Texting Dangers..

People are out of control with texting issues and uses. Here are two cases in Florida that are excellent examples. Basically this first one is shear stupidity, the head line reads "Four suspects, victim arrested in botched home invasion". A guy has a friend come over to hang out, the friend is texting his "crew" on how and when to break into the house. The police arrive to hear a struggle in the garage and find the guy who lives there with his friend. They tell the police that they were robbed and two suspects went out the back way. The police find the two suspects and put them in custody. Then they find out about the involvement of the "friend" and place him in custody. Now the whole plot for this home invasion was to steal marijuana from the guy who lived in the home, so that's right now they police have the guy who lives in the house in custody for possession of marijuana. Can it get better than this? You bet, the "Mastermind" behind this whole plan who drove the car that took the crew to the home and provided the 9mm gun that was used during this caper was also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Why you may be asking yourself, because he allegedly had his girl friends two year old daughter in the car with him on their little crime caper.

I don't even know what to say about that one....The next however is a very sad disturbing story. A teenage girl received a text from her friends boyfriend. Her girl friend did not have a cell phone. The young girl did not agree with the relationship between the teenage boy and her friend and expressed her feelings in a text back to the young man. The enraged teen boy placed a text to message to some of his friends stating that he was going to kill her. He road his bicycle to her bus stop where his girl friend pointed out her friend that he had exchanged the texts with. He preceded to beat the teen girl brutally. He did not even know this 13 year old girl and the 15 year old boy is going to be charged as an adult for premeditated murder and his girl friend has been charge with being an accomplice.

I do not have children so I don't know what the answer is except having conversations with children about what to do and not to do. They are calling incidents like this last one "Text Rage", yes it is becoming so much of an issue that there is a name for it. So let that be a warning to all of us that this is just a precursor of what is to come. Perhaps adults should take note here too......

Stalking A Crime Of Obsession

When someone is harassing you to the point that they pursue you obsessively it is a problem. It is not to be taken lightly, you should let others know what is going on. The reason for this blog is because I am dealing with this situation now with someone and it is not a pleasant experience to be sure. It is a scary and uncertain feeling so if I can inform others of what signs to watch out for then I have done my job. I have been doing some research and thought that I should share it with you. A restraining order is not always the best approach, because you may just further push this person. Not to mention people walk right through restraining orders all the time.

The UTC' Women's Center which you may read at this link has some very helpful information.
http://www.utc.edu/Outreach/TransformationProject/stalkingbehaviors.php

If you feel that someone is becoming obsessed with you defiantly take precautions and handle the situation carefully. If you can obtain personal information like a copy of a drivers license etc make copies and give them to a family member or a friend or friends for that matter, to make sure someone has personal information on the person.

January was National Stalking Awareness Month and here is the link: http://stalkingawarenessmonth.org/quiz?gclid=CKHztsG18J8CFQgRswodBUKwXQa
I took the quiz and failed it!! It is more prevalent than I originally thought.

This is only a small portion of the information available out there however I hope it has been helpful....