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Teacher Facing Termination Hearings After Venting Over Students On Facebook
A Brooklyn, New York teacher is facing disciplinary hearings after venting her frustrations over students with a reference to the death on the previous day of a 12-year-old Harlem child -- Nicole Suriel -- who drowned while on a class trip to the beach. “After today, I'm thinking the beach is a good trip for my class. I hate their guts,” Christine Rubino, 38,... Read more »
Student Arrested After Threats Made To Principal On Facebook
A high school student has been arrested after allegedly making threats to his principal and disrupting school on Facebook, according to the Rock Hill Herald. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age and the fact he is being charged as a juvenile, made the threats towards Dee Christopher, principal of Fort Mill High School in Fort Mill, S.C.,... Read more » Facebook Helps Identify and Arrest Another Crime Suspect
People of Facebook: Stop incriminating yourself online by posting pictures that could be used as evidence against you and, as in this recent case, calling to beg that your incriminating photo be taken down by someone else. You will be tracked and identified. I mean, it's the Internet; nothing is private. But anyway, here's the latest in Facebook Fail Foolery.... Read more »
Couple Charged After Posting Picture Of Stolen Ring On Facebook
Sometimes, it might be best to steer clear of social networking sites when you want to brag about something. In some cases, it could land you in hot water, especially when stolen goods are involved. That is one lesson that a couple from Pitcairn, P.A., found out to their cost after they were charged by police when a photo posted on Facebook connected them with a haul... Read more » Police Make Arrest, Burglars Post Incriminating Evidence on Facebook
Of all the things we use Facebook for, who would've thought that fighting crime would be one of them? On Thursday, Memphis' WMCTV reported how police were able to apprehend two burglars for stealing alcohol from a local restaurant using Facebook and surveillance video. Now that's an unlikely Batman and Robin for you. David Boone and Kristen Woods broke into the... Read more » Teen Stabbed To Death Following Facebook Fight
A Brooklyn teen was taken in to custody Tuesday for fatally stabbing her brother's girlfriend following a fight on Facebook, according to the New York Daily News. Police sources said that Kayla Henriques, 18, stabbed 22-year-old Kamisha Richards once in the chest at around 10:35 p.m EST Monday, at the Cypress Hills Houses, Sutter Ave. in East New York. Attempts to... Read more »
Murder Suspect Tied to Victim Through Facebook
On Friday, the body of 18-year-old Jon Dargis was found outside of the Maple View Mobile Home Park in Zeeland Township, Mich. Police arrested Dargis' Facebook friend Joshua Hambly for the crime soon after. In its news release on Saturday, West Michigan ABC affiliate WZZM13 connected the two teenage boys as Facebook friends. While law enforcement recognizes that... Read more »
16-year Veteran Firefighter Gets Fired for Facebook Posts
You really need to be careful about what you say on Facebook these days. A Cape Cod fireman lost his job over a series of Facebook posts he made that reportedly undermined the authority of his superiors and publicly embarrassed his local department, according to the Bourne Courier. Richard Doherty, a 16-year veteran firefigher, was also accused of perjury after... Read more »
Facebook Photos Proof of Woman’s Fraud-Fueled Lifestyle
Et tu, Facebook? Authorities in the United Kingdom found a woman to be fraudulently receiving public aid after finding evidence on Facebook that she wasn't in as much need as she claimed. The financial aid included receiving benefits for being a single mother - while she was living with her husband, according to the Press Association. The woman's not-so-secret... Read more » Spanish Nun is Expelled from Order for Using Facebook Too Much
Yes, that's right. María Jesús Galán, 54, aka "Sister Internet" to her nun friends, announced on Facebook that she has been asked to leave her convent due to her internet usage. The tech-savvy nun listed her interests as "reading, music, art, and making friends" to her almost 600 Facebook friends. She also saw the web as a great opportunity to preserve and... Read more »
