Woman With Police-Monitoring Blog Arrested

[wraggster]

The Washington Post reports that a Virginia woman is being held in custody by police who allege that information she posted on her blog puts members of the Jefferson area drug enforcement task force at risk. 'In a nearly year-long barrage of blog posts, she published snapshots she took in public of many or most of the task force's officers; detailed their comings and goings by following them in her car; mused about their habits and looks; hinted that she may have had a personal relationship with one of them; and, in one instance, reported that she had tipped off a local newspaper about their movements. Predictably, this annoyed law enforcement officials, who, it's fair to guess, comprised much of her readership before her arrest. But what seems to have sent them over the edge — and skewed their judgment — is Ms. Strom's decision to post the name and address of one of the officers with a street-view photo of his house. All this information was publicly available, including the photograph, which Ms. Strom gleaned from municipal records.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/16/1146242/Woman-With-Police-Monitoring-Blog-Arrested

[masterchief929]

She definitely deserved that. What a tard.

[Shadowblind]

Is it just me, or are more and more people having less and less things to do in life? When I first read the title I thought "thats unfair. Why hold her for that?" But after reading...I agree, Mr. Chief. She deserved that.