Teenager Tries To Hire Hitman Via Facebook

An anonymous reader writes "Hiring a hitman can cost a pretty penny these days. Why buy an ad in the classifieds section when you can simply use Facebook? Of course, you may end up having to face 11 to 22 years in prison, but that's worth the risk, right? That's what happened to 19-year-old Corey C. Adams of Pennsylvania. Last June, Adams' 20-year-old victim said after she left a party, he jumped into her car and raped her. She went to police. He went to Facebook. Specifically, his status update read: 'I got 500 on a girls head who wants that bread? Hit me up anyway possible.'"

Re:Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?

[HaZardman27]

Slashdot idle! How many times must this be announced? If you don't want meaningless stories like this, don't go to idle!

Re:misleading headline

[Jim Hall]

TFA isn't that long, so I read it. The girl said she saw the posting, and told police that she feared for her life. The best bit is what happened next:

At the preliminary hearing, West Chester Police Det. Stan Billie testified that he went to Adams’ home and that Adams agreed to meet with him at the police station. Less than 10 minutes later, Adams posted a second Facebook message that said he “needed this girl knocked off right now” Billie testified.

So the guy is even more of a douche. Let's see, post vague message on FB for a hit job. When police ask you to come down to the station (not arrest you and take you to the station, but you agree to meet them there) you post a followup that you really need this girl dead.

Yeah, dumb.

Re:Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?

[BitHive]

It was the top story on slashdot.org when I posted. But I'm sure that's my fault somehow, right?

Re:What a shitbag...

[Anonymous Coward]

They actually make that, though it's marketed to women in Africa where rape is much larger problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_device#Rape-aXe [wikipedia.org]