gotalot2do
15th March 2007, 10:24 PM
I just copied this from another forum (http://www.weedtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=156864#post156864), cause I think it's fucking funny.
The district attorney says a Sheboygan teen is learning the hard way
that posting pictures of your potted marijuana plants on MySpace.com is
a bad idea.
That picture, labeled, "My Mary Jane thats growin in my closet right
now," also gave police a road map to the alleged stash.
According to Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco, that's why
Moua Yang, 18, was charged Wednesday with two felonies and two
misdemeanors following a police raid of his south-side apartment.
"When someone is going to advertise their drug use — or any other crime
for that matter — on a Web site, chances are we're going to find it, and
this is what's going to happen," DeCecco said. "We appreciate the help.
Thanks a lot."
Yang, of 2709 S. 18th St., was arrested Monday after police found three
potted marijuana plants in a basement closet that matched the online
picture, according to a criminal complaint. Yang was identified after a
school resource officer at South High School identified him as a former
student there.
Still on Yang's MySpace Web site as of Wednesday afternoon were pictures
of a bong commonly used to smoke marijuana — labeled "my baby" — and
numerous pictures of Yang and his friends drinking beer and flashing
gang signs at parties.
The identifying quote at the top of Yang's MySpace page is, "I need that
Kali Chronic," slang for marijuana.
"People think that Web sites are more private than they are," DeCecco
said. "This is just another tool for us to use."
Police first found out about Yang's alleged drug use through his
postings on another Web site that police monitor for gang-related
activity, according to a criminal complaint.
On that site, one similar to MySpace that allows users to set up profile
pages for others to view, Yang posted pictures of numerous weapons and
drug paraphernalia and brags about having marijuana plants growing in
his house and using Ecstasy, the complaint said.
"The officers were surprised about how brazen they were on the
Internet," said Lt. Dave Schafhauser of the Sheboygan Police Department,
referring to Yang and others pictured or mentioned on his site. "They
talked about their growing of the marijuana and some of the gang
activity they were involved in."
The picture of the potted marijuana plants is also posted on the
gang-related site, the complaint said.
Yang faces up to three years and seven months behind bars and fines up
to $21,500 if convicted on charges of felony manufacturing marijuana and
maintaining a drug trafficking place, and misdemeanor possession of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Reach Eric Litke at 453-5119 and elitke@sheboygan-press.com
http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/...9/1062/SHEnews (http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/SHE0101/703150529/1062/SHEnews)
More... (http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12352)
The district attorney says a Sheboygan teen is learning the hard way
that posting pictures of your potted marijuana plants on MySpace.com is
a bad idea.
That picture, labeled, "My Mary Jane thats growin in my closet right
now," also gave police a road map to the alleged stash.
According to Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco, that's why
Moua Yang, 18, was charged Wednesday with two felonies and two
misdemeanors following a police raid of his south-side apartment.
"When someone is going to advertise their drug use — or any other crime
for that matter — on a Web site, chances are we're going to find it, and
this is what's going to happen," DeCecco said. "We appreciate the help.
Thanks a lot."
Yang, of 2709 S. 18th St., was arrested Monday after police found three
potted marijuana plants in a basement closet that matched the online
picture, according to a criminal complaint. Yang was identified after a
school resource officer at South High School identified him as a former
student there.
Still on Yang's MySpace Web site as of Wednesday afternoon were pictures
of a bong commonly used to smoke marijuana — labeled "my baby" — and
numerous pictures of Yang and his friends drinking beer and flashing
gang signs at parties.
The identifying quote at the top of Yang's MySpace page is, "I need that
Kali Chronic," slang for marijuana.
"People think that Web sites are more private than they are," DeCecco
said. "This is just another tool for us to use."
Police first found out about Yang's alleged drug use through his
postings on another Web site that police monitor for gang-related
activity, according to a criminal complaint.
On that site, one similar to MySpace that allows users to set up profile
pages for others to view, Yang posted pictures of numerous weapons and
drug paraphernalia and brags about having marijuana plants growing in
his house and using Ecstasy, the complaint said.
"The officers were surprised about how brazen they were on the
Internet," said Lt. Dave Schafhauser of the Sheboygan Police Department,
referring to Yang and others pictured or mentioned on his site. "They
talked about their growing of the marijuana and some of the gang
activity they were involved in."
The picture of the potted marijuana plants is also posted on the
gang-related site, the complaint said.
Yang faces up to three years and seven months behind bars and fines up
to $21,500 if convicted on charges of felony manufacturing marijuana and
maintaining a drug trafficking place, and misdemeanor possession of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Reach Eric Litke at 453-5119 and elitke@sheboygan-press.com
http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/...9/1062/SHEnews (http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/SHE0101/703150529/1062/SHEnews)
More... (http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12352)