Woman charged in 'Internet Revenge' case, damn! Options

[superstitious]

Woman charged in 'Internet Revenge' case

Fri Oct 26, 4:16 PM ET

A 34-year-old woman has been charged with using the Internet to try to get revenge on an old boyfriend by breaking up his marriage. Pilar Stofega has been charged with second-degree harassment and breach of peace and released on $2,500 bond.

Waterford police say she created phony profiles of the former boyfriend's current wife on some adult Web sites that included the wife's home and work phone numbers and high school yearbook picture.

Stofega said she did to it "to be vindictive, knowing that the profiles would create marital problems between" the victim and her husband, according to court documents.

The plot came to life when strange men started calling a Waterford woman's house over the summer, saying they had seen her profile on an adult Web site.

The man Stofega had dated eight years ago used his own computer to investigate and discovered someone had created a profile for his wife on several Internet sites, according to court records.

Police say the husband did more online investigating and was able to find out that the person behind the phony profiles of his wife was the woman he dated in 1999. He passed the information on to Waterford police, leading to Stofega's arrest last week.

Waterford police got a court order to seize Stofega's Internet records. They reviewed the account records before searching her house in late September.

Stofega was at the house when police served the warrant. Officers said she provided them with a sworn written statement in which she admitted to intentionally creating the profiles in the victim's likeness on the adult Web sites.

Stofega is scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court on Monday. Court records did not list an attorney and her phone number was not listed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_...ernet_revenge_1

I admit that I'm not terribly familiar with internet related laws, but I had no idea that someone could be charged with second-degree harassment and breach of peace based on something they did via the internet.

[Jennifer]

Oh wow. I didn't think they could either.. it seems a bit harsh.. she does deserve a penalty but maybe not that?

I'm not really familiar with internet laws either, maybe I should read up on a few

[karmakiller]

The crazy thing is, is that's it's done a lot more often than people. Everyday people are out there posting up pictures and information on the web of someone that they don't like, or don't know. We went through some of the internet laws in my law class. They're cracking down on copyright laws, too, now.

[arcanum]

RogueVanity - How is it harsh? Did I miss something?

Anyway, that is pretty crazy. I don't know much about internet laws either, maybe I should get more familiar with them. haha

[hypnotique]

Thats so stupid.

Internet:Serious business.

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[tokyo-rose]

Geez, talk about out-of-control jealousy.

[Gryffindor-Girl]

Some people can stoop super low I mean to do such a thing the nerve.

[queen]

finally idiots are getting penalties for their bullshit. i'm glad the law's trying to catch up with technology.