Craigslist Becomes Home For Copper Thieves:
This article basically states that since scrap copper selling is so regulated copper thieves are turning to craigslist. Because as we all know craigslist doesn’t regulate crap.
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Nine arrested for prostitution:
I originally posted about the WEB Task Force here and they’ve netted 9 this time on various craigslist hooker stings.
Those arrested were…
The females arrested for engaging in sexual conduct for a fee were Michell Davey, 36, Jennifer Schaaf, 22, Chenchi Lin, and Emily Poland.
The males arrested for paying a fee for sexual conduct were Deric Lipski, 35, Mark Snow, 53, Jeffrey Wentworth, 36, and John Dietel, 42, of Seekonk.
Harold Conille, 26, was arrested for deriving support from prostitution.
That means he’s a pimp.
Some of the suspects also had outstanding warrants.
Des Moines woman’s purchase of car through craigslist goes awry:
A woman from Des Moines, Iowa paid someone on craigslist $5560 for a 2005 Acura but the car was not delivered as promised. I can’t tell if she paid for the car and it was never delivered or something else happened.
Police say new rental scam being used in Reno area:
We have new scammer names to add to the list.
This time it’s “Jane Duncan” and “Gary Duncan” who are posing as the usual missionaries moving to West Africa. According to this article they are targeting craigslist in the Reno, Nevada area posting ads for rental properties that are below normal rent and as usual don’t even belong to them.
Be aware.
Prostitution arrest at Dedham motel:
Police in Dedham Mass. arrested Heather M. Morgan of Foxborough after seeing her ad on craigslist.
And now it’s time for the victim test…
Morgan was charged with offering sexual conduct for a fee, and three charges for possession of class A, B and C substances after detectives found Percocet, Xanax and heroin in her hotel room, Nedder said.
“She said that she allegedly got the (two bags) of heroin from the officer … but after being informed that he was an undercover police detective, she started to sob and admitted that the drugs and syringes were hers,” Nedder said.
Hooking for heroin, tell me she’s not a victim.
Police: Internet ad leads to arrest in prostitution sting:
32-year-old Candace Brown of Beckley, West Virginia was arrested for being a craigslist hooker after police received an anonymous tip.
The next night on an unrelated sting they arrested johns Steven Lee Workman, 35, and Timothy Wayne Lilly, 24.
Too-good-to-be-true rentals featured on Craigslist are usually just that:
Another one of our hall of shame scammers has popped up in the news again. I previously posted about Richard Sunny here. At that time he was scamming would be renters out of their money in Philadelphia. Now he seems to be plying his West African trade in the Seattle area.
It’s the usual bad English Christian missionary that just left for Africa scam.
‘Online’ prostitute arrested in Port Huron:
A ‘concerned citizen’ in Port Huron, Michigan tipped off police to a 19-year-old hooker on craigslist.
Police set up a meeting at a local motel and arrested her.
Over at MyCrimeSpace there’s a running joke that the hot girl on MySpace doesn’t really want you. Over there I’ve posted more than a few stories abiut guys who go to meet hot girls that they met on MySpace only to be robbed. It seems that rule now applies to craigslist too.
24-year-old Daniel Brandtof New York City went to a Coney Island apartment to meet what he thought was going to be a woman he met on craigslist. Instead Brandt was shot in the head and two men ran off. Brandt later died at the hospital.
Police say they know who the suspects are and are awaiting search warrants.
Thanks to Gothamist.
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