Ohio man fights Facebook FALSE accusations of rape

Just because it is on the Internet, it must be true, right?

Facebook is already a cancer on society. It is almost like the Stanford Prison Experiment on a grand scale; it has brought out the worst humanity has to offer. These are getting quite commonplace. At some point, you have probably seen a post similar to this: "Please share this, _____ is a child molester/ rapist/ sex offender/ pedophile, etc., and he got away with it/ is wanted by the cops, etc." People buy it hook, line and sinker.

At least in this instance, the allegation was proven FALSE. Apparently the post was made by a jaded ex-lover. But in the meantime, the man was harassed by cops and was in fear for his life. He was even slammed by a pig cop who didn't even fact check his own NCIC database before attacking the man. But the registry is such a "much needed" tool, people claim. Utter BS!

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/22400120/man-fights-false-accusations-from-facebook

TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) -
Chad Lesko says being threatened by a total stranger was his first clue something wasn't right. "I was walking at Highland Park yesterday, a guy comes up to me and said, ‘You shouldn't be around here, this is a kids' area, you're a rapist.' I'm like, ‘Excuse me, no I'm not.'"

On Monday, someone posting as Nicole McCarthy posted on Facebook Lesko's picture, saying, "He's wanted by Toledo Police for 4 counts of rape. He raped three little girls and his own son." It's a serious allegation which Lesko says isn't true. "My girlfriend told me it was on Facebook," he said. "I was like, ‘Okay, what's going on? Send me the link.' Then my friend told me about it, too, so I went to the link. I was like, ‘This is not true.'"

While Toledo Police say Lesko is not wanted on rape charges, that one post has been shared more than 20,000 times. "This is crazy, I'm scared to even walk down the street now because all of the drama that's been going on," he said. According to Lesko, Nicole McCarthy is a fake account set up by the mother of his son, and he's hoping to clear his name and put this in the past.

"It's getting aggravating because I'm trying to live my life, I'm not trying to do anything bad, I've changed my life around."  

http://gawker.com/viral-facebook-post-alleges-man-is-a-wanted-rapist-but-509724902

Viral Facebook Post Alleges Man Is a Wanted Rapist, But He's Not

Earlier this week, Toledo resident Chad Lesko was walking around a local park when an angry stranger approached the 23-year-old and told him he had to leave. “He just walks up to me and says, ‘You’re not allowed in this park because you’re a rapist,’” Lesko recalled yesterday over the phone. “I’m like, ‘No, I’m not!’”

What Lesko didn’t know was that a Facebook post accusing him of being a wanted child molester had gone viral. Except the allegations weren't true. Lesko was not wanted by the Toledo Police for anything.

A Juggalo who started attending church about eight months ago, Lesko went to a meeting there and someone called the authorities. "The church people had seen my picture on Facebook, so then the cops showed up and ran my name, but I had nothing come up," he told me. "When I was on the way home, I had another cop stop me and actually slam me to the ground because he thought I was wanted."

The Nicole McCarthy profile, a dummy page created by Lesko's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his son (who confessed to posting the slanderous accusation on a local radio show), came down on Wednesday, but only after the false accusation had more than 30,000 shares.

“It really pisses me off because I would never do that," Lesko said. "I was abused as a child and beaten as a child and I’m really against that. If you have to put your hands on a child, that’s the lowest way to go.”

Tim Caya of the Facebook "Missing" page is full of Caca

This is Tim Caya of the Facebook page "Missing," which features missing person cases. I'm not against that at all; in fact I support those efforts. What I am against, however, is a person who uses that cause as a platform to spread hate. A few days ago, this guy posted the following rant on his "Missing" page:

And as an added bonus, he has decided to go after Kaiylyn Hunt, the barely-18 gal who had a relationship with a gal just shy of 15:

It is well-established that the registry has gone too far. Except for idiots like Tim Caya, that is. "The Law is the Law." So was slavery, Eugenics, and Jim Crow. The law is not absolute, and it can be wrong at times. Even the federal Adam Walsh Act, the worst piece of legislation since the PATRIOT Act, recognizes a "Romeo and Juliet" statute. Only Florida's version is bullshit. Which allows for some high schooler to face 15 years and life on the registry. This idiot just does not get it.

Just like he doesn't get how retarded he looks shooting a bird at a concert just to be a dick.

No Peace For Predators suggests using sex offenders for organ harvesting

The douchbag trio of Britt(ney) P. Warden, Peter(less) Mason, and David "The Crybaby" Rowe make up the axis of evil that is No Peace For Predators. They are a waste of humanity in their own right, and have kept a rather low profile since David Rowe was embarrassed by his own local media last summer. So they've been hiding on their own site like the filthy cockroaches they are. That is a good thing, since they constantly fantasize about murder.

Just when you thought their fantasies can't be any more disturbing, now they are having orgasmic thoughts of harvesting organs of sex offenders. The depths of their depravity never cease to amaze me:

On a related topic, I'd love to hear an explanation as to why advocating for the restoration of the former offender is somehow "pouring salt on the wounds of victims." Somehow we've been led to believe the issues of post-conviction laws like residency laws and victim's rights are tied together. THEY ARE NOT tied together. Fuck David Troll and his band of misfits. People like them should be closely monitored, preferably in a therapeutic setting.

