My Space.com in the News Again for all the Wrong Reasons

MySpace.com is in the news again. This time a Florida teenager posted a countdown post of the hours until he blew up his school, Sonrise Christian School. Not a very smart move as Brian Russell Hall, 18, finds himself in more trouble than he bargained for.

A senior at the Sonrise Christian School was arrested Friday after authorities began an investigation into his posting a countdown of the hours until he blew up the school on the popular “My Space” website, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The arrest of Brian Russell Hall, 18, of 815 Wedgewood Lane, Lakeland, stemmed from word the school received from a visitor to his website about the threat. The school, in turn, contacted the Sheriff’s office.

Investigators went to the school and obtained his consent to search his person. They say they found a set of brass knuckles and a knife.
(WTSP-TV)

When will these teenagers ever learn that there are consequences to their actions?

Other recent MySpace.com misadventures in the news:

Girl home after running away with Myspace.com correspondent

A 15-year-old girl was back in Vermont Thursday, two days after going to Maine with a man she met on the Internet site MySpace.com, police said.

Ashley Palmer, of St. Albans, was found at an interstate rest area in Maine, with Chad Alexander, 18, of Rangeley.

Police say the two met on the Internet. Investigators are trying to determine how long the two had been corresponding.

St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor said investigators were also trying to determine if the two had an improper physical contact.
(Boston Globe)

Texas College Bans MySpace.com

Del Mar College students now have to use computers outside the school’s system if they want to visit the popular Web site MySpace.com.
(CBS News)