Man impersonated neighbors' online

Week #7 Article #1

 

1.    Julie Chang (2013, October 17) Police: Man impersonated neighbors’ online soliciting sex. Austin American Statesman

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-man-impersonated-neighbors-online-solicitin/nbQ9K/

2.    Category of problem: Neighbors impersonating neighbors on craigslist for illegal acts.

3.    Level of problem: Local

4.    This article concerns: A problem/issue that individuals/families face

5.    Importance/affect on families/individuals: The affect this has on families/individuals is that you never can be sure what is on the internet about you or what someone is posting about you on the internet.

6.    My Input: This news story really shows you that you can never know your neighbors enough. To me it seems like the neighbors were friends at one point since they had each other’s phones numbers. I can’t believe that just because the neighbors had a disagreement and the cops did nothing about it, that the neighbor thought it would be a good idea to post an ad on craigslist about his neighbors willing to perform illegal acts. However, I do feel for the neighbor who post the ad and is now sitting in jail and being charged with two counts of online impersonation because I think the man was doing it more as a joke then anything because he was upset but it went too far.