Anonymous UK member cleared of rape allegation

One one hand I feel for the guy, on the other hand, Anonymous has been quick to label people pedophiles. Perhaps this guy will stay true to his word and fight false allegations in the future. Maybe he can help clean up the cesspool that is Anonymous

http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/i_want_to_rebuild_my_life_says_weston_activist_cleared_of_protest_camp_rape_1_2187528


‘I want to rebuild my life’ says Weston activist cleared of protest camp rape

Simon Angear, Content Editor
Monday, May 13, 2013 
9.56 AM

A POLITICAL activist who says his life has been ‘shattered’ by false rape claims is returning to Weston to begin a fight for new laws to protect people from malicious allegations.

"The worst thing was knowing that I would either be going to prison as an innocent man, or walking away with my life in ruins. "
Malcolm Blackman made national headlines two weeks ago when he went on trial at the Old Bailey accused of raping a woman at the Occupy London demonstration at St Paul’s Cathedral.

Jurors have since cleared the 46-year-old of any wrong-doing – and now Mr Blackman says he wants to return home ‘with his head up high’ and campaign to save others from having their lives ‘ruined’ in the same way.

Formal ‘not guilty’ verdicts were recorded on both charges against Mr Blackman on May 3, and now he faces the task of piecing together a life which has been on hold for more than a year.

Mr Blackman – the co-founder of activist movement Anonymous UK – told the Mercury: “The whole situation has been horrendous.

"We live in a make-believe world where people are innocent until proven guilty - but I had to prove my innocence. 
"
“All year, people have been told I am a rapist. Life will never be the same again.

“There will always be that stigma attached to me. There will always be people who are wondering ‘I wonder if he just got away with it’.

“The worst thing was knowing that I would either be going to prison as an innocent man, or walking away with my life in ruins.

“Completely vindicated as I was, it’s not going to change the fact that my life is shattered.”

Key video evidence and witness testimonies put Mr Blackman elsewhere at the time the woman – who cannot be named – claimed she was attacked.

And he now wants the law to do more to protect the identity of people accused of rape until their guilt is established.

Mr Blackman said: “We live in a make-believe world where people are innocent until proven guilty - but I had to prove my innocence.

“I expected British justice to do its thing. The CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) should have looked at this and seen it had no legs. They said they have to be sympathetic to the victim – but now I am the victim.

“I am 100 per cent behind anonymity for alleged victims of rape, as real victims must not be deterred from coming forward.

“But what I am going to be stamping my feet about and campaigning for is the need for anonymity for both parties.

“The law needs to be reviewed as a matter of urgency. The accused gets his life torn apart. It has cost me my career, my home.

“I had to go and see everyone in my life that matters to me. I told them ‘the first thing I need to say is I didn’t do it – the second is, you’d better sit down’.

“It’s a very difficult thing to try to explain something which is so alien to you.

“Even my sisters, like everyone else, just didn’t know. They were forced to question their faith in me.

“I’ve not slept, I’ve not eaten. I’ve lived with untold pressure. I have lost a lot of faith in humanity. I now have only a very few friends. And I have an absolute fear of women – I don’t intend to date ever again.”

The first step will be for Mr Blackman to return home to the town where he has lived for more than 20 years, and is well known for his work in the security industry and for his street act as a magician.

He said: “What I really want to do is get back to Weston and rebuild my life. I want to be able to walk around with my head up high. I want people to know the truth.

“I consider myself a decent citizen of Weston, and an asset to the town. I love it as home.

“I want to sit on the beach and watch the sun go down. Little things like that mean a lot now.

“But I will have to take it one day at a time because there have been no plans for me. How can you make plans when your life is in limbo?”

Apparently being a racist prick is okay so long as you target people on the registry

Apparently it is okay to be racist if you are targeting sex offenders these days. This is nothing new. A few years ago the KKK were recruiting members using sex offender flyers. Absolute Zero United leader Stitches77 was already featured on this site for her membership on a racist skinhead forum.

So it is no surprise the message boards are flooded with praise for a white supremacist who killed a man on the list. Consider this-- I find it hard to believe that these two men, who met in prison, didn't know each other's backgrounds. I am willing to bet there is more to the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/supremacist-gets-26-life-killing-molester-212307100.html


SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California white supremacist convicted of killing a child molester has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, while his wife — convicted of being an accessory — will be released from jail in about two months, The Sacramento Bee reported (http://bit.ly/17D3Y4l ) Saturday.
Charles Francis Gaskins, 48, was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest in March for the killing of Neil Hayes in 2009. A probation report said Gaskins was a member of a supremacist group that required its members to attack anyone with a history of child molestation.
Gaskins and his wife — Sandra Sheaves — was living in a home she owned in Carmichael, a community outside of Sacramento, when they allowed the 66-year-old Hayes to move in. Gaskins had met Hayes while they were both serving time in prison, The Bee said.
When Sheaves discovered on the Megan's Law website that Hayes was a registered sex offender, she told Gaskins.
Gaskins and Sheaves confronted Hayes in the garage of the home, with Gaskins killing him by repeatedly hitting him in the head with a large rock, prosecutors said.
Hayes' body was later found dumped along the side of a rural road about 35 miles away in Placerville.
As part of his no-contest plea, Gaskins insisted authorities go easy on Sheaves, who also was charged with Hayes' murder.
Prosecutors agreed, allowing her to plead no contest to accessory to murder. Sheaves, 43, was sentenced to eight years in prison.
"In a way, you almost instigated this, by showing the information from Megan's Law to Mr. Gaskins," Sacramento Superior Court Judge Sharon Lueras said in sentencing Sheaves.
With time served and other factors, Sheaves is expected to be released in 66 days, according to her attorney, James Warden.

Then there is the comment section. How can legislators and courts read this and deny the public registry spurs violence? I also screenshot a few comments from level headed people but they were drowned out by the frothy, foam-at-the-mouth witch hunters. It is time we abolish the public registry.

Sara Ylen's pathological lying finally catches up with her

Who is Sara Ylen, you ask? She is a fairly well known rape "victim." So why did I use quotation marks around the term "victim" just now? Because her entire rape claim is false. And in an attempt to get more attention, she filed a false rape claim. And another. And now, she finally got arrested for filing a false felony and tampering with evidence. She could get up to 14 years in prison. She should serve at least the same amount as the man she falsely accused.

Sara Ylen claimed she was raped by a man in a Meijer parking light in broad daylight then picked her victim at random off of the public sex offender registry (making her relevant for this blog). The man she accused was convicted after less than one hour of jury deliberation, despite absolutely no evidence other than Sara Ylen's testimony, and in 2003 the man was sentenced to the maximum penalty, 15-35 years.

So while a man sat in prison for years, the victim of a false accusation, Ylen got a lot of attention. Her false rape case was featured on the Oxygen TV series "Captured." She spoke at rape awareness events like "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes." She even claimed she was battling cancer as a result of HPV she supposedly received from the rape that never occurred.

She needs professional help. She has made multiple accusations over the years so I suggest civil commitment.

http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20130502/NEWS01/305020049/Sara-Ylen-taken-into-custody


Sara Ylen taken into custody
In connection to assault report
 May 2, 2013   |   7 Comments

A 38-year-old Lexington woman was taken into custody Thursday on charges of tampering with evidence and reporting a false felony in connection with a sexual assault she reported to police Sept. 18. She could be arraigned as early as Friday.

Sara Ylen was arrested Thursday in Lexington and transported to the St. Clair County jail, Maria Miller, Wayne County assistant prosecuting attorney, said in an email.

A report of a false felony is punishable by up to four years, while tampering with evidence is punishable by up to 10 years, Miller said.

Officials said Ylen reported the attack while in St. Clair County, but said it happened in Sanilac County.

Sanilac County Sheriff Garry Biniecki said Ylen alleged she had injuries related to the rape and was showing signs of bruising. But officers were able to determine the injuries were makeup, Biniecki said.

The cases ended up being handled by Wayne County prosecutors after St. Clair County Prosecutor Mike Wendling asked the state attorney general’s office to reassign the case due to his office’s relationship with Ylen in the James Grissom case.

Grissom was prosecuted and convicted of sexually assaulting Ylen in 2003. She said the attack happened in the parking lot of the Fort Gratiot Meijer.

Following the conviction, investigators in Michigan, California and Colorado determined Ylen had reported she had been sexually assaulted in other instances but could not substantiate those crimes.

Charges against Grissom were dropped after the Michigan Supreme Court granted Grissom a new trial after learning of the unsubstantiated claims.

Wendling requested the dismissal instead of a new trial, citing the length of time since the alleged incident and new evidence that had been discovered.

Grissom was released from custody Nov. 19, after almost a decade behind bars.

Separately, Michigan State Police Detective Sgt. Brian Ferguson is conducting a fraud investigation involving Ylen.

Ferguson said the case has been handed over to the Sanilac County Prosecutor’s Office.

Lucy Higgins, administrative assistant for Sanilac County Prosecutor James Young, said the fraud case is still in the process of review.

Details about that case have not been released.

The Times Herald normally does not identify victims of sexual assault. Ylen was identified when she asked the paper to tell her story.

Wannabe vigilante gets balls blown off

Look, I don't support kids being abused. But if you think your kid is being abused, then go to the police with it. Don't try to play vigilante, because you run the risk of something like this.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/man-has-heart-attack-after-being-shot-in-groin


Man has heart attack after being shot in groin
Niece's boyfriend, 2nd suspect arrested

Updated: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013, 3:34 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013, 3:34 PM EDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- A West Haven man is in critical condition after being shot in the groin while confronting a man who allegedly assaulted his niece, police said.

The incident happened around 1 a.m. Monday, on Peck Street.

