In an ocean of change, Craigslist stays the same: Bland site design, truly weird ads. It also happens to be where a lot of people go to find love, so when the personals ads disappeared, the internet hit the roof. Craigslist explained it by pointing to a law called SESTA-FOSTA, which is sprinting through Congress, and the law may […]
EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – We’ve learned of more violence that appears tied to someone trying to make a deal with a meeting after an ad on the popular website Craigslist. The latest trouble happened in East Cleveland with shots fired and a woman even struck in the leg. Police say Thursday afternoon a […]
The ad has now made its way to different websites after its initial posting. A man trapped in yesterday’s snowstorm did exactly what snow-trapped people are supposed to do: He got drunk. He quickly realized, though, that he needed some Taco Bell but he knew that he was too drunk to drive so he placed […]
Jackie Turner, 26, posted a Craigslist ad seeking a family for the holidays. She got exactly that, but not in the way she expected. Turner, a California college student who was sexually, emotionally, and physically abused by her biological parents before escaping into the streets, lived a life riddled with gang violence and poverty, eventually […]
A new trend has been popping up on the popular internet classified site. It’s official: There is literally a market to sell anything on the Internet. As The Huffington Post first reported in May, a woman in New York was found selling positive pregnancy tests on craigslist for $25. Since then, the online […]
AKRON, Ohio – Richard Beasley, a once self-described preacher, will be put to death for luring several men through a fake craigslist advertisement and then murdering three of them in cold blood. On Thursday morning, Judge Lynne Callahan followed the recommendation made by a Summit County jury last month, and imposed the death penalty for […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Friday, November 9, Brogan Rafferty’s was sentenced to life without parole. The Stow teen convicted in a Craigslist murder plot will be sentenced to prison today. Last week, jurors found 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty guilty of murder and attempted murder. According to prosecutors, Rafferty and 52-year-old Beasley lured men to a remote farm […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – The jury has reached a verdict in the trial for Brogan Rafferty. The jury found Rafferty guilty for his role in the Craigslist killings. The teen’s trial started October 12th. The jury started their deliberations last Thursday afternoon. Rafferty is accused of helping 52-year-old Richard Beasley lure men into wooded areas by […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – The defense has rested in the Craigslist murder trial of Brogan Rafferty. Wednesday morning, a psychologist testified about the mental state of the teenage suspect. Defense attorneys wanted him to be allowed to testify that Rafferty was an abused child, but Judge Lynne Callahan would not allow that line of questioning. Closing arguments will […]
A personal trainer who called himself ‘Danger’ has been accused of using Craigslist to stalk women and ‘torture’ them.
NOBLE COUNTY, OH (WOIO) - The 16-year-old Summit County teen accused in the Craigslist murder plot was in court Thursday morning. The judge ruled Brogan Rafferty will be tried as an adult. Juvenile Court could of only held Rafferty until he turned 21 if the case was heard there, and he was judged delinquent by reason of aggravated murder. Rafferty and 52-year-old Richard Beasley are accused of luring men to a farm in Noble County through a Craigslist ad that promised work.
AKRON, Ohio – Craigslist murder suspect Richard Beasley may not have to head south to face charges in the murders of three people and the attempted murder of a fourth person. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced Monday that her office will prosecute Beasley in the case. Beasley remains in a Summit County jail […]