20070105 MySpace helps nab a couple more idiots

MySpace helps nab a couple more idiots

January 5^th, 2007

According to a Maryland State Police press release, MySpace has helped nap a couple more idiots.

Like moths to the flame, the social networking web site has turned out to be quite helpful in calling to our attention the totally idiotic behavior of some folks who feel their behavior is beyond consequences.

Unbelievable. Can anyone provide any insight as to what may have been through the minds of these folks, that would cause them to give drugs to a twelve-year old, much think that they could get away with it?

KENT COUNTY COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER MYSPACE ENTRY DISCOVERED

http://www.mdsp.org/Media/press_release_details.asp?identifier=372

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2007

Kent County Couple Arrested After MySpace Entry Discovered

(Galena, MD) - Maryland State Police from the Centreville Barrack have arrested a Galena couple in connection with child abuse charges and a drug investigation which surfaced after a juvenile family member’s “MySpace” forum entry was read.

The accused are identified as Richard Lesley Bland, 29, of the 32700-block of Galena Sassafras Road, Galena, Maryland, and Diana May Bland, 23, of the same address. They have been charged with two counts of child abuse and one count of contributing to delinquent conditions of a minor child.

The 12 year old victim had traveled to Maryland from Florida to visit her father, Richard Bland, and step-mother, Diana Bland, for the holidays. During her stay, the victim was allegedly given cocaine and marijuana on a number of occasions by both Richard and Diana Bland. After she returned to Florida, she wrote about the drug usage on “MySpace” and then told her mother about the incident.

Her mother contacted the Maryland State Police, who immediately initiated an investigation with the Kent County Department of Social Services and the Kent County Narcotics Task Force. After troopers interviewed the child and gathered more details of abuse during her ten day stay, investigators applied for a warrant. Early Friday morning, troopers from the Centreville Barrack and deputies from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office served a search and seizure warrant on the residence and took Robert and Diana Bland into custody.

The suspects were taken before a District Court commissioner for bond hearings. Richard Bland was held on a $10,000.00 bond and Diana Bland was held on a $3,000.00 bond. The other four minor children in the home at the time of the alleged drug activity have been taken into protective care by the Kent County Department of Child Protective Services.

The investigation is continuing. The victim’s identity will not be released due to the minor’s age.

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