Police said 52-year-old Mickey Tillery, of West Haven, was shot in the groin after he confronted the man about a domestic dispute with his niece.

According to police, the victim of the domestic dispute had called her mother, telling her she'd been assaulted by her boyfriend, 30-year-old Jermaine Reddick.

The victim's mother and her uncle, Tillery, then drove there from West Haven. Reddick ended up shooting Tillery before fleeing with a friend in a grey Ford Escort station wagon.

The vehicle was spotted and stopped at Church and Chapel streets. Reddick, who was the passenger, was taken into custody. His gun, a 9mm Springfield Armory XD pistol was in his possession and retrieved, police said.

Reddick was wanted for a parole violation and was being sought by State Police.

Tillery was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he suffered a heart attack. He remains in critical, but stable condition.

Reddick was charged with first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, carrying a weapon in a motor vehicle, third-degree domestic assault, risk of injury to a minor, and criminal use of a firearm.

His accomplice, 21-year-old Akeem Whitely, of Cedar Hill Avenue, in New Haven, was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, hindering prosecution, and weapon in a motor vehicle.

Anonymous give free publicity to obscure "Alice Day"

Only on the internet can one group of obscure anonymous individuals give another group of anonymous individuals an awful lot of attention. In laymen's terms, it is called "Free Advertising."

So the dumb fucks at Anonymous are giving free publicity to something called "Alice's Day," which they allege is some sort of day of recognition for "pedophiles." So Anonymous and their idiotic supporters did what they do best, advertise it to the world. So now they have succeeded in helping those who are into that sort of thing find each other. Way to go, Anonymous.

 What more do you expect from a bunch of computer nerds and idiot savants?

But we all know the truth. Anonymous is trying to divert attention away from its own scrutiny; it is currently under investigation by the FBI.

http://www.dailydot.com/society/alice-day-anonymous-pedo-attack/


Anonymous is targeting every pedophile hub on the Web

By Cooper Fleishman on April 24, 2013

In corners of the Internet that will make you ill, pedophiles wait to receive an onslaught of attacks. 

It's Alice Day, a public "pedophile pride" day inspired by the relationship between the author Lewis Carroll and his young muse, Alice Liddell, for whom Alice in Wonderland was written. April 25 is supposedly the day in 1856 that Carroll met 4-year-old Alice, sparking a lifelong infatuation. 

In one pedophile's own words, republished on a predator watchdog site, April 25 is a day to "rejoice in the gift of girllove and affirm the ideal so aptly typified by this special relationship." In 2013, it's also the day the hacker group Anonymous plans to bombard a long list of online targets with DDoS attacks, leaking suspects' personal information and defacing their websites. 

Anonymous began on the troll hub 4chan as a moral-free prank squad; it's since evolved into an amorphous group of vigilante justice crusaders. Determined the town of Steubenville, Ohio, was attempting to cover up rape allegations against two high school football stars, the hacktivists campaigned on Twitter and Facebook and brought the town into the public eye. The group has also led doxxing efforts against kitten-tormenting teens and the suspected blackmailer behind Canadian teen Amanda Todd's suicide.

I spoke briefly with one organizer of the event, which took the hashtag #OpAliceDay on Twitter. He told me it was business as usual—doxxing, defacing, "and having a little fun along the way." The campaign has hundreds of followers on Twitter, many of whom changed their names to #OpAliceDay in support.

April is child abuse awareness month. It's also "the month in which child rapists/molesters/'lovers' reserve for their special 'it's okay to sexually assault children' day," warns a 2010 article on Yahoo! Voices with the headline "WATCH YOUR CHILDREN." "Pink is NOT the color you want to dress your girls in either. Pink is their attraction."

On numerous unnameable forums, where adult men chat publicly about their love and affection for young girls and boys, users post about how they plan to celebrate Alice Day—often by wearing pink and spending time in parks to "LG (little girl) watch." Some might hand out pamphlets about CL, or "childlove," in an attempt to decrease stigma against and raise awareness of what to them is a significant social movement: pedophile pride.

These men claim they would never physically abuse or rape a child; it would be anathema to the childlove philosophy. They want to cuddle, kiss, hold, and otherwise express their affection for children—and if they can't in person, they'll do it from a distance, emboldened by Alice Day.

"I guess I will be doing what I do everyday, just hangout with friends and maybe if it's nice out, skateboard a bit etc," a man named FreeThinkerGL wrote in 2009. The quote was picked up from a pedophile hub by a watch blog called Lindsay Ashford. "I don't have a LGF so I won't be spending anytime with little girls or boys."

Another user, lall, wrote:

I think the t-shirt thing is just to wear any kind of a pink shirt on Alice Day. That way if any asks if you're a pedo, you can claim you have no idea what they're talking about...and how dare they insinuate such a thing! lol.

silentmist followed suit:

I will be spending the day at a local market filled with beautiful LG's. Kinda boring, but I will at least be wearing a pink t-shirt. I doubt anyone will catch on, but you never know ;-)

And Aladdin Truelove claims to have coined the term 15 years ago:

I am the one who suggested the name "Alice Day," way back on Ianthe's email list, in 1998. Feels good to be back in the land of the living!

