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Online hangouts like Face book and My Space have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource. In the article "Web networking photos come back to bite defendants", Joshua Lipton was charge of drinking and driving crash that injured a 20 year old woman. When Lipton attended court he claimed that he wasn't the person the women. He also said that he does not party or drink. Days after the incident, detectives found pictures of Lipton on his face book page the day of Halloween drinking and partying. These pictures was shown to the judge. Lipton was guilty and was sentenced two years in jail. Rhode Island prosecutors say Lipton was drunk and speeding near his school, Bryant University in Smithfield, in October 2006 when he triggered a three-car collision that left 20-year-old Jade Combies hospitalized for weeks. Kevin Bristow, Lipton's attorney uses the incident as an example to his own teenage children to watch what they post online."If it shows up under your name you own it," he said, "and you better understand that people look for that stuff."
According to "Teenagers Misbehaving, for all online to watch" by Corey Kilgannon, last month, after viewing a video of the beating of a 13-year-old girl that was broadcast on Web sites including My Space, Photo bucket and You Tube, the authorities arrested three freshman girls from nearby North Babylon High School. On Feb. 2, Deer Park officers announced that five teenagers had been arrested for fence-plowing. The authorities said the teenagers may have been imitating a popular You Tube video posted last year that received three and a half stars and had nearly 70,000 viewers. “Teens have been doing inappropriate things for a long time, but now they think they can become celebrities by doing it,” said Dr. Andrew Adesman.
Victoria Lindsay 16, and was accused by six girlfriends of talking-trash on MySpace about them. According to " Victoria Lindsay Beaten by Teens for Video", Authorities in Lakeland, Florida, have arrested April Cooper, Brittini Hardcastle, Kayla Hassell, Britney Mayes, Cara Murphy, and Mercades Nichols on charges that they either beat Victoria Lindsay for 30 minutes or stood guard while filming the attack to be shown on the internet. Victoria Lindsay suffered hearing loss in one ear and eye problems in one eye along with a concussion, according to the Tampa Bay Tribune.
In both these story's these teens made their actions public.They committed a crime with out knowing they committed it. These teens only wanted 15 minutes of fame. Teens have been doing inappropriate things for a long time, but now they think they can become celebrities by doing it. People should be careful on what they put up on the Internet. If they put up illegal things on the Internet they might get caught and spend some time in jail.Detectives also get there evidence from the Internet. The teens should of not posted there inappropriate behaviors on the Internet because that's only going to supply the police with evidence to convict you with.
According to "Teenagers Misbehaving, for all online to watch" by Corey Kilgannon, last month, after viewing a video of the beating of a 13-year-old girl that was broadcast on Web sites including My Space, Photo bucket and You Tube, the authorities arrested three freshman girls from nearby North Babylon High School. On Feb. 2, Deer Park officers announced that five teenagers had been arrested for fence-plowing. The authorities said the teenagers may have been imitating a popular You Tube video posted last year that received three and a half stars and had nearly 70,000 viewers. “Teens have been doing inappropriate things for a long time, but now they think they can become celebrities by doing it,” said Dr. Andrew Adesman.
Victoria Lindsay 16, and was accused by six girlfriends of talking-trash on MySpace about them. According to " Victoria Lindsay Beaten by Teens for Video", Authorities in Lakeland, Florida, have arrested April Cooper, Brittini Hardcastle, Kayla Hassell, Britney Mayes, Cara Murphy, and Mercades Nichols on charges that they either beat Victoria Lindsay for 30 minutes or stood guard while filming the attack to be shown on the internet. Victoria Lindsay suffered hearing loss in one ear and eye problems in one eye along with a concussion, according to the Tampa Bay Tribune.
In both these story's these teens made their actions public.They committed a crime with out knowing they committed it. These teens only wanted 15 minutes of fame. Teens have been doing inappropriate things for a long time, but now they think they can become celebrities by doing it. People should be careful on what they put up on the Internet. If they put up illegal things on the Internet they might get caught and spend some time in jail.Detectives also get there evidence from the Internet. The teens should of not posted there inappropriate behaviors on the Internet because that's only going to supply the police with evidence to convict you with.
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