| JAN 6: We all know about high
school bullying but have you heard of cyber-bullying? It's real and
three Loranger High School students have been arrested for it. You're
looking at computer equipment confiscated as part of the Attorney
General's High Tech Crimes Unit investigation.
They say the bullying started when a 15-year-old female student
created a website picking on a 14-year old male student. He responded
with his own site featuring poems with threatening language. A
concerned parent alerted the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff, and he
contacted authorities.
They say the language was so graphic, it crossed the line and is
considered "cyber-stalking," which is a felony. Kris Wartelle with the
Attorney General's Office said, "It sort of was like bullying on the
Internet that got even worse, and we're lucky it didn't escalate to
something even worse."
One student, 18-year old Joseph Sanchez, was arrested for
contributing to the delinquency of a minor; he helped the younger male
set up and maintain his website. The pair called themselves the
"8-Ballas," and their poems targeted a group of students they called
the "Preps." |
Neverland's naughty stash discovered in raid
JAN 6: A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn
galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and
many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer
of molestation.
Pornographic magazines like Club, Barely Legal, and
Couples were found in a leather bag next to the bathroom
sink, in a box at the base of Jackson's bed, in a Samsonite briefcase,
and inside the nightstand. Four "Barely Legal" DVDs and the "Hustler"
documentary "Pimp Up, Ho's Down" comprised his bedroom's video library
on the November 2003 morning when investigators arrived unannounced.
The affidavit sworn in support of the Neverland raid lists items that
investigators were looking for, including magazines depicting lewd
acts involving minors and/or adults, any photo of a minor without
clothes, and any images showing and representing children and/or
animals engaging in sexual conduct. Seized item #365 is described as
"2 books of photographs of nude women and boys, located in master
bedroom."
And
then there was the underwear.
Since the victim told detectives that, after sexual encounters,
Jackson had him swap his dirty underwear for clean garments,
investigators were on the lookout for the brand and size the boy said
he wore--Hanes white briefs, size "small." The inventory reveals that
the raiding party booked into evidence item #327, "Underwear: Hanes:
White boys underwear located in Paris' bathroom." Paris Jackson is the
singer's six-year-old daughter.
Jackson's bathroom, where he apparently spends quality time, yielded
all sorts of interesting items, including open bottles of Jack Daniels
and Pinot Noir, a book "containing nude photographs of men," two nude
art magazines, and three "books containing nude photos in plastic
bag." Other assorted items scooped by the raiding party were a "book
containing pictures of children on beach," a photo inscribed "To Apple
Head," a letter addressed "Dear Apple Head," commercially produced
photographs of semi-nude girl, and a Liza Minnelli Christmas
invitation.
Finally,
sometimes there is less than meets the eye when it comes to search
warrant inventories:
On the inventory, Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department officials
reported seizing "The Chop Suey Club" a book described as containing
"photos of nude young boys." While it may sound to the uninitiated
like some Asian rough trade volume, the book is actually by famed
fashion photographer Bruce Weber.
The book "Poo-Chi," detectives wrote, contained "photographs of female
groin area." Officers, they only look like the female groin area! The
volume is the, um, inventive work of Mayumi Lake, who photographs
underarms and knees to create the illusion that you are looking at a
woman's nether region. Some photo titles: "Wetting Porn," "Puffy Pink
Porn," and "Cheerleader Porn." |