PA Teen Admits To Trying To Hire Hitman On Facebook

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — A Chester County teenager faces 11 to 22 years in prison after agreeing to a plea agreement on charges he used Facebook to try to hire a hit man to kill a woman who had accused him of rape.

Nineteen-year-old West Chester, Pa., resident Corey Christian Adams accepted the plea agreement Friday on charges of rape, criminal solicitation of murder and other counts.

In July, a 20-year-old woman who had accused Adams of raping her after a party called police to point out a posting on his Facebook page offering $500 for "a girls head." In a later posting, police say Adams said "he needed this girl knocked off right now."

The Daily Local News of West Chester reports that neither Adams nor his attorney commented outside court.

Comments

[Prometeo]

04:43 PM on 02/17/2011

$500 bucks for a hit? No "decent" crime abiding citizen would stoop that low to offer his services. Not even a crackhead would do it. Poor guy is gonna rot in the cellar.

[Quasi-Stellar Object]

09:40 AM on 02/15/2011

Facebook's privacy settings, account settings and blocking features makes it simple for a kid to create a profile hidden from parents.

Given that kids, in general, are 1) more tech savvy than their parents, and 2) have a relatively large amount of unstructur­ed free time, it is likely many are creating Facebook profiles of which their parents are completely unaware. It is also likely that kids who do this are engaging in questionable activity, possibly endangering themselves and/or others, all unknown by parents.

[wuzupwidat]

09:41 PM on 02/14/2011

That's the first thing that comes to mind for me when I think of facebook too.

[Danek Greori]

06:26 AM on 02/14/2011

We've all known that there are idiots like these everywhere in large numbers; However since FaceBook became a social institution (for reasons I STILL don't understand), it seems like either the world is increasingly full or more idiots, or we're just alerted to their existence far more frequently that in previous history.

Honestly, I can't tell which is the more likely conclusion. I have friends that I used to considered intelligent, but FaceBook has put them on the same level as the guy mentioned in the above article once or twice.

[Kiskeya]

09:14 PM on 02/13/2011

Using Facebook to its fullest.

[davidbutlerjr]

08:46 PM on 02/13/2011

This is just another example of what not to put on your Facebook page. People should realize that everyone can see your profile and you will get in trouble if you say your going to kill someone. I'm glad the police arrested him. People like this need to be off of the street.

[littlebrowngirl]

04:58 PM on 02/13/2011

Disfunction automated.

[PHLSouthernJack]

01:35 PM on 02/13/2011

Another sign stupid runs rampant.

[Bernard Huff]

12:50 PM on 02/13/2011

What is the world coming to. Not only do contract killers actually exist...but they also have facebook pages. Everybody has a facebook page now a days.

[signgrrl]

03:03 PM on 02/13/2011

apparently i'm the only holdout.

[vicar123]

11:30 AM on 02/13/2011

Those with no soul feel no guilt. Will he ever feel guilty for what he did or mad that he got caught?

[techjockey]

03:27 PM on 02/13/2011

No, & it's too bad he will not be in prison forever.

[Jamie Dufour]

11:19 AM on 02/13/2011

Please POST this: If you know someone who knows someone who has known someone or who may know someone....

geesh I guess I was confused when I joined FB

[Quasi-Stellar Object]

10:25 AM on 02/13/2011

Given the murders, attacks, burglaries and home invasions involving the use of Facebook profiles and given Facebook's demonstrab­­le history of selling users personal informatio­­n, compromisi­­ng users privacy and hiding privacy controls it's surprising more people aren't concerned about how (or if) they use Facebook.

It's even more remarkable parents seem unconcerned with their children's profiles.

[laaambchop]

11:18 AM on 02/13/2011

Some of us won't allow them to create a profile.

[dimplasm]

12:16 PM on 02/13/2011

I've allowed mine to. But she never uses it. And all of her information is false. Including her age.

[laaambchop]

12:20 PM on 02/13/2011

@dimpalsm

Even better!

[Ellen Crescenta]

07:09 PM on 02/15/2011

@QSO, Here's a lightbulb moment...rather than wasting all this time you've outlined creating phony avatars, email addresses and living in FB paranoia...turn off the computer and spend that time with your kids.

OY!

[MrDOB]

10:20 AM on 02/13/2011

What a big dummy everyone know Craigslist is the place to hire a hit man

[signgrrl]

03:04 PM on 02/13/2011

thought that was hookers . . .

[Matt Schantz]

05:23 PM on 02/13/2011

Eh both serve a purpose.... jkjk

[O K Ali]

07:45 PM on 02/13/2011

I thought that was backpages?

[BookKeepersSon]

01:24 AM on 02/14/2011

That's pretty funny, Mr. Dob. Thanks. That was a good one.

Here's something on never say, but I'll say it now...

LOL.

[Slade the Slide]

09:40 AM on 02/13/2011

Folks, bear with me here as I say good thing for facebook in this instance. It really is starting to weed out the idiots of the world.

[Sarazzara]

10:08 AM on 02/13/2011

It really needs to make a much bigger dent in its structural issues that foster abuses.

[BlueOnBlue]

09:37 AM on 02/13/2011

This is my hometown. Also the home of Bam Margera. We have a few doozies around here.

[Sarazzara]

10:09 AM on 02/13/2011

Hey, neighbor! Scary hometown news.

[FPhoebe]

05:05 PM on 02/20/2011

Ugh, this is terrible! I'm from the area too.