A high school basketball coach has been charged with sending 10,000 mean texts that actually broke the law.
Licari, who allegedly confessed, was charged Monday with two counts of stalking a minor, two counts of using a computer to commit a crime, and one count of obstruction of justice related to alleged attempts to frame another student, per the Sun. If convicted, she faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for using a computer to commit a crime and a maximum of five years for each of the other counts, per People.
…the case might be “a version of ‘cyber Munchausen’s syndrome’ … where you’re making somebody feel bad” so they go to that person for comfort.
A mother in Michigan is facing five felony charges after allegedly sending thousands of bullying messages to teens—including her own daughter. Prosecutors say the harassment began in early 2021 when Kendra Licari was working as a basketball coach at her daughter’s school. The 42-year-old actually helped investigate the messages when her daughter and the daughter’s then-boyfriend first complained to Beal City Public Schools, per ABC News and the Morning Sun. Police became involved, however, when it became clear that many messages were received away from school. But “even when we realized that it wasn’t a kid, we weren’t expecting that it would be a parent,” Superintendent William Chilman tells ABC.
Remember when “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”?
As someone who gets unwanted relentless spam in the comment section, I respectfully disagree.
I think death penalty for spammers is too light a sentence.
Proof that mental illness is alive and well in America.
Told ya
Wimmin are the Meanest Tweeters
I don’t know what “catfishing” in computer terms means.
I read the link here and then went to see what other reporting said about the situation. No one explained what catfishing is nor did they attempt any speculation of why the woman did what she did.
Meanwhile, millions of illegal aliens are flooding into our country and Biden is allowing the invasion.
googled it for ya
Catfishing involves throwing out the bait (e.g., attractive photos, communications that suggest genuine interest) and then stringing the victim along, potentially to request money or personal information. As more people seek human connections online—and online dating apps proliferate—the risk of catfishing has grown.
^ And I hear those catfish can be some real lunkers! 🤣
I prefer rockfish, myself.