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Woman Faces Criminal Charges for Sending Threatening Texts to Teen


According to the Associated Press, 21-year-old Nicole Williams faces criminal charges after sending vulgar and threatening text messages to a 17 year-old girl. She is one of the first in Missouri to be charged under the state's cyber-bullying law. The law was created in response to the 2006 suicide of 13 year-old Megan Meier.

According to the charges, Williams left voice and text messages on the girl's cell phone after she heard rumors that her boyfriend had a "physical encounter" with the younger girl. The messages include not only vulgar and lewd language, but also threats of physical violence, including rape. Williams claims the messages were sent by others from her phone.

Seriously? Nicole, you're 21. Break up with your boyfriend, leave the high school kid alone. [From: AOL News]

Tags: bullying, crime, cyber bullying, CyberBullying, relationships, text messaging, texting, TextMessaging

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