A man from West Allis had been charged with felony when he posted on the online classifieds site Craigslist some threats pointing to a woman who makes commercials for car dealership in Milwaukee area.
The 48 year old man, Jeffrey A. Blaha, had been charged which could mean he’ll get up to 3 years of jail term. He posted under the “rants and raves” section of Craigslist’s Milwaukee site complaining about the car dealership commercial.
The woman had filed a case under the Sheriff’s department regarding his posting on April 18 which she believes is an assault towards her. The postings were then traced to be coming from Jeffrey Blaha’s house and he explained that he was pissed with the 3 car dealership commercials in a row. He is scheduled to face the court by July 6 of 2009.
A man had posted an ad on Craigslist where he sells marijuana. He posted the words “420 help is here” which for any drug users would know that he is actually selling marijuana. Good thing the police had read the said Craigslist ad and contacted the seller as undercover detectives then bought a small bag of marijuana worth $45 from Christopher Gray, a 30 year old man.
Christopher Gray had posted a phone number together with the ad which was called up by the detective on Friday so he could arrange a meeting with the drug dealer in Quincy. The phone number had later been disconnected and no word yet if Christopher Gray already has a lawyer for his case.
420 is said to be used as a term for pot because back in 1971, in a California high school, it’s the time (4:20 p.m.) when they come together to smoke some pot.
comScore’s new data revealed that the big 3 competitors namely Google, Yahoo and Microsoft had maintained their positions in terms of the activities in search sector where Google continues to be number 1, Yahoo 2nd and Microsoft just 3rd. But, with queries that start from April up to May, the online classified ad site Craigslist had grew 12% in search queries that grew from 583 million to 651 million queries.
Although Craigslist has had its share of controversies especially with their adult ads section, the site continues to gain an amazing growth in queries as well as in earnings. There are other sites according to comScore that also increased in searches such as Facebook with a 5% increase and YouTube with a 4% increase.
For this year, Craigslist is expected to be earning $100 million in their revenue which is higher by 23% compared to last year’s revenue. This is contrary to all the accusations and debates about Craigslist and the crimes that had transpired with connection to the online classified ads site. The $100 million revenue is the highest so far for Craigslist in the many years that they’ve been serving people online.
With the economy decline in many businesses and including other classified listings such as newspapers, Craigslist continues to expand and earn more during times of crisis particularly because of its job board. With many people logging in everyday in search of jobs, it’s no wonder why it’s gaining more this year comparatively so from last year and previous years. There are several small jobs being posted online and people visit Craigslist to find small jobs that they can do to pay the bills. The more they visit Craigslist, the more popular and higher revenue generating the online classified ads become.
An authentic and autographed jersey by Michael Jordan which is owned by Tony Parker who is also a basketball player for the NBA particularly for the San Antonio Spurs had reported that the Jersey was missing a month ago.
The Michael Jordan jersey was found missing from the gym in Tony Parker’s house that was under construction at the time, said the sheriff of Bexar County. Coincidentally, a Michael Jordan jersey was also listed on Craigslist by a man that was in connection to Parker’s Home. Christopher James Carolan, 22 years, worked for the company that was hired to protect Parker’s house during the construction.
Carolan had a separate case of burglary too and was charged for his previous case and was imprisoned for it. After the incident with Parker, he had also received a new warrant for the case of the stolen Jordan Jersey of Tony Parker.
The ongoing financial crisis is really taking its toll on people especially to those who lost their jobs and are still in search of another job. Many end up working for low-paying jobs just so they could pay the bills while others end up working on odd jobs and getting decent earnings from it.
Under the services category of Craigslist, many odd jobs are posted and lots of people who are trying to make ends meet are also posting their services for people who can afford to hire them but does not have enough time in their hands to do the jobs on their own.
This is really one of the benefits of Craigslist and it’s what it is supposed to be contributing to people and the crimes that are connected to Craigslist are just a small percentage in all of the transactions done with the help of Craigslist. Craigslist has helped lots of people especially with their services category with numbers that are incomparable with all the crime-related transactions. Just make sure you know how to keep yourself safe in all your transactions.
A man in Nashville, Tennessee is scamming innocent victims off their money by presenting Section 8 vouchers for housing that seemed too good to be true to many people in search of a good home. There are already a few victims who already came forward but the police suspect there may be even more… and still counting.
1 woman was a victim of this when she saw a Craigslist ad and thought she found the right home for her and her family. They actually went to the house and they also took some pictures of it. On the ad there it says that they offer Section 8 vouchers for housing and there was a phone number. She called up the number and a guy who said he’s an MDHA employee answered. They met after and she paid him $1,300 as a deposit for rent and he, in turn, gave her the house keys… or so she though.
When she came to the house with the keys in hand, she tried to open the doors but figured the keys weren’t the right ones. She tried to call the number of the guy again but there was no answer.
Good thing they met in a downtown hotel and the image of the man was captured on camera. The man used the name James Kingsley but most likely that’s not his real name. MDHA, on the other hand, said that they never advertise on sites such as Craigslist and if you want a voucher, go directly to their office.
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