Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

Feds want 3-year sentence for Missouri mom

sfgate.com
May. 6, 2009
A Missouri mother should serve three years in prison for her role in a MySpace hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor girl who committed suicide, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause outlined the government'...
Related Stories from UPI.com

Mom cleared on MySpace suicide felonies

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles jury convicted a Missouri woman on misdemeanor charges stemming from a MySpace hoax that allegedly drove a teenage girl to suicide.

Mom acquitted on MySpace suicide felonies

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles jury convicted a Missouri woman on misdemeanor charges stemming from a MySpace hoax that allegedly drove a teenage girl to suicide.

Bill aimed at online harassment

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- A member of Congress planned to introduce legislation to criminalize online harassment, like the impersonation that allegedly caused a Missouri teen's suicide.

Mo. mom charged in online hoax

LOS ANGELES, May 15 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Los Angeles Thursday indicted a Missouri woman involved in an online hoax that ended in the suicide of a teenage girl.
Most Popular
Stories Photos People Comments
Featured Photos
1 of 25
President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
View Caption
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch