Bizarre in the Boro: Local man blackmailed after naked video chat

Apr 28, 2018 at 08:24 am by Michelle Willard


How many times do we have to tell you? No woman on the Internet has a good reason to see you naked.

A 22-year-old Murfreesboro learned this lesson the hard way.

According to a Murfreesboro Police Department incident report, the man was video chatting with a woman he met online.

"(He) stated that while they were video chatting, they were showing each other their private body parts," the report from April 17 said.

Once they were done chatting, the woman sent him a video of him exposing himself and threatened to blackmail him.

"She then told him that if he did not want her to leak the video, he would need to send her money … each month," the report said.

So he sent her a $100 Walmart gift card.

Now he's afraid she'll release the video. And police don't know who she really is.

Never trust a stranger in sweatpants

A 45-year-old woman reported she was flashed by a stranger while walking on Old Fort Parkway around 10:30 Sunday night, April 22, according to an MPD incident report.

The woman told police she walking and a 25- to 30-year-old man wearing sweat pants walked toward her.

"The male approached her and asked her to watch him masturbate," the report said. He then pulled down his sweatpants and exposed himself to her.

She responded with "I'm calling the police."

To which, he pulled up his pants and ran away.


Michelle Willard is a freelance journalist who fills her days with social media marketing, politics, true crime, and taking complaints. You can complain to her on Twitter @MichWillard or by email michelle(at)murfreesborovoice.com.

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