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Texting and MMS

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    David Rangel latest teacher in alleged sexual relationship with student outed by text message

    David Rangel.​A new government study has found that texting leads to lots of preventable traffic fatalities due to distracted driving. But at least the technology provides evidence against teachers accused of having sexual relationships with students. Note that yesterday's arrest of David Anth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Michael Tesman: Text messaging victim, stun gun help lead to alleged kidnapper's arrest

    Michael Tesman.​The arrest of Michael Tesman on charges of second-degree kidnapping came together like the law-enforcement equivalent of aligning planets. Credit goes to the reported victim, Tesman's ex-wife, who was able to text message her son about the situation, plus a helpful bartender a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Travis Masse, former Broomfield teacher and wrestling coach, under investigation for texting about sex?

    Travis Masse, in an image Channel 31 cropped from a Denver Post photo.​Channel 31's story about Travis Masse, a former Broomfield High School teacher and wrestling coach, may be a bit ahead of itself. The text version of the piece, which can be watched below, says that Masse "is under investi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Text invite turns into April Fools' Day date from hell

    A Flickr photo"Come on over for something special ;)"​Don't know what a guy expected yesterday when he responded to a text message from a woman he'd just met inviting him to come over. Maybe a friendly conversation -- or a glass of white wine -- or a booty call straight out of a hip-hop video. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Sexting: Does Little Suzy, thirteen, deserve to be branded a sex offender?

    You might want to think twice before you click, missy.​This week, legislators in Connecticut introduced a bill that would allow minors between ages thirteen and eighteen who are in a relationship and engage in sexting to be charged with a misdemeanor rather than a felony. This alteration would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Investigator visits Chatroulette, sees penis in ten seconds flat

    "I'll show you mine if you show me yours."​Earlier this week, Investigator Mike Harris, who's assigned to the Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations unit of the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, visited the Chatroulette website for the first time -- and promptly got an eyeful. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Congratulations, Jordyn Lucas: You just received Aurora's first texting-while-driving ticket

    A Flickr photoLittle does he realize, he ran over a group of baby chicks a couple of blocks back.​On December 1, Colorado's ban against texting while driving went into effect, and in an interview with Westword, Representative Claire Levy, who co-sponsored the original bill, defended the measur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Sexting taken to a super-creepy extreme by Geovany Alarcon

    "You want me to do WHAT?"​Sexting: the latest teenage pastime designed to make adults lose their shit. But before you write off the response to the phenomenon as more middlebrow hysteria, grok the particulars of Geovany Alarcon, twenty, who earned a four-year prison jolt in Weld County Court t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Texting while driving: Death trumps laughs

    To spread the word about the new ban on texting while driving, the Colorado Department of Transportation held a contest that encouraged high schoolers to create put-down-your-damn-cellphone public-service announcements. And surprise, surprise: While several of the runner-up entries on view below u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Texting while driving: a passionate defense of the new ban

    A Flickr photo"Look, ma! I'm breakin' the law!"​Today, a ban against texting while driving takes effect in Colorado -- not that Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle expects it to have an enormous impact. In widely quoted comments, he called the measure a "feel good" law that would be tough to enfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Why will texting behind the wheel be illegal starting tomorrow? Ask this moron

    Tomorrow, a ban against texting while driving goes into effect in Colorado, for reasons made obvious in the clip above, featuring a since-fired Texas bus driver who was caught on video thumbing messages when he should have been looking at that car in front of him that he smacked. The publicity gen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Text this: Kidnapping foiled by stealthy thumb work

    A Flickr photo"I've been kidnapped. Not LOL. Not :)"​ Face the facts: Texting in cars can be a pain in the ass when it's done by drivers who pay more attention to remembering how many times to press the "3" button to get the letter "e" than they do to staying in their lane. But in the case of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Only in Boulder: City-council debate to feature text-message voting, joke section

    Boulder: Where naked pumpkin runs and text-message debate-ousting happen.​If you happen to be a perpetually-stoned TV junkie who toggles between Idol and The Soup and enjoys the occasional Tank-from-Old-Scool-style streaking, tonight's city council debate in Boulder is most definitely in your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    OMG! Douglas County teens face horrors of sexting

    ​I am back from the front lines of the kiddie porn wars with some shocking news: The prosperous, sprawling suburbs of Douglas County conceal a steamy underbelly of underage sexual exhibitionism. Youth are being exploited right and left. Usually by each other. Sexting -- the insidious, techno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: The joy of text?

    ​President Barack Obama just signed an executive order banning federal workers from text-messaging when they are driving government cars, or driving their own cars on government business, or using their on government phones while driving their own cars on personal business. The ban was announc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Arrive alive: Don't make videos as you drive I-25!

    Talking on a cellphone and driving: bad. Texting and driving: really bad. Making a video and driving: off the friggin' charts. This clip, posted on YouTube earlier today, purports to show bad traffic on I-25, and it does. But the stopping and starting, coupled with erratic zooms, repeatedly makes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Breaking up is hard to do -- unless, that is, you Tweet it

    Recently, a Denver music scene personality (who asked to remain anonymous, for obvious reason) reached out to me to tell me his tale of getting dumped via Twitter. It's as tragic as it sounds. The guy didn't get dumped via direct message (Twitter's version of e-mail, a private, two-way communica ... More >>

  • Music

    May 28, 2009

    It hurts so good at the Trailside Saloon

    Recently, a Denver music scene personality (who asked to remain anonymous, for obvious reason) reached out to me to tell me his tale of getting dumped via Twitter. It's as tragic as it sounds. The guy didn't get dumped via direct message (Twitter's version of e-mail, a private, two-way communica ... More >>

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