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Stalkers turn to cell phones to 'textually harass'

Victims are often charged by cell phone companies for receiving the messages


A college student had endured months of online and cell phone harassment from her ex-boyfriend. She ignored the barrage of e-mails, changed her phone number and dismantled online profiles to cut him off.

Then one evening, her cell phone signaled a new text message. It was him again.

"You should keep to yourself and stay away from other people," the message said, according to the student, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety. Her ex had found her photo online and attached it.

As text messaging having boomed in recent years, it has also given rise to so-called "textual harassment." Text messages antagonize recipients in a way that is not easily ignored: Most people are never far from their cell phones, and the gadgets tend to blink and chirp until unopened messages are acknowledged. Adding another sting, the victims are often charged by their cell phone companies for receiving the messages.

A study of stalking by the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics released last month confirmed that stalking by texting has become a pervasive problem.

The report found 23 percent of stalking or harassment victims reported in 2006 that the stalker had used some form of cyberstalking, such as cell phone texting or e-mail, to harass them. It was the agency's first measure of the emerging practice, said Katrina Baum, one of the study's authors.

"Technology has become a quick and easy way for stalkers to monitor and harass their victims," the report said.

And unless calling plans include unlimited texting, recipients are charged an average of 20 cents for each message sent or received, wanted or not.

"I was paying to be harassed, which is a lot of fun," the victimized college student said.

Providers including Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint say they are willing to work with customers who are charged for unwanted messages.

Verizon Wireless handled 90 billion text messages in the last quarter of 2008 alone, more than double the number during the same period a year earlier. AT&T customers sent nearly 80 billion texts in the quarter. Sprint customers sent 41 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2008.

Having a device deliver a message tends to embolden people and provides a sense of anonymity, even when the messages can be tracked to a sender, said Jayne Hitchcock, president of the volunteer organization WHOA, Working to Halt Online Abuse.

"They would never do this to someone in person," Hitchcock said, "yet they use the faceless avenue of cell phones, their computers or home/office phones to perpetrate the harassment."

States have scrambled to react to the new threat. Forty-six states now have anti-stalking laws that refer to electronic forms of communication, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Only four states — Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington — explicitly name text messaging, but laws that are less specific may also be applied to text harassment.

Last year in New York's Kings County Court, a defendant was accused of sending six threatening text messages to a woman during a 17-hour period. The messages said the defendant was outside the woman's house and that she would end up in the hospital.

The defendant tried to get aggravated harassment charges thrown out by arguing that text messages were not as serious as phone calls or letters and were not covered by state law, but the court disagreed.

Technological developments "along with their many benefits, bring with them ever greater potential for abuse," the court wrote.

The college student said she walked the rest of the way home that first night her ex texted her with the uncomfortable feeling he might be crouched in the bushes, even though she knew he lived several states away.

The texts and e-mails kept coming for more than a year and ranged from innocuous appeals for contact to disturbing insinuations of violence. The contact stopped in December, when the man messaged her that he had found someone else.

Customers who do feel threatened are advised to call law enforcers, who can then contact the provider to identify the sender.


A Web site sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, Ad Council and Office of Violence Against Women offers a textual harassment forum where teenagers trade advice and experiences with overzealous or unwanted texting.

The site, http://www.thatsnotcool.com, also has e-mailable reply "callout cards" that offer a lighter approach to resolve what could be a serious problem, with messages including "You're much more attractive when you're not textually harassing me," and "Thanks for helping me exceed my text message limit."

North Port Florida Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Using Text Messages To Seduce Teen For Sex

Ronald Barche, a 47 year old ROTC teacher at North Port High School in Northport, Florida has been arrested on accusations that he attempted to seduce a 16-year-old student through text messages over a cell phone.

According to police, Barche began text messaging with a 16-year-old girl using a cell phone that became sexually explicit in nature on July 30th.
Investigators say Barche propositioned the teen for sex during his conversations with the teen.

There is also an unconfirmed report that the teen allegedly sent naked images of herself to Barche during the cell phone communications.

Police first became aware of the relationship when the girl and her mother filed a report with North Port police department and showed them the messages on the teens cell phone.

Barche was arrested at his home and charged with use of a computer service or electronic device to seduce/solicit a child. He was reportedly being held at the Sarasota County Jail.

Teen sends 14,528 text messages in one month

An American teenager sent almost 500 text messages a day last month, leaving her father with a phone bill of 440 pages.

Reina Hardesty, 13, sent 14,528 text messages in December - That's about 470 text messages a day, at an average of a message every two minutes if she was awake for 15 hours each day, the New York Post said.

Her father, Greg, said he was shocked to receive a 440 page phone bill last month.

"First, I laughed. I thought: 'That's insane, that's impossible'," Mr Hardesty told the Post.

"And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible."

"Then I thought maybe AT&T made some mistake on the bill."

He asked his daughter: "Who are you texting, anyway? Your entire school?"

Reina said she messaged a core group of "four obsessive texters" - all girls between the ages of 12 and 13.

"Well, a lot of my friends have unlimited texting. I just text them pretty much all the time," she said.

At a karaoke birthday party, Reina sat and text messaged her best friend, who was sitting right next to her while others were singing, the Post said.

She also texted her friends to brag about the high number of text messages she had racked up when her parents got the bill.

Fortunately for her parents, Reina's phone plan allows unlimited texting for $30(US) a month.

Otherwise the phone bill would have been about $2900, the Post said.

Reina's parents have since placed restrictions on her phone use, forbidding her from texting after dinner.

The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old is 1742, the Post said.

Someone explain to me again, why kids that age even need a cell phone??