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Woman sexually assaulted after responding to craigslist ad

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: Predators

Prosecutors: Woman answering Craigslist ad sexually assaulted:
A 24-year-old California woman responded to a craigslist ad for a room for rent. Except the man who placed the ad wasn’t looking for a tenant or a roommate. He was looking for a victim.
48-year-old Corey Kamyar Katir of Corona del Mar is accused of sexually assaulting the woman [...]

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craigslist beating victim says no deal for suspects

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: CraigsCrimeList

Man Left For Dead Doesn’t Want Deal For Suspects:
I’ve previously posted about Michael Cafarella. He was the man from Thornton, Colorado who was beaten and left for dead after answering a craigslist ad for some dog kennels he wanted to purchase.
As I’ve also said before Michelle Huddleston, Christopher Preston and Joseph Daniel Jackson have all [...]

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craigslist crime blotter 1/8/09

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: Robbery, Scams

Be skeptical of online ads offering postal jobs:
This is a great advice column piece about phony postal jobs on craigslist. Bottom line is, it’s a scam. Go figure.
The risks of online ads:
A 17-year-old from the Seattle area traded his $6000 Mitsubishi straight up for a $25K Chrysler Sebring with a guy that contacted him via [...]

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craigslist crime blotter 1/6/09

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Robbery

Ellensburg robbery may have been set up via Craigslist:
Police in Yakima, Washington think an attempted robber was set up through craigslist. The victims were meeting someone to sell a car when they were approached by two gunmen. Luckily the victims got away unharmed.
Craigslist Robber:
A man in Milwaukee had his house broken into after he advertised [...]

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Another reader sends in Costa Mesa rental scam

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Real Estate

Reader Norma from Costa Mesa, CA has sent in an e-mail in response to this previous reader e-mail about a rental scam in Costa Mesa.
Our home recently appeared on Craigslist advertised for rent in the exactly same wording as the one submitted by Rose of Costa Mesa, CA. A couple showed up at our [...]

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craigslist crime blotter 1/5/09

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Past Features, Prostitution, Scams

More Internet ad prostitution arrests made in Myrtle Beach:
Police in Myrtle Beach arrested three more women in conjunction with craigslist ads for alleged prostitution. This time it was Michelle Sains Dean, 42, Jessica Ann Hall, 33, and Megan Ann Curtis, 46.
Woman Taken In Online Job Scam:
A woman in Nashville is out almost $8,000 after [...]

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Two Lynn women arrested for prostitution

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 1st, 2009 • Category: Prostitution

Two arrested in Lynn prostitution sting:
Police in Lynn, Mass. have arrested two women in separate incidents on prostitution charges. Both allegedly had ads on craigslist. What I find unusual about this article is they listed each woman’s fee for a given sex act.
22-year-old Taramari Husbands was arrested after an undercover officer asked for oral sex [...]

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Teen suspect in craigslist hold ups

By Trench Reynolds • Jan 1st, 2009 • Category: Robbery

Crofton teen arrested in 3 robberies:
The teenage suspect that police in Annapolis Md. have arrested for the craigslist hold ups has been named.
He is 17-year-old Charles Edward Carroll Jr. of Crofton, Md. He was nabbed carrying two of the alleged stolen cell phones that were taken from one of the victims.

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Mr. Do arrested in craigslist sting

By Trench Reynolds • Dec 31st, 2008 • Category: Predators

Police nab Reston man in online child sex sting:
Police in Fairfax, Virginia have arrested Bao Duc Do of Reston, Va. for responding to a craigslist ad that was placed by Fairfax police. The problem with that is that the advertisement was an ad Fairfax police were using in a sting to flush out sexual predators. [...]

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Disgruntled john drops dime on craigslist hooker

By Trench Reynolds • Dec 30th, 2008 • Category: Prostitution

Police arrest accused prostitute at motel:
What police believe may have been a disgruntled ‘customer’ dropped the dime on an alleged craigslist hooker in Somerset, Mass.
Police in Somerset arrested 43-year-old Nancy Cohen after receiving an anonymous tip.
I’m dying to know why the alleged john was ‘disgruntled’. For that matter can someone just be gruntled?
Thanks to [...]

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