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Articles by Olga Boyko
is from Baltimore and currently lives in Brooklyn. She has worked for various online publications covering entertainment news, gossip and blogging.
A yoga and baking enthusiast, Boyko likes to spend her free time practicing Vinyasa and experimenting with gluten-free desserts. And although sports writing is definitely not in her future, she will go to the grave an Orioles fan.
28-year-old Man Contacts 12-year-old Girl On Facebook For Sex, Busted By Cops
Another day, another Facebook pedophile story. A 28-year-old man was arrested for trying to arrange a meeting for sex with a 12-year-old girl. The man was expecting to meet a girl, but instead met a bunch of grown officers thanks to a tip they received from a concerned mother. According to reports, a worried mother contacted the police when she found out a... Read more » Man Uses Security App To Take Secret Pictures Of MacBook Thief, Posts To Tumblr, Twitter
Technology has many uses in this world, including secretly taking pictures of the guy that stole your MacBook. Joshua Kaufman was robbed of his MacBook, called the police but the police said they couldn't do anything about it. Kaufman took matters into his own hands. He started using his Hidden app to take pictures of the thief in possession of his laptop and posted... Read more » Woman Beats Down Friend With Baseball Bat, Brags About It On Facebook
Word to the wise: if you're going to commit brutal assault and then lie about it to the police, you should probably not brag about it on Facebook. Apparently, Tamela Brown never received that memo - just like she never received the memo about not beating up your friends with a baseball bat. She is now wanted on assault with a deadly weapon charge and the police are... Read more »
WARNING: ‘The World Funniest Condom Commercial’ Is A Facebook Scam
There's another Facebook scam on the loose, and this one promises "The World Funniest Condom Commercial." I mean, the grammar mistake alone should tip anyone off, but apparently many people have fallen for this trap. Let me break it down for you so you can avoid this scam and spread the word. "The World Funniest Condom Commercial" scam works very similarly to the... Read more »
Baseball Star Jose Canseco Proposes To Lady Gaga On Twitter
Lady Gaga is not only the biggest star on Twitter, but she's also the biggest star in former baseball great Jose Canseco's heart. Canseco has been proclaiming his love for Lady Gaga via Twitter -- even proposing marriage -- with seemingly no positive result. But you've got to hand it to the man, he's persistent. Canseco began tweeting his love for Lady Gaga on... Read more »
Woman Uses Twitter To Track Down Stolen Bike, Followers Lead Her To Thief
Elaine Ellis of Boulder, Col. came home to an upsetting surprise one evening: her bike had been stolen and her bike lock had been ripped out from a brick wall. Instead of reporting the incident to police, Ellis decided to post about her bike on Twitter, hoping to engage her over 3,500 followers into tracking down the bike thief. Within a few hours, one of her... Read more »
WARNING: ‘Baby Born Amazing Effect’ Is A Facebook Scam
Like a bad rash, Facebook scams continue to spread across News Feeds. Seriously, stop clicking on this stuff. Anyway, a new scam appears to have won the hearts and all sense of logic amongst hundreds of thousands of Facebook users and it's called "Baby Born Amazing Effect." Apparently, it's supposed to be a video of an extra big baby being born. Are you for real?... Read more »
Convicted Pedophile Violates Probation, Arrested For Logging On To Facebook At Apple Store
Police arrested a known sex offender after he tried to log on to Facebook at an Apple Store in California, violating his probation. Robert Nicholas McGuire, 35, has a history of sex offenses, including a child pornography charge that resulted in a ban from ever using the Internet. McGuire was caught by two alert detectives who spotted him at an Apple Store using... Read more »
Teen Boy Issued Warning After His Facebook Activity Prompts Pedophile Scare
Well, this is interesting. A 16-year-old boy received a stern warning from police after his Facebook activity prompted a pedophile alert in his area. Let's explore this Facebook FAIL. The boy allegedly created two fake Facebook profiles and began contacting and sending friend requests to a multitude of young girls. After befriending the girls online, he would send... Read more »
Father Creates Facebook Page To Gain Custody Of Child, Displays Images Of Abused Toddler Daughter
Donald Norris, a distraught father desperate to attain sole custody of his toddler daughter created a Facebook page for her alleging that the girl is suffering abuse at the hands of her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Norris even went as far as posting photos of his daughter Danika covered in bruises. Although Danika primarily lives with Norris and his fiancé,... Read more »
