Related News: Russell County Middle School talks cyber bullying

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WRBL published an article titled Russell County Middle School talks cyber bullying.

Hundreds of Russell County Middle School students crowded the cafeteria this afternoon to get a lesson on the Internet. Specifically, to learn more about the dangers and consequences of cyber-bullying. Administration said this behavior generally starts around the middle school age.

Faculty at the school said middle school students are normally trying to find themselves, and their social place. Unfortunately, this can sometimes lead to bullying behavior on social media sites and phone applications, and the consequences can be costly.

“I use kik and snap chat,” said Ty’Kerria Grey a 7th grade student.

These social media apps along with instagram, vine, and sites like facebook and twitter are more and more popular among the middle school crowd. But use of these applications also invite new ways to bully others.

Source: WRBL

Related News: Dothan police, FBI searching for sexual predator who kidnaps children

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Dothan police, FBI searching for sexual predator who kidnaps children.

Multiple agencies, including the Dothan Police Department, Houston County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI, are looking for a suspect accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two girls and attempting to kidnap a third at Dothan area mobile home parks. The three cases have happened over the last two and a half months.

Authorities started their investigation on Sept. 6 when a young girl sleeping in her bed was abducted from her home in the Garden Estates Trailer Park on Hodgesville Road. The male suspect took the child to an unknown location, sexually assaulted her and then returned her to her home.

Source: WSFA

Related News: #Bloodycyclists Twitter post driver Emma Way guilty

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. BBC News published an article titled #Bloodycyclists Twitter post driver Emma Way guilty.

A woman who posted a message on Twitter about knocking a cyclist off his bike has been found guilty of two charges related to the incident.

Emma Way, 22, clipped cyclist Toby Hockley with her car in Norfolk in May.

She then tweeted: “Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way – he doesn’t even pay road tax! #Bloodycyclists.”

Norwich magistrates convicted her of failing to stop after an accident and failing to report it, which she denied.

Way, of Watton, was acquitted of driving without due care and attention.

She was ordered to pay a £337 fine, £300 in costs and was given seven points on her licence.

Source: BBC News

Related News: Elmore Co. DA forced to drop 100 counts against alleged child predator

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Elmore Co. DA forced to drop 100 counts against alleged child predator.

He’s one of the most notorious criminal suspects in Elmore County. Now most of the 105 counts against defendant Stephen Conrad, who had been indicted on rape, sodomy and child sex abuse counts, won’t hold up in court.

In May, Tallassee Police Chief Jimmy Rogers called the investigation surrounding Conrad “unprecedented for Elmore County,” as new witnesses and victims came forward almost daily following the initial arrest.

According to Elmore County District Attorney Randall Houston, the same could now be said for the investigation.

“It’s sickening. We prepared a 105 count indictment. Now we have to dismiss 100 of those counts,” Houston said.

Houston learned Nov. 15 only five of the counts were backed up with solid evidence during a meeting with ABI.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Google to remove Maps image of slain teen

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled Google to remove Maps image of slain teen.

Google says it will replace a Google Maps image after a California father complained it shows the body of his teen-age son, who was shot to death in 2009.

Jose Barrera, of Richmond, California, said he discovered the image, visible on Google Maps’ satellite view feature, last week.

“When I see this image, it’s still like that happened yesterday,” Barrera told KTVU-TV in Oakland, a CNN affiliate. “And that brings me back to a lot of memories.”

Source: CNN

Related News: Google blocks child porn in 100,000 searches, plans filter for YouTube

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Google blocks child porn in 100,000 searches, plans filter for YouTube.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt today said his company’s search engine has made it far more difficult to find images of child pornography and that Google is developing a technology that will identify children being abused in YouTube videos.

“While no algorithm is perfect—and Google cannot prevent pedophiles adding new images to the Web—these changes have cleaned up the results for over 100,000 queries that might be related to the sexual abuse of kids,” Schmidt wrote in the UK-based Daily Mail.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: MPD officer caught on video drag racing gets his job back

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled MPD officer caught on video drag racing gets his job back.

The Montgomery Police Department is confirming that the motorcycle officer who was captured on video drag racing with a private citizen will get his job back.

WSFA 12 News first reported the story earlier this week after video of the race was posted on YouTube. The story has since gone viral with national reports from outlets such as CNN and NBC’s Today Show.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Canada says 386 kids rescued in child porn bust

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. MSN News published an article titled Canada says 386 kids rescued in child porn bust.

A sweeping child pornography investigation has led to the rescue of 386 children around the world and the arrest of 348 people, Canadian police said Thursday.

Toronto police describe the Project Spade operation as one of the largest child porn busts they’ve ever seen.

“It is alleged that officers seized hundreds of thousands of videos detailing horrific sexual acts against very young children, some of the worst that they have ever viewed,” Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins said.

Source: MSN News

Related News: FBI releases images of suspected child predator

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled FBI releases images of suspected child predator.

The FBI needs your help to find a child predator.

His identity is currently unknown but agents say he may be involved with child exploitation and the sexual abuse of a minor.

Video of the man engaging in sexually explicit activities was found online in April 2013 by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Investigators have isolated images from the video in the hopes of tracking this person down.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Mean moms bash ‘ugly’ toddlers in secret Facebook group

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WPBF published an article titled Mean moms bash ‘ugly’ toddlers in secret Facebook group.

Melissa Antenucci couldn’t believe it. The private Facebook group designed to sell and trade toddlers’ clothing had spun off an ugly and vicious thread by some mothers who chortled about being in a “mean girls” group making fun of others’ toddlers.

One mom wrote about a toddler’s picture, “Before I address this…It…I want to point out that it makes my heart happy that you have a Mean Girls tab in your computer. Good stuff. Now, # 1 is this a he or a she…You absolutely can not fix ugly. This is a God given example of such.”

Source: WPBF