Quite possibly a business plan that is guaranteed to attract threats of violence, a Kansas City native is reaching out to arrested people to charge them a hefty fee to stop publicizing their arrest on the Web. As detailed by the Kansas City Star this week, 30-year-old Matthew Creed has developed and launched a site called BlabberMouth in order to bring public attention to local arrests.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/website-publishes-mug-shots-then-charges-arrestees-200-to-remove-them/#ixzz1zLARtViH

There's nothing quite like American free enterprise at work.

Would love to see someone challenge this in court. Don't know what the exact legalese would be, but I'm guessing one could make a case somewhere in the realm of blackmail/extortion (as eluded to in the linked article).

Of course, if its challenged and he won, I think I might expand my business model! Just kidding. Figured I'd go there before someone else did.

Personally, I think this crosses the legal line (and coming from me, that's saying something).

Just checked out their website. Looks like the recent legal heat on them is having an effect.

Not quite two hours ago, I posted an article about the site; not quite an hour later, the guy's corporate name and telephone number showed up on Caller ID. Damage control? I dunno. He didn't leave a comment, and it's not like it's hard to find my email address. I duly put up a link to this thread, so he can be further perplexed.