These quotes are all three or four years old now, but the philosophy on these public forums is still ongoing and no less disturbing. Recently, followers of those pedophile hubs have taken their Alice Day preparation offline. On one forum Anonymous pointed me to, the only apparent threads about April 25, barely noticeable in conversations about watching children (possibly their own children) sleep and nudity-filled European '70s flicks, warn against the march of Anonymous.

"I think the admin are aware of this," the subject of one thread reads. The follow-up comment—by a user whose signature image is a drawing of a little girl in a dress, blowing bubbles in a field—sounds scornful: 

It's very ironic how they [Anonymous] claim to be all for freedom of expression on the internet, and, not just do they attack on us pedophiles (how's that being for freedom of expression, euh)? but in general, all the attacks they conduct, ARE a form of censorship. So, let me get this straight: you defend freedom of expression by conducting acts of censorship? In French we would say that's like fucking for virginity.

On a popular man-boy love blog, a user named Kristofor warns against a "Possible retrogressive Anonymous loris."

"They could be patching their servers," shrugged the Anonymous source when I mentioned it. 

Whatever these sites do in defense, they won't stand a chance.

Anonymous released its full list of targets Wednesday evening. The hackers have a system, explained in a Pastebin doc: 

Each website got a Number. @ReportApedo will tweet when to go pew pew on a certain website using its number to identify it. Feel free to deface, dos/DDos, hack these websites whenever you want to. But when firing we need everyone to fire at the same target at the same time. Additional targets might be added and everybody will be notified. We will start attack right at 01:00:00 p.m. Thursday April 25, 2013 in GMT. … The Op will continue all day and we will be posting our old d0xes on pedos in addition to TangoDowns and Defaces. Our primary goal is to take target #1 down and we won't stop firing until it is down.  

Target No. 1 is a Russian-hosted imageboard filled with password-protected albums such as "boy Self pics" and "girls in the bathroom." Target No. 2 is a "free bookmarking & blogging platform" with "sex" in the URL. Target No. 3 is a popular porn-streaming site with the tagline "where anything legal stays" and the unfortunate reputation for lax security measures against user-submitted underage content. (In talking to the Anonymous source, this is the one he seemed most excited about taking down.) Another is a North American Man-Boy Love Association page. Other sites on the list include nauseating URLs with variations of "teen," "junior," "models," "9 to 12," and "jailbait." 

We'll update you as the online carnage unfurls. But Anonymous is quick to remind witnesses that behind the fun, though, the exposure is meant to deliver a message to anyone in the position to protect a child on Alice Day. Anonymous's recruitment video for #OpAliceDay closes with this line of warning: "Watch your children and be extra vigilant. … April 25 is like Christmas to them."

Update: The Op seems to be going well so far. Several sites, including NAMBLA.org, are down. They've had less luck with the legitimate porn sites. "They have protection against DDoS," the #OpAliceDay leader told me via Twitter DM. "Needs more people to take 'em down. Perhaps might need botnets."

Other supporters are lending a hand on Twitter by releasing information on as many sex offenders as possible.

So now we have a group of Perverted-Justice copycats in bloody ol' England, botching investigations just like they did here in America. The Facebook group for these trolls have already been removed. Now if only it was that easy to remove the same websites in the USA!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312824/Letzgo-Hunting-Facebook-sting-Leave-justice-police-warn-vigilante-paedophile-hunters.html

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Leave justice to us, police warn vigilante paedophile hunters using Facebook to lure suspects before confronting them

• 'Letzgo Hunting' members pose as underage girls for chats with predators
• They set up meetings, film suspects and hand evidence to police
• Group releases dramatic footage of members confronting 'suspect'
• Police have warned them to leave justice to them

By Andy Dolan
PUBLISHED: 04:01 EST, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 05:23 EST, 23 April 2013
A band of parents have formed a vigilante group to snare suspected paedophiles. 
Their tactics have led to six arrests – but police forces have reacted with anger, warning that they could be compromising existing investigations. 
The parents have set up dozens of profiles on dating and social networking websites, pretending to be girls aged 12 to 15.
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Confrontation: Members of Letzgo Hunting filming an encounter with an alleged would-be paedophile

Making a break: The suspect appears to start running once the group leader confronts him

Using these, the group, who call themselves Letzgo Hunting, exchange messages with suspected paedophiles, sometimes for weeks, before luring them into meetings in parks or other public areas. 
The parents, some of whom are trained in the martial arts of jujitsu and karate, film the resulting confrontations, in which they demand an explanation from the men and warn them to expect to be arrested.

They then upload the footage on to their website and Facebook page. Their most recent video, created on Sunday, shows a suspect flee as a vigilante gives chase in a park on the outskirts of Leicester.

 

Group confront man they allege is a suspected paedophile

Chase: When the man ran away, a vigilante ran after at him berating him for his alleged crimes

Surveillance: The group uses a hidden camera to film all its encounters with targets

Vigilantes: The Facebook homepage of 'Letzgo Hunting', a group of parents exposing alleged paedophiles

Social media: The group posts videos of its sting operations on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, pictured

The clip was viewed 4,000 times within two hours yesterday. The group’s Twitter account was also inundated with messages of support from members of the public as word of their activities spread.
The group – three men and a woman assisted by 13 ‘helpers’ – admit to being vigilantes but say they are not a lynch mob and never threaten violence.
But Leicestershire Police warned that such ‘naming and shaming’ tactics threatened ‘chances of success in court’, potentially blocking justice.
Child welfare charity the NSPCC also urged the group to step back and said tracking down paedophiles must be done ‘by proper authorities’.
And Warwickshire Police and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre added to warnings that vigilantes could harm investigations.
Letzgo Hunting’s leader, who calls himself Scumm Buster, told the Daily Mail he works in the security industry, but declined to reveal the backgrounds of the others. He said the group had 84 online profiles, using images of young-looking adult female friends with their consent. Sometimes these were airbrushed to remove signs of ageing such as wrinkles and ‘make the girls look obviously young’.

Arrests: Seven alleged predators have been apprehended over the past few weeks thanks to the group

Controversial: Police have warned that the vigilantes could be undermining legitimate law enforcement

He added: ‘Usually the men meet us under their real names but we will also try to find out what car they will be arriving in, so we can make a note of the registration plate to pass on to the police.’
He said the explicit nature of some of the men’s online messages was ‘shocking’, but explained it was crucial to actually meet each suspect because that is what proves their ‘intent’ to break the law under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 by inciting a child to participate in a sexual act.
The men are asked to bring condoms and alcohol to the meetings and sometimes the female member of the vigilante group is used as ‘bait’ to ensure the men step out of their cars.
So far, they have carried out nine ‘stings’, resulting in seven confrontations. The other two men drove away after becoming suspicious.
As a result, Leicestershire Police have arrested three men. One further arrest has been made by West Midlands Police, one by Warwickshire Police and another yesterday by Nottinghamshire Police.
Scumm Buster said the group, aged 20 to 50 and from the Hinckley area of Leicestershire, are ‘close friends’ and openly film their suspects.
The footage is immediately passed to the police and is removed from the group’s website when an arrest is made. They are currently monitoring up to 50 men online, he added.

‘Biker Against Child Abuse’ arrested for child porn

Here's the next exhibit on my indictment of Bikers Against Child Abuse:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cleveland/news/article_90587c99-8b7e-5795-b800-2f15ba5607e7.html

‘Biker Against Child Abuse’ arrested for child porn

Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:00 am | Updated: 12:35 pm, Mon Nov 22, 2010.

According to a statement from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, a former Houston-area member of Bikers Against Child Abuse has been arrested for possessing child pornography.

The arrest follows David Wayne Garvey’s indictment by a Chambers County grand jury. Garvey, 50, faces third-degree felony charges, which each carry a 2-10 year prison sentence.

The Office of the Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Unit’s investigation began with a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That information indicated that an AOL user attempted to e-mail child pornography to another AOL customer on Sept. 16, 2007.

The unit executed a search warrant at Garvey’s residence in Beach City on May 29. A forensic examination of the computer equipment seized during the search yielded 83 images of child pornography on Garvey’s computer, a CD and in e-mails.

While searching Garvey’s residence, investigators found a Bikers Against Child Abuse vest, which indicated the defendant was a member of the child abuse prevention group.

According to the organization’s website, BACA works to create safe environments for abused children and prevent further abuse. The Cyber Crimes Unit notified BACA, which then revoked Garvey’s membership.

Abbott has earned a national reputation for aggressively arresting and prosecuting child predators. Since 2003, the Cyber Crimes Unit and Fugitive Unit have arrested more than 1,000 predators.

Prosecutors also have obtained convictions against more than 90 men on child pornography charges.

The Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) Murder-For-Hire Plot

Since BACA was in the news recently and for some reason, I never discussed the crimes committed by Bikers Against Child Abuse. Here is one.

In 2008, there was murder-for-hire plot committed by members of BACA. The trial has lasted four years and eventually, the murderers were found guilty.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/64510262.html

Authorities allege that Mr. Nail's estranged wife, Vera Elizabeth Guthrie-Nail, wanted him dead. She and another man, Thomas Edward Grace, face charges of conspiracy to commit capital murder. All three defendants remain in the Collin County Jail...


Prosecutors contend that Mr. Nail's slaying was supposed to have been staged as a murder-suicide.
He was shot multiple times Dec. 26 on the top floor of the Frisco home he had shared with Ms. Guthrie-Nail before they separated. His girlfriend, Therisa Hofman, also was shot several times but managed to get to a neighbor's house, from which police were called.

The Nails had been separated throughout a bitter divorce case, which was filed in May 2006 and was near an end. Ms. Guthrie-Nail lost the house and primary custody of their 6-year-old daughter.

According to arrest warrant affidavits, Ms. Guthrie-Nail never met Mr. Bell. All contact, the affidavits say, was arranged by a group called Bikers Against Child Abuse.

