Some of us may regret some facebook posts we have made in the past, not only did these
users regret it they were also arrested and some where put in jail.
I Got A DUI lol. In 2012 an 18 year old from kentucky, USA
by the name of paula Ashers crashed her car while intoxicated, she crashed into another
car which had four teenagers in. She got a DUI and joked about it on facebook,
she posted: My dumb as got a DUI and i hit a car.... lol
the parents of the four teenagers in the other car had seen the post and informed
a local judge, the judge insisted that paula must remove
the post but she refused, in response she was sentenced to two days in prison for contempt
of court. she later apologised saying: i apologise to
everybody, i apologise to the judge, i didnt meant to hurt anybody. i didnt think lol would
put me in jail.
Riot Event During august of 2011 there were several riots
throughout the UK the riots sparked after a protest following the death of mark duggan
who was shot dead by police. in response two men on facebook thought they
would use this to their advantage, 20 year old Jordan blackshaw and 22 year old perry
keenan created a facebook event called smash down in northwich town, the idea
was to get people to join the event in order to start a riot in a small town in cheshire.
They arranged a meeting outside a mcdonalds, little did they know the police where monitoring
the event, no one showed up apart from jordan and perry and the police.
jordan was arrested as he was the one who created the event, jordan received 4 years
in prison the judge said he committed an evil act and spread panic throughout the
town. Perry deleted the event and apologised saying
it had been a joke.
Divorce Hate Post Mark Bryon from ohio, USA was going through
a difficult divorce with his wife and was battling for custody of his child,
out of frustration he made a post about it on facebook, he posted this: "If you are an
evil, vindictive woman who wants to ruin your husbands life
and take your sons father away from him completely all you need to do is say that you're scared
of your husband or domestic partner" his wife saw the post and reported it to
authorities. in response domestic relations magistrate
paul meyers found mark in contempt of court and told him he could either be jailed for 60 days or post
an apology to his wife every day for a month on facebook to avoid jail time, he also
had to pay her a thousand dollars in child support and lawyer fees.
Attack A Teacher Day In january 2011, six girls aged 12 to 13 from
nevada where arrested for creating an event on facebook called attack a teacher day,
one of the girls was accused of inviting 100 students to the event and the other five were
accused of responding with online threats against specific teachers.
They were sent to juvenile hall on a misdemeanor charge of communicating threats.
Students insisted that it was a joke. The school said the event was taken seriously
as it contained the word attack they said "school shootings really happen. thats why
we took it seriously."
Madeleine McCann Jokes In 2012 19 year old matthew woods from chorley
lancashire UK made several sick posts joking about the McCann case
Madeleine was a 3 year old from the UK who disappeared while on holiday in portugal in
2007. its been called the most heavily reported
missing person case in modern history. Matthew copied the jokes from offensive joke
website sickipedia, some included who in their right mind would abduct a ginger kid?
Users who saw the posts where so upset about them they informed the police, Matthew was
sentenced to three months in jail, the judge said: "We felt there was no other
sentence which would convey the abhorrence that many people have for this sort of crime"
Matthew apologised and claimed he was drunk when he made the posts,
The posts caused so much of an uproar that an angry mob showed up to matthews house and
threatened the residents.
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