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Man Gets Two Years for Pretending to Be Ex-Wife Online (felony prank)
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Posted on 07/08/2004 12:20:44 PM PDT by Dutchgirl
An Albemarle County man will serve two years behind bars for trying to use the Internet to lure strangers into having sex with his unsuspecting ex-wife because he was angry at her.
Thirty-six-year-old Anthony Lee Napier disguised himself as his former wife in 2001 when he gave out her address and telephone number in a chat room. Napier had warned men that she would play dumb but that she really wanted to have sex with them.
The case highlighted the difficulty in prosecuting cybercrimes.
Prosecutors had no sentencing guidelines, so they asked the judge for a two-year term based on the guidelines for attempted rape. Napier was also put on probation for ten years and cannot have contact with his ex-wife.
Napier pleaded guilty in April to two felony counts of personal trespass with the intent to cause physical injury, and three misdemeanor counts of harassment by computer.
Police say men who had corresponded with Napier called the woman and showed up at her house at Napier's invitation.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chatroom; cyberstupidity; felony; playingdumb; prank
I guess that is one way of avoiding alimony...
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:20:45 PM PDT
by
Dutchgirl
To: Dutchgirl
Idjit....way too much time on his hands....and too much hate in his heart.
To: Dutchgirl
I guess in cyberspace --where down is up and democrats seem to make sense (well, ok that's a stretch; they make sense with other decmocrats)-- "hell hath no fury like a man scorned". (?)
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:24:15 PM PDT
by
mattdono
(To President Reagan: Rest now. Look in on us. Enjoy eternity. I'll see you again some day.)
To: anniegetyourgun
My ex wife would have been thrilled at the idea.
She was somewhat, shall we say, promiscuous?
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:25:10 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
To: Dutchgirl
The case highlighted the difficulty in prosecuting cybercrimes.
This is a very poor example of a cybercrime. This same deception could have been done via snail mail, or paper bulletin board. For example, he could have been sending letters via some prison correspondence program pretending to be his wife. It's not computer specific, although using the computer makes it far easier.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:26:49 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: stylin_geek
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:26:50 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Washington needs an enema.)
To: bankwalker
What's her number?Fergetabouddit. I'm already set up on a date with her.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:31:25 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Dutchgirl
Can we now prosecute Linc Chaffee for pretending to be a conservative?
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:32:01 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: Lazamataz
I'm already set up on a date with her. That's OK. Once I get past the used part, it'll be brand new again.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:37:05 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Washington needs an enema.)
To: bankwalker
Just remember, I was there first.
That means I'm better than you.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:44:14 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Lazamataz
Just remember, I was there first. I'll be last, so I get to ruin her for all others.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:47:07 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Washington needs an enema.)
To: bankwalker
You really don't want to go down that road.
She has had 6 kids by 4 different men. Married twice, but, amazingly, still married.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:51:23 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
To: bankwalker
You must be really bad at it, if, after you, sex is ruined for her.
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posted on
07/08/2004 12:56:53 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Dutchgirl
Technical term for this has seven letters and starts with the letter "A".
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
And I'm proud of it!
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posted on
07/08/2004 6:24:37 PM PDT
by
RightWingAtheist
(Ni Jesus, Ni Marx..OUI REAGAN!)
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