why?

News like this makes me sad that, sometimes, it really isn't any better in Wyoming than anywhere else in the world:

"A 27-year-old Marine from Twentynine Palms, Calif., who prosecutors say arranged a brutal rape using Craigslist has been charged with five felonies in Wyoming. Jebidiah James Stipe made his initial appearance in Wyoming's Natrona County Circuit Court Tuesday. He's charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault and other crimes.

Prosecutors say that on Dec. 5, Stipe posted an advertisement on the popular Internet site pretending to be a Casper woman he briefly dated. The ad asked for a 'real aggressive man with no concern for women' willing to carry out a rape fantasy.

Prosecutors say Ty Oliver McDowell, a 26-year-old Mills, Wyo. resident, responded to the ad, and that Stipe gave him the woman's picture and an address." (Read the Casper Star-Tribune's full story here.)

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Jim said…
Yes, unfortunatly awful crimes like this one happen everywhere from time to time. Mywife and I are still planning on moving to WY from NJ. NJ is such an horrible place to live. High taxes, corrupt local officials and the most populus state per square mile make daily life a struggle. Traffic wherever you go, rude people who behave like a bunch of hungry puppies trying to get a turn on the teet. Give me the peaceful and (mostly) friendly people of WY any day. It's gonna be a great place to live the rest of our lives.
January 24, 2010 at 5:18 AM
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