According to a Melbourne Herald-Sun article posted on politechbot.com, Matthew Stephen Taylor, who goes by the on-line alias of ‘proffr,’ was arrested last Friday and charged with two counts of criminal damange, one for vandalizing a McDonalds, and one apparently for threatening police, politicians and other local officials on his website. The article notes that Taylor has also “come to the attention of the Australian Federal Police and the United States Secret Service.” One might guess that the Secret Service’s interest is based at least in part for a posting Taylor made on the Ohio Valley IMC site which was interpreted by some as an apparent death threat against the Cincinnati police officer who shot and killed Timothy Thomas in April. That killing touched off protests and riots in the city. Taylor’s IMC posting caused a Cincinnati grand jury to issue a subpoena to the registrant for the Ohio Valley IMC’s domain name, although
Poster Who Prompted Ohio Valley IMC Subpoena Arrested in Australia.
According to a Melbourne Herald-Sun article posted on politechbot.com, Matthew Stephen Taylor, who goes by the on-line alias of ‘proffr,’ was arrested last Friday and charged with two counts of criminal damange, one for vandalizing a McDonalds, and one apparently for threatening police, politicians and other local officials on his website. The article notes that Taylor has also “come to the attention of the Australian Federal Police and the United States Secret Service.” One might guess that the Secret Service’s interest is based at least in part for a posting Taylor made on the Ohio Valley IMC site which was interpreted by some as an apparent death threat against the Cincinnati police officer who shot and killed Timothy Thomas in April. That killing touched off protests and riots in the city. Taylor’s IMC posting caused a Cincinnati grand jury to issue a subpoena to the registrant for the Ohio Valley IMC’s domain name, although
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