The Abyssmal Depths of Loser Canyon
There are losers, and there are real losers. And then there are those that descend into the bowels of Loser Canyon with a pickaxe and a shovel and start digging deeply into the bitter dirt of Loser Goodness.
Meet Bruno Moore. He’s the guy with the Pickaxe and shovel.
Bruno has bounced around south Florida taking some pretty cruddy jobs and trying to break into the news and radio biz. He was a substitute teacher. He reported the traffic from a helicopter. And he worked as a DJ at a country music station. His wife is finished with him and was in the process of ridding herself of him with divorce proceedings.
But like many low life DJ’s, he trolls the request lines looking for women that just want to hook up with someone slightly famous. This would have been okay, if it wasnt a 13 year old girl that he tried to hook up with.
From the Palm Beach Post here:
Bruno Moore, a former South Florida television news traffic reporter, country music station disc jockey and newly hired Martin County teacher, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to seduce a 13-year-old girl online, investigators said.
Moore, 34, gave a full confession, admitting he’d had sexually explicit online and phone chats with her, though he knew she was underage, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Moore’s involvement with the 13-year-old began innocently enough. She wanted to hear a Carrie Underwood song, probably Jesus, Take the Wheel, on WIRK 107.9 FM, the country music station in Palm Beach County where Moore worked part time as a disc jockey, Collins said.
The girl typed a note to an instant message account the station uses to get song requests from listeners, investigators said. Moore saw her message and kept the girl’s screen name.
When she called in to make a request, he had a sexually explicit chat with her and began sending explicit messages to her online, Collins said.
Moore has a 5-year-old son and is going through a divorce, Collins said.
Moore also no longer is employed at WIRK, said Lee Strasser, the station’s general manager.
See the great video on the local news in Palm Beach here. You can see his personal Website here on Tripod.
He is held without bond. His wife will certainly get custody now, and Moore will have to register as a sex offender.
This is also a very happy story for the mother of the young girl who Moore was trying to solicit. She knew what her daughter was doing online and made sure that her child was safe.
But what was the little girl doing with a MySpace account? I thought those were restricted to people over the age of 14?
Hat tip to Trench for the story.
I’d like to direct your attention to a web article posted on your website concerning my arrest in August of 2006 for sexual solicitation of a minor. The inaccuracies in the article amount to libel and I would respectfully ask that it be removed.
First, I was not convicted of the crime. In your article you maintain that I had to register as a sex offender. You fail, however, to mention that sex offender registration is contingent upon conviction. I was aquitted so therefore was not required to register at all. There is no requirement to register as a sex offender while awaiting trial. In the United States, you are innocent until proven guilty. Preemptive registration for sex offenses does not exist in this country. I never had to register, and will never have to register. To be sure, please check the FDLE sex offender registry. Secondly, my ex-wife did not get full custody. I am able to see my son regularly. I moved to Oklahoma to rebuild my life so therefore have not seen him regularly but do see him when I visit. I know its a story that is old, and no longer exciting, but if you’re going to pass yourself off as an information website, you probably should have researched the information you were providing. Its easy to cut and paste a press release or newspaper article then claim it as your own investigation. I imagine that IS the case here. But I respectfully request the erroneous implication that I had to register as a sex offender be removed otherwise steps will be taken to ensure its removal. I have included the link here for your convenience. In response to the statement about the mom knowing what her daughter was doing online, read the court transcripts and then amend that statement. She testified that she knew her daughter was misleading people about her age online and did nothing to stop it. She said, in fact, “I have to pick my battles”.
Thank you for your time,
Bruno Moore
http://www.belch.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-abyssmal-depths-of-loser-canyon/
He is held without bond. His wife will certainly get custody now, and Moore will have to register as a sex offender.
This is also a very happy story for the mother of the young girl who Moore was trying to solicit. She knew what her daughter was doing online and made sure