Mr. Bell has a criminal history of burglary, forgery and theft in the 1980s and '90s. No Texas criminal records were found for Ms. Guthrie-Nail or Mr. Grace.

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2012/09/convicted-felon-testifies-in-capital-murder-trial-that-he-doesnt-remember-police-interview.html/


Therisa Johnson, who was shot along with Craig Nail on Dec. 26, 2007, delivered a victim impact statement after the sentencing of Vera Elizabeth Guthrie-Nail.

Johnson said she and Nail met by accident and fell in love. She described him as an intelligent, romantic, talented and thoughtful man who was a wonderful and loving father to two girls.

“He’s not here anymore because of what you did,” Johnson told Guthrie-Nail. “I just don’t know how you could do something so evil and so mean-spirited.” ...


Nail’s mother, Elaine Sweetman of Rochester, N.Y., said her son’s death “has been life-changing for all of his family.” She said she never got to tell her son how proud she was of him and of his strong relationship as a single father to his two girls.

She told Guthrie-Nail that her belief in goodness in this world has been shattered.

Mark Lyle Bell

“I know there is pure evil in this world,” she told her former daughter-in-law, “and I am looking at it in you.”

Update at 11:50 a.m.: Vera Elizabeth Guthrie-Nail has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. She will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit capital murder and be sentenced to 50 years in prison with credit for the time she’s already served....

Bell pleaded guilty in July 2011 at his attorney’s advice to avoid the possibility of a death sentence. His recorded interview in September 2011 implicated Guthrie-Nail, her mother, Shirley Guthrie, and Thomas Edward Grace in the shooting. Shirley Guthrie has not been charged...

BACA-- Bikera Advocating Corruption and Assault.

Bikers Agsinst Child Abuse harassment leads to a "new crime"

The gist of the story: registrant is chased out of his home by members of BACA, he is forced into homelessness by the group, the man is "mysteriously attacked" by "unknown assailants" (more than one person, and lets face it, we know they are BACA members), and now he is conveniently arrested for seeking shelter in a park restroom.

It isn't like BACA has never been implicated in, say, a MURDER PLOT or have any members ever been BUSTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN... oh, wait.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/04/11/2352990/sex-offender-in-court.html


Richland sex offender pleads innocent to sleeping in park bathrooms
Published: April 11, 2013 Updated 9 hours ago

Kristin M. Kraemer, Tri-City Herald

A convicted sex offender who's had trouble finding stable housing pleaded innocent Thursday to allegations he was caught sleeping in a park bathroom three times in two weeks.

Jerry Robert Sharp, 61, is classified as a Level 3 sex offender, meaning he is considered highly likely to reoffend.

As part of his status, Sharp is banned from all Richland city parks, schools and the library because he's to have no contact with kids.

But on three separate occasions, Richland police allegedly found Sharp in or near a restroom at Columbia Point Marina, a park operated by the city.

Sharp knew he wasn't supposed to be there and was kicked out each time, but continued to trespass, court documents allege.

Sharp, who's considered a transient, faces trial June 3 in Benton County Superior Court on three counts of criminal trespass against children.

Police were first called to the marina on March 23 for a citizen report of an assault that had occurred in a restroom.

Sharp was identified as the victim of that assault. He had injuries on his face and a pool of blood was found in the bathroom referred to by the citizen, documents said.

It is not clear in the court documents who beat up Sharp or if the suspect was found.

Then on March 28 at 4:21 a.m., Officer Doug Doss was patrolling through the park when he found Sharp sleeping in the bathroom.

And at 4:28 a.m. April 7, Doss found Sharp in the same location.

Sharp told the officer "that he knew he was not allowed in the park, but was trying to stay warm and dry," documents said.

Sharp's criminal history dates back to 1971, including convictions for carnal knowledge, unlawful imprisonment, attempted kidnapping, rape, failing to register as a sex offender, attempting to elude police and possessing controlled substances.

In October 2010, he was sentenced to six months in jail for second-degree criminal mistreatment with domestic violence. He also got six months -- which was to be served at the same time -- for misdemeanor harassment in an unrelated case.

Sharp failed to provide appropriate medical care to his elderly mother over the years, often left her covered in urine and feces and wouldn't refill her medications. He told authorities at the time that his mother was his "meal ticket" and he would have nowhere to live if she were removed from his home.

The harassment charge was for threatening his nephew with a hammer during a fight.

Last September, Sharp had been living in a Catskill Street home for only a few weeks when he quickly moved out because he reportedly was tired of the scrutiny. The house was near Sacajawea Elementary School.

School officials and residents were notified that Sharp had moved into the north Richland neighborhood, and a group of bikers soon started standing guard near the school as children arrived for class and when they left in the afternoon.

Members of Bikers Against Child Abuse wanted to make sure that Sharp didn't approach any student. That led Sharp to pack up and leave.

Sharp is being held in the Benton County jail on $20,000 bail.

