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New Charges Filed Against Former ‘Anonymous’ Spokesman Barrett Brown

Barrett Brown, whose online meltdown led to his September arrest for threatening an FBI agent, has been indicted for last year’s Stratfor hacking. UPDATE: Brown acted as an unofficial spokesman for the Anonymous hacking conspiracy for more than a year and was raided (but not arrested) in March at the time the feds busted the […]

Fugitive Software Pioneer John McAfee Reportedly Arrested in Guatemala

He lost most of his fortune, moved to Belize and plunged into a decadent lifestyle of hallucinogenic drugs and hookers, and then took it on the lam after one of his neighbors was shot dead. Now the erstwhile multimillionaire playboy has been busted in Guatemala: John McAfee, the Silicon Valley millionaire wanted for questioning in a Belizean homicide, was […]

‘Anger Issues,’ to Put It Mildly

Lucius Crawford is 60 years old. A summary of his criminal career: In 1976, he was released after serving three years in prison for stabbing a woman in Charleston, S.C. In 1977, Crawford was sentenced to 24 years in prison for stabbing five women, ages 14 to 28, over a five-day period in Charleston. In […]

MeetYourDeath.com: Psychopathic Killers Now Have Internet Access, You Know

Steven Michael Fabi (left) and Leigh Swanson (right) Dan Riehl brings our attention to the case of 45-year-old Leigh Swanson, who went on a blind date Nov. 16 with a man she met online and whose body was found Wednesday in Michigan: The Midland County sheriff’s department says 30-year-old Steven Michael Fabi was found dead Tuesday in a […]

This Week in Evil

Most people underestimate the human capacity for evil, but it’s everywhere and claims new victims daily. A few examples from the past week: A 49-year-old man in Newburgh, N.Y., was charged Thursday with rape, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of marijuana after police say he attacked a 16-year-old girl who had gone to his apartment to buy […]

Sad Elmo’s Very Bad Week

Hello, boys and girls, it’s your favorite furry red Muppet who . . . What’s that, boys and girls? Elmo’s not your favorite Muppet? You say Elmo doesn’t like girls? That’s so sad. And what’s that? You say Elmo likes boys just a little bit too much? Kevin Clash — known as the voice of Elmo […]

UPDATE: Walker v. Kimberlin, Et Al. (Also: Why ‘Doxing’ Is Always Illegal)

John Hoge’s latest news in the Virginia case of Aaron Walker v. Brett Kimberlin, et al., is that Walker’s attorney Dan Backer has filed motions for default judgments against Kimberlin’s co-defendants Ron Bryanert and Neal Rauhauser. Backer is requesting that the court in Prince William County schedule the hearing on this motion for Dec. 4, […]

‘Another Person Known to the Grand Jury’ in the Barrett Brown Indictment?

Barrett Brown calmly explains why he’s going to ‘destroy’ an FBI agent On Sept. 12, former Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown was arrested in Texas after he posted a bizarre YouTube video rant in which he threatened to “destroy” an FBI Special Agent. In March, Brown had been raided, but not arrested, by the FBI at the […]

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