken into custody earlier this week after the alleged victim's uncle contacted police who in turn then posed as the girl online.

Not surprisingly, Ross took the bait after trying to meet her.

Bail has been set at $76,000.

Sex Offender Gregory O'Neall Photographed Girls At Costco

2012-06-26T09:18:00.007-05:00

A 51-year-old convicted sex offender living in the state of Washington has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Police also accuse the suspect, Gregory Sean O'Neall, of taking pictures of young girls while working as a food sampler for Costco at a store in Federal Way.

The Des Moines resident was apprehended following an undercover investigation when a detective began chatting with someone who identified themselves online as "Animal_instinct" on a pedophile website.

According to an affidavit, the undercover agent working with Homeland Security and O'Neall began a conversation on the site and the following conversation took place between the two sometime on June 7th:

Undercover Officer: Hey. pass is boys
Undercover Officer: hey! anything you like in particular
Animal_instinct: ***shot vids and pics. ****sucking, peeing
Undercover Officer: sounds good.
Undercover Officer: have everything but the peeing
Animal_instinct: most all girls 11 and under. Not so much into boys but I sometimes collect for trades
Undercover Officer: same here
Undercover Officer: have lots of girls...not much boys
Animal_instinct: same here
Undercover Officer: have girls myself...always enjoyed them
Animal_instinct: I have like little girls since I was very young. Just never stopped
Undercover Officer: sorry stepped away for a minute
Undercover Officer: saw your pics in the chat...very cute
Undercover Officer: love the little one eating ice cream
Animal_instinct: She's my ex neighbor's daughter, ["M"]. Such a sweet girl
Undercover Officer: very cute...anymore of her
Animal_instinct: yep
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted another image to the chat of the same clothed brown haired girl sleeping on a bed next to a doll]
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posts an additional image of the same brown haired girl]
Undercover Officer: wow! you are a lucky guy
Undercover Officer: she is perfect

They continue:

Undercover Officer: very cute...anymore of her
Animal_instinct: yep
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted three images of a clothed young brown haired girl to the chat]
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted another image to the chat of the same brown haired girl sleeping on a bed next to a doll]
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posts an additional image of the same brown haired girl]
Under Officer: wow! you are a lucky guy
Undercover Officer: she is perfect
Animal_instinct: her mom and dad are friends so I get new pics from them often
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted an image of a young blonde girl playing with a dog in a yard]
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted another image of the same blonde girl]
Animal_instinct: That's ["H"].
Animal_instinct: She's my next door neighbor's granddaughter
Animal_instinct: she comes over to play with my dog
Undercover Officer: i hope you're nice when she comes over
Animal_instinct: we're friends!
Undercover Officer: my neighbor girls are nowhere near that cute
Animal_instinct: LOL
Animal_instinct: I'm lucky
Undercover Officer: sorry man...i keep getting calls
Undercover Officer: just got [H]'s pic...nice
Undercover Officer: people from all over the world on giga
Undercover Officer: where r u from?
Animal_instinct: usa west coast
Animal_instinct: you?
Undercover Officer: me too...Oregon
Animal_instinct: tell me you're close to Wa.
Undercover Officer: just south of Portland
Animal_instinct: I'm south of Seattle
Animal_instinct: brb
Undercover Officer: ok

The suspect then leaves for a short amount of time before returning:

Animal_instinct: got clothes in the washer
Undercover Officer: no problem
Undercover Officer: wow! usually chat w/somebody half way around the world
Undercover Officer: i have family in seattle
Animal_instinct: I know a pedo in Albany
Undercover Officer: up there all the time
Animal_instinct: that's coll as anything!
Undercover Officer: no specifics...but what area
Undercover Officer: did you meet him on giga
Animal_instinct: actually I met him on Yahoo IM. I have albums on imgsrc.ru
Animal_instinct: I'm near Federal Way
Undercover Officer: drive through there all the time...just north of Tacoma
Animal_instinct: we met in Portland for a weekend of vid watching
Animal_instinct: yeah.
Undercover Officer: ive been on imgsrc.ru but no albums yet
Animal_instinct: my img user name is the same
Undercover Officer: great site
Undercover Officer: i see people get banned all the time so im a bit leary
Animal_instinct: I've made more than a few contacts via that site
Animal_instinct: I never post any nudes

Undercover Officer: you have kids?
Undercover Officer: next time you're in town, let me know
Undercover Officer: i've got plenty to share
Animal_instinct: my kids are grown. 2 boys
Animal_instinct: when are you coming up here again?
Undercover Officer: don't have anything planned
Undercover Officer: but its just a short drive
Animal_instinct: about 3 hours or so
Undercover Officer: we should probably get to know each other better before we meet
Animal_instinct: yeah, I think so
Undercover Officer: ive almost been in trouble before so
Animal_instinct: that's not good
Undercover Officer: tried to stop once but couldn't...to much fun
Animal_instinct: check out my albums on imgsrc.ru
Animal_instinct: you'll see my email address
Animal_instinct: feel free to contact me. I don't trade via email. only through IM and here
Undercover Officer: sorry. trying to find you on imgsrc.ru
Undercover Officer: got your album. very nice....you like blondes
Undercover Officer: still there?
Animal_instinct: I like them most
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted an image of a clothed blonde young girl to the chat string]

Still continuing:

Undercover Officer: still looking...i like what i see
Animal_instinct: [Animal_instinct posted a smily face icon]
Undercover Officer: hey! back on. just looked through you stuff...very nice
Animal_instinct: that's a lot of pics
Animal_instinct: I took all those myself
Undercover Officer: the imgsrc.ru stuff
Undercover Officer: not your gig stuff...haven't finished that yet
Undercover Officer: any nudes of [M]?
Undercover Officer: She's by far my fav
Animal_instinct: nope. but the day she moved I saw her p***y
Animal_instinct: through the sides of her panties
Undercover Officer: crap...wife just got home with the kids
Animal_instinct: please let the one vid complete
Undercover Officer: ill be back on ltr tonight
Animal_instinct: only a few minutes

During the chat, the undercover officer was able to identify the IP address associated with "Animal_instinct" to a Comcast user and later identified his chat "friend" as the suspect who uploaded files titled, "More Costco Cuties", "Still More Costco Cuties" and "Kids I know" on the notorious russian website.

The Homeland Security agent then tracked our suspect through the Washingtion State Employment Secuirty Department to his job where he (O'Neall) worked as a Food Sampler.

The officer also idenfied the so-called friend's Yahoo! email address, "pieman1961" which then later linked to a Facebook profile which is viewable via Gregory's above picture.

While the back & forth was much tamer (according to the criminal complaint) than some other suspect's featured here like pastor Steve Richardson and sailor Alan Streiper, I thought it was still worthy of a 'write-up' considering his current sex offender status activity enjoying Facebook.

Meanwhile, a mother of one of the victims has hired a lawyer after claiming she uncovered pictures on the suspects Facebook page of her daughter.

Various reports state over 100 photos were uploaded to the server for multiple pedophiles to view.

O'Neall, who is married, was placed on the Texas registry following a conviction in 1991.

Edgar Lupian Gets His Passport Taken Away...

2012-06-26T08:36:00.003-05:00

A 23-year-old Illinois man remains in a county jail after police say they uncovered pornographic pictures and videos of young children on his computer.

Edgar A. Lupian, of Joliet, was arrested after detectives served a search warrant and took with them his computer, other devices and a passport.

The investigation lasted two months, according to a report found online.

Matthew Arterburn Jailed For Child Porn

2012-06-26T08:22:00.003-05:00

Police in Nebraska have taken a 36-year-old man into custody on accusations that he distributed child pornography over the Internet.

Matthew Arterburn, of Hastings, was arrested and now remains behind bars after a lengthy investigation.

Detectives say they found both pictures and videos of child pornography on various "electronic devices" owned by the suspect.

Arterburn remains behind bars on a $100,000 bond.

Sondance The Clown (Thomas Morgan) Busted For Child Porn

2012-06-23T08:04:00.009-05:00

"...But a clown is something more - something deep inside."--Sondance

A 47-year-old Arkansas man who masqueraded professionally as a clown for children's birthday parties has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Thomas Harold Morgan, of Fort Smith, is expected to be arraigned sometime next week after being taken into custody on Wednesday by local police.

Morgan, who goes by the name “Sondance the Clown", was apprehended after detectives identified an individual sharing child pornography over a p2p network.

The IP was then traced to Morgan who was then charged and jailed for distributing and possessing sexually explicit material involving a child online.

Police noted that Morgan came to their attention once before when he showed up as his persona during the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair in 2010.

He had not been registered as a performer and was later told to leave the carnival, say police.

According to information posted on his 'official website':

"I have spent over twenty years perfecting my craft. Not only makeup and costuming, but character development, stage presence, and other essential skills. My educational background is in childhood development, so I know how to interact with kids (and I'm pretty good with adults, too)."

He then continues:

"I have performed with circuses large and small, and at other large scale events in front of tousands of people. But my first love will always be the personal interaction that comes from entertaining for small groups."

Specialties include, pocket magic (insert joke here) and balloon sculptures.

Here's a coupon he advertised in various local paper's:

And another:

Same picture, different price...same sick bastard clown!

According to the Daily Mail, Morgan performed at a wide variety of spots including Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, Krispy Kreme and even oddly enough Red Lobster.

Besides the above Facebook profile, Mr. Morgan also maintained a once active account on MySpace found here.

Apparently Morgan had been struggling for work after moving from St. Louis, Missouri.

On BalloonHQ (a website dedicated to balloons), an individual angrily responds to a message posted by the alleged suspect on their forum.

On it, the unidentified person writes:

"TM is Rusty Nichols, Tom Morgan, Sondance the Clown, and the original Sigmund Fraud.

He uses different aliases so he can say nasty things about people without recourse.

He is not a paying member of BHQ, but he has been posting negative stuff and bashing people on BHQ for years. Once he publicly posted profanity from a private email between himself and Rhino.

He is also the guy who posted in 2007 about how he moved to St. Louis and couldn't find any paying work!!!"

In a nutshell, not only is "Sondance" a perv, but also a nut!

...As is evident on his above Facebook profile comparing the 2012 OWS protest to the atrocities suffered by the Jewish people at the hand's of Hitler and Germany during WWII.

I can see how this story has now gone global, this clown is absolutely crazy!

Morgan now currently remains behind bars at the Sebastian County Jail and is being held without bond.

Swim Coach Eric Johnston Arrested In Child Sex Sting

2012-06-23T06:14:00.002-05:00

A 21-year-old California swim coach has been arrested after allegedly traveling to a Holiday Inn hotel with the intention of having sex (rape) with at least two children.

Eric Johnston, of Folsom, was taken into custody at the popular hotel chain in Rancho Cordova following his contact with someone whom he believed to be a father of two children offering his kids for sale.

However, the there was no "father" but instead an undercover police officer there waiting for him.

During a police interview Johnston also admitted to downloading child pornography over the Internet.

Prior to his arrest, the suspect had been the youth Folsom Sea Otters assistant swim coach for roughly three years.

Any association with Mr. Johnston has since been removed from their website.

Johnston's own court appointed attorney didn't even bother asking for bail, telling the judge, "let's just save everyone's time".

In one e-mail exchange, our swim coach pal reportedly sent the following message to the undercover detective:

"My name is Eric. I'm 21 and I'm gay. I'm more interested in your son than your daughter, but it's your call on what the plan is since they're your kids."

In another exchange, ABC affiliate KXTV reports:

"I'm very much into that taboo stuff. I've had sexual relationships with young boys under the age of 14 before so I kind of know how it goes... I've never done this with a group. I've only found my boys by myself and kept them to myself since I've never known anyone else with the same interests as myself."

As you can imagine Johnston has been considered a threat to the community if released.

Kudo's to his attorney...

Babysitter James Cobler Admits To Sex Assault Of Boy, 4

2012-06-23T04:56:00.004-05:00

A 27-year-old man has been indicted by a jury in Virgina on five counts of using a child to produce pornographic videos and pictures and of possessing and transporting child pornography over the Internet.

James Robert Cobler, of Winchester, was originally taken into custody in May after undercover investigators downloaded child pornography from the suspects files he had been trading on the Internet using a p2p network.

The suspected IP address was then traced to Cobler's grandparents home in Winchester.

Detectives interviewed Cobler who admitted possessing the illicit material as well sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy on multiple occasions that he had been babysitting since 2011.

According to a report:

"...Cobler told the investigators that he had taken a video and about 10 photographs of himself performing sex acts on the child with his digital camera, "created a folder on his computer using the child's first name, and placed the video and images of the child in it.""

The victim's parents identified the child's room seen in some of the photos.

To make matters even worse, Cobler's grandmother passed away on May 31st, knowing the atrocities committed by her grandson.

He however remains behind bars where he has been since his arrest.

Besides the above Facebook profile, Mr. Cobler also maintained an account over on MySpace found here.

Sex Offender Adam Kruft Charged In Sex Assault Of Girl, 11

2012-06-22T08:37:00.006-05:00

A Minnesota man has been arrested by police in Fergus Falls for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

Andrew Lee Kruft, 25, was taken into custody on criminal sexual conduct charges following the reported incident that is said to have taken place sometime on June 13th.

Kruft is a registered sex offender, according to information found online.

Police say he knew the alleged victim.

The Minnesota sex offender registry website only allows Tier lll offenders to be accessible online.

Note also the sloppy reporting by the Fergus Falls paper as they refuse to identify the accused as a registered sex offender.

Besides the above Facebook profile, Mr. Kruft also maintained other active accounts on MySpace as well as a Juggalo fan based site here.

Kruft had recently been released from prison in January prior to the arrest.

Police: Brandon McCloy Admits To Rape Of 3 Boys

2012-06-18T15:13:00.004-05:00

Police in Wisconsin have arrested an 18-year-old man on charges that he raped three young boys.

Brandon McCloy, of Weston, is also accused of offering the children money in "exchange for sex" in which he has said to have admitted to police during an interview.

The victims were only just 9, 6, and 5.

All are said to have been assaulted repeatedly by Mr. McCloy, say investigators.

On his above Facebook profile, McCloy states he is currently in the National Guard and "in a relationship".

Of course, that's all over with...

The perv is now currently residing in a local jail awaiting an absurd $50,000 cash bond.

Anyone with additional information is urged to contact detectives at 715-359-4202.

Facebook Sex Offender Of The Day: Lleann Canaday

2012-06-18T08:46:00.004-05:00

Name of registered sex offender: Lleann Elaine Canaday

Other known aliases:

Lleann Elane Canaday
Lleann Elaine Stofflet
Lleann Elane Stofflet

Facebook profile:

Lleann Canaday is our first female "Facebook Sex Offender of the Day" and second felon to reside from the state of Wyoming.

She was previously convicted of charges involving immoral and indecent acts with a minor in the small town of Wheatland.

In a rather strange turn of events, Canaday's deceased husband, Timothy C. Canaday was murdered in 2008 by Wayne “Bubba” Shook in a dispute involving a car engine.

Shook was later sentenced to 30 years in prison involving his death.

She later sued him in a civil suit, according to a report found online.

Prior to the event, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle noted that both Tim and Lleann Canady had previously been placed on the registry following a conviction of indecent acts with a child.

The age of the victim was never stated.

However, a court found that a sex act against a child did take place and that our above Facebook now 46-year-old felon was convicted of that crime.

And that's all that really matters that this point:

Report this user/loser to Facebook now!

Man Charged With Rape Of Facebook Friend

2012-06-18T08:39:00.003-05:00

Police in New York have taken an 18-year-old man into custody on charges that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl he met on Facebook.

Ryan W. Holland, Amsterdam, was arrested after police received a report filed earlier this month.

An investigation was then conducted and the suspect was later arrested.

Holland is due back in court later this month.

Man Charged Following Facebook Contact

2012-06-16T09:21:00.005-05:00

Police in Texas have arrested a 26-year-old man on child solicitation charges following explicit conversation on Facebook with a minor.

Lawrence Sherlock Lumpkin, of Commerce, was taken into custody after a reported tip to law enforcement led them to suspicious activity between March and April of this year involving the suspect.

After being arrested, Lumpkin also attempted to escape but was subsequently apprehended by officers.

Bond was set at $75,000.

Police: William Wameling Admits To Child Porn

2012-06-15T15:09:00.004-05:00

A 26-year-old Texas man is behind bars after allegedly admitting to downloading child pornography over the Internet.

William Aloys Wameling, of Hempstead, was arrested at his residence yesterday morning after police executed a search warrant on his premises.

The married and stepfather of three is now being held on a $1 million bond.

Prior to the charges, Wameling had been in training to become a firefighter.

Besides his above Facebook account, a much older profile of Mr. Wameling on MySpace also exist here.