Double Sting
A woman pretended to be a 17-year-old to draw out incriminating evidence from her ex-husband via Facebook. But an investigation after his arrest showed that he was the true online mastermind. Oh, the e-intrigue!
According to the Smoking Gun, 29-year-old Angela Voelkert created a fake account for 17-year-old “Jessica Studebaker," complete with a trashily attractive photo, and friended her ex-husband. Then, in an attempt to gain information she could use against him in a custody battle, she chatted him up. He said he put a GPS tracking device on his ex-wife's car, the more easily to monitor her every move. And he told "Jessica" that "you should find someone at your school…that would put a cap in her ass for $10,000." He had plans to "take care of" old Angela, he said. Heavily based on the exchanges, the FBI arrested 38-year-old David Voelkert on Friday, but did he ever have a surprise for them.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110611/us_time/httpnewsfeedtimecom2011061...
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having an amicable divorce is so uncommon these days.
Does not make make money for Lawyers or if famous - does not make sensational headlines :-/
DK, not true. They exist in both. And there are many women and men who do use any of those when it comes to divorce or anything else in life. We do hear about those that do...a "calm" rather uneventful divorce is not exactly what people want to read about, is it?
Both are just as bad and are not thinking of the long term goal and that is stability for the children :-(
disagree! Not in all cases anyways..trust me. Men can be as vicious and vindictive too. Specially when there's money and/or some other kind of profit involved.
I don't blame women for these, nothing unusual..jealousy, spite, possessiveness etc. are typical feminine traits and they can't help themselves overcome these thoughts.
even there its females are the trouble stirrers more than the males
Seen that too.. divorce is messy and painful enough without these meddlers. Seriously the saying "with friends like these.." comes to mind. Many times though they are not friends as much as they are family members with grudges aplenty!
Its terrible the games parents pull on each other either in divorce settlement cases or child custody battles.
They actually believe they are doing it for their kids' benefits but how often can their personal grudges also get in the way?Too many people I know have been down this road and more often than not its the kids who suffer most *sighs*
dangerous.
Whose photo did she use?
That person can start legal proceedings against her as well.
Surely , she should be prosecuted for entrapment..
Women..Arrrggghhhh You can't live with them, you can't live with out them..:)
I believe from what I gather from the article she was not being vindictive but trying to win the child custody battle. This is sad! That kids have to pay the price here too.
Parents indulging in illegal activities, getting arrested etc all for the sake of who keeps the kids, can never do good for the poor children's psyches!
Shows the dangers of using such a media - even in jest !
Suspecting it was Angela all along, David Voelkert had gotten a notarized affidavit shortly after Jessica came online. In it, he said that he believed this was not a real person but rather his ex-wife or someone she knows. He said he was engaging with this person and lying in order to gain proof that his ex-wife was tampering with his personal life, proof he would then use himself in court. "In no way do I have plans to leave with my children or do any harm to Angela Dawn Voelkert or anyone else," he wrote above the Indiana notary's stamp. He then kept one copy and gave another to a relative for backup.
The timeline worked, his affidavit coming days before he said anything incriminating. The notary was interviewed, the document authenticated, and his case was dismissed. Situations like this are why the phrase "Oh, snap!" was invented.