Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Webcam wackiness

Okay kids, it’s time to play crime and punishment. If you rob a bank, you should go to jail. If you kill someone, you should go to jail for a long time. So what if you fake a suicide online, and make people think you’ve killed yourself? I vote for the death penalty.

That’s what a Lockport man is accused of doing. State police say the guy faked his suicide while he was in a chatroom with people in England. According to authorities, he said he was depressed about a relationship, and was going to slit his wrists…then he stopped chatting, and stopped moving.

Needless to say, the other chatters got more than a little concerned. They alerted authorities in England…who alerted authorities in Washington….who alerted the state police in Albany….who alerted state police in Lockport….who went to the guy’s house only to find him alive. He said he fell asleep on camera. Right.

Apparently the relationship depression thing may actually be true….police think a breakup with a girlfriend led to the incident. I’m thinking she’s pretty glad she’s out of that relationship.

2 comments:

  1. Snarky -- what do you think about the exploding iPhones? I guess the fact that Apple is investigating the matter means that it's possible. Perhaps this joker should tempt fate and use an iPhone maybe it would blow his head clear off.
    http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090818/tc_nm/us_apple_eu

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