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Teens allegedly created insulting Web page

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SUNBURY, Pa., May 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Pennsylvania have charged three teenagers with harassment and identity theft for allegedly creating a very insulting Web page.

The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News said Thursday that the Perry County teenage trio was charged recently with creating a Web page that portrayed a local businessman as both a racist and an illiterate alcoholic.

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Perry County police Chief Alan D. Houck said the MySpace.com site definitely painted the unidentified businessman in a negative light.

"The page had a Confederate flag in the background and was just covered with racial slurs," he said. "It was rather offensive."

He added that the three teenagers, who attend a private school with the businessman's son, did do an impressive job making the site seem authentic.

"Anybody viewing the site would think it was his," Houck told the Patriot-News. "Who knows how many customers may have seen it and what business he lost."

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