In a bizarre twist to the Phoebe Prince bullying suicide case, four of the girls charged with abusing the Irish teenager are now the subjects of an online abuse campaign.
Several fake websites bearing the alleged bullies names of Kayla Narey, Ashley Long, Sharon Chanon Velazquez and Flannery Mullins have been registered in California.
The x-rated anonymous comments on these sites mock, threaten and insult the four girls, and the abusive content has heightened tension in South Hadley.
“It’s scary because you don’t want to underestimate a threat,” said South Hadley Police Chief David J. LaBrie. “You don’t know what emotions might come to the surface. You prepare for the worst.”
Labrie explained that one lady and her family were harassed after being mistakenly identified as one of the accused families.
Local parents fear that those outraged at what happened to Phoebe Prince have crossed the line.
“We don’t want to see these kids go down the same path Phoebe did,” said local parent Paris Harley, whose son is a freshman at South Hadley. “This is very disgusting.”
Donna Tower, whose grandmother is a friend of one of the teenagers accused, feels that the situation is spiraling out of control
“People have lost respect for themselves and each other,” she said. “People, don’t you get it?
Meanwhile, lawyers for three of the accused teenagers (Mullins, Velazquez and Long) entered a not guilty plea at a short arraignment hearing on Thursday morning at Franklin-Hampshire juvenile court.
The teenagers were not present in court, but their representatives agreed that their clients would not go near the Prince family and adhere to booking procedures on Wednesday to comply with their conditions of release.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.karchad | Apr 10, 2010, 08:23 PM EDT
aww, what a shame. Well, as you sow, etc, etc. I'm convinced the law won't punish them, so maybe the web will.
killowen | Apr 10, 2010, 10:24 AM EDT
Sick and Sicker. That kill Bubba kill game's hero was something and his sidekick dater of Phoebe are not the male models that young males should yearn being. Animals have the knack of spotting opportunities - those dumpy weirdo attacker classmates at Hadley are the bottom of the barrel stuff. As to that zero for a principal who's in a cover a.. mode boggles the mind. Who picked such an incompetent.
double11 | Apr 09, 2010, 01:47 PM EDT
they should be locked up for what they did to that poor girl they and their parents are scimbags
Searlit | Apr 09, 2010, 11:07 AM EDT
Give the authorities a chance to do the right thing. Going vigilante and intimidating people isn't the right thing to do, and it takes the attention away from the true case before the courts about Phoebe Prince and her known abusers.
Derrylass627 | Apr 09, 2010, 10:12 AM EDT
While I have no pity for what these bullies are going through, I must say that two wrongs don't make a right. It's too bad that some sicko has to prolong this tragedy.
wishiknew | Apr 08, 2010, 06:10 PM EDT
I have no sympathy for what the bullies are feeling. I do think that this vigilante/bully behavior being presented to them is the very thing that the community is trying to correct.