No one likes it when the comments are directed at them, especially law enforcement

This blog started as a retort to an online vigilante group harassing and threatening me and my friends online. Back then, I took my complaints to the police, and the police did nothing about it. No arrests, no investigation, nothing. Six years later, those numbnuts still pop up like whack-a-mole, taking a few random pot-shots before slithering back under the rocks they came from. With summer fast approaching, I expect too see more from them.

In the meantime, it got me to thinking. If the police don't think the threats on my life by members of AZU and their ilk are worth the time, then why bother with some random blogger who posted blogs and Facebook pages in support of cop killers?

In the city of Philadelphia, home of the Phillies, the 76ers, the Eagles, the Liberty Bell, the Cheesesteak, and Rocky Balboa, lives a man named Joshua Scott Albert. His focus was trolling Philly-area restaurants, and his food industry critic blog "Staphmeal" became a must-read, but only for its salacious content (in one post, he compared one chef to a pedophile and a rapist). But then two of his targets sued and revealed the identity of Albert, and his story became the subject of an article in Philly Magazine. It is amazing how an unemployed drifter was able to quickly attract a crowd. That is the power of the internet.

However, after Albert's 15 minutes of fame were up, as the case with many other flashes in the pan, Albert plodded along for a while, dabbled in other beefs, likely trying to recapture lightning in a bottle. Then he struck paydirt again. Only this time, the backlash would be more than he bargained for.

Last fall, Albert created a number of pages giving props to cop killers and a Facebook page called "Kill Mitt Romney." Albert then created at least two other Facebook pages: "Kill John McNesby" (the local Police Untion Chief) and "Kill Seth Williams" (Philly DA). That was enough to get him charged  with three counts each of criminal solicitation to commit murder, making terrorist threats and harassment. He sits in jail on a $300,000 bond. He faces 25+ years in prison.

It is interesting to note the reactions to this whole debacle:


McNesby testified that at first he did not take seriously the "Kill John McNesby" Facebook page. "He hides behind a keyboard," McNesby said. But after his wife and two young daughters became scared, McNesby said, he realized "I don't know who is out there and reading these pages."

The local cop only considered the words seriously once it hit close to home. And yet, the police don not see how this behavior makes other citizens feel threatened as well? So if the state of Pennsylvania feels this guy's antics is such a big deal that the Senior Deputy Atty General is working the case, then why is it the myriad of threats I have covered the past five years here not considered the same thing? Oh well. Like this Albert guy, the people who gripe about me are harmless except for their blogging. I have waited six years for these losers to follow through on their threats.

Offendex and related extortion sites are getting sued by CA-RSOL

In recent months, I have been getting a lot of complaints about a website called "Offendex", a privately run registry in which individuals who have served their sentences and have gotten off the public registry find themselves on this private list, and they are solicited a rather large fee to be taken off one of their many websites. This is an obvious scam, as individuals who have paid Offendex have found themselves reposted on other sites linked to this one, such as SOR Archives, which is owned by Offendex.

This takes the harassment of Evil Unveiled and takes it to a whole new level. This business has already been exposed by the blog "OffendExtortion.", which is out at much of the activity of this organization. my belief is if this website is to successfully, it could open the doors for suing other organizations like Perverted Justice, Absolute Zero United, and Evil Unveiled.

http://californiarsol.org/2013/03/california-rsol-challenges-websites-in-federal-district-court/


California Reform Sex Offender Laws Challenges Websites in Federal District Court

3-20-2013 California:

California Reform Sex Offender Laws (CA RSOL) filed a lawsuit in federal district court today challenging websites which identify individuals as sex offenders and include their personal information, including names, photos, and home addresses as well as demand up to $500 for removal of that information from the websites.

“It is time to stop the extortion of more than 750,000 individuals in this country,” stated Janice Bellucci,President of CA RSOL. “Those who work for or with these websites have engaged, and continue to engage, in a pattern of racketeering activities.”

According to the lawsuit,individuals connected with three websites – Offendex, Online Detective and SORarchives– have violated both federal and state laws. The laws include the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act(18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), the right of publicity (California Civil Code 3344)as well as the intentional infliction of emotional distress.

“We’ve heard so many stories of people who have completed their registration period and yet are unable to move on with their lives,” stated Brenda Jones, Executive Director of Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc. “The only way they can be free is to submit to the extortion of profiteers like Offendex and that is simply appalling.”

There are a total of 10 plaintiffs in the lawsuit, including residents from five states (California, Washington,Oregon, Kentucky and Tennessee). Plaintiffs include individuals convicted of sex-related offenses as well as one wife and one mother who have never been convicted of a crime.

“For-profit companies that provide false information about a former offender cause collateral damage to the families of offenders,” stated Vicki Henry, Director of Women Against Registry. “The additional financial burdens placed on the families by the companies that require a fee for removal from their website and the misinterpretation of the individual significantly limit the employment opportunities of a former offender.”

The lawsuit was filed today in U.S.District Court, Central District of California, Western Division in Los Angeles, California. Organizations providing support, including financial support, to this effort include Women Against Registry, Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc., and Families Against the Registry.