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Another fake cop extorts and assaults backpage prostitute

August 31, 2011 in Backpage, Predators by Trench Reynolds | No comments

Leo Driscoll IV

Kenner man accused of posing as a cop to extort sex and money from prostitute:

While police were investigating the crimes of the assumed deceased Kylan Laurent they came across another backpage predator.

Police there say that 23-year-old Leo Driscoll IV was posing as a police officer in order to extort money and sex from a backpage prostitute. Isn’t sex through coercion technically rape? Driscoll has been charged with extortion, impersonating an officer and possession of oxycodone but not rape or any kind of sexual assault for some reason. When a prostitute is raped it’s still rape.

With their millions of dollars that they’re allegedly spending what is Village Voice Media doing to protect these women from predators. That answer would be nothing.

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Sex offender charged with craigslist extortion

January 26, 2011 in Craigslist, Predators by Trench Reynolds | 3 comments

Jared. E. Rosenow

Registered Sex Offender Accused Of Human Trafficking:

In case you needed yet another reason not to cruise craigslist for sex is that you may be blackmailed by a registered sex offender.

In Bellevue, Nebraska an 18-year-old female posted on craigslist, presumably on the casual encounters section, for an encounter with another female. She was contacted by what she believed was a 22-year-old woman. The ‘woman’ allegedly convinced the 18-year-old to send explicit photos of the 18-year-old.

The 18-year-old then received a text message from someone claiming to be the ‘woman’s’ stepbrother saying that the woman was actually a 14-year-old boy and that if she did not have sex with him (the stepbrother) he was going to police.

Instead the 18-year-old went to police and investigators found out that none of what the texter claimed was true. It turned out that the whole scheme was the machinations of one 42-year-old Jared. E. Rosenow of Friend, Nebraska. Rosenow is a registered sex offender. Her was convicted of soliciting a child in Illinois 6 years ago.

Rosenow has been charged with pandering and human trafficking since he attempted to recruit his victim.

Authorities believe Rosenow has done this before and are asking anyone who has information on this type of crime to contact Bellevue police at 402-293-3100.

First off I’m amazed that there is an actual woman on casual encounters if that was the section that the victim used. Secondly nobody should be using casual encounters for casual hook ups. I’m not against casual hook ups per se if that’s your bag but there are way too many predators trolling that section looking for victims. Again I believe that craigslist should remove casual encounters as its potential harm greatly outweighs its potential ‘good’.

Geebo.com proactively removed its personals to avoid problems like this.

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More craigslist hook up extortion

July 17, 2010 in Craigslist, Harassment by Trench Reynolds | No comments

Police: Craigslist companionship turned into extortion:

As I’ve mentioned before you really shouldn’t hook up with strangers on craigslist, especially if you’re married. Several bad things can happen to you if you do and in this case it was extortion.

27-year-old Amber Louise McGovern of Eugene, Oregon was arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a married man after they hooked up on craigslist. Police say that she was a kept woman for a while but when the guy said he was cutting her off she threatened to reveal the relationship to his wife.

Don’t think that the guy has gotten off the hook either. I’m sure he had as lot to explain to his wife.

Anyway, police believe that McGovern may have had more victims and that she has used the aliases of Amber Dawn and Amber Swope.

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Another downside to craigslist cruising: Extortion

June 8, 2010 in Craigslist, Harassment by Trench Reynolds | 1 comment

Asheville man charged with online extortion:

58-year-old Michael Harvey Oakley of Asheville, North Carolina has been charged with trying to extort money from a man who posted a personal ad on craigslist.

The article doesn’t say what kind of personal ad it was but let’s take a look at the circumstantial evidence. First the ad was posted in Ashville which is also called the Berkeley of the south. The personal ad was placed by a man and answered by another man. Oakley is accused of threatening to reveal sensitive personal information if his demands were not met.

It wouldn’t be unrealistic to think that the victim was possibly cruising on craigslist. If the victim does it fact lead a closeted gay lifestyle then that is his choice. However this is just one of the many risks people run by cruising for anonymous sex, gay or straight, on craigslist.

And just out of curiosity since I’m not a member of the gay community if I have any gay readers I’d like to know your opinion on this practice. I understand that there are people who are closeted or on the down low so to speak but I’d like to hear your opinion on this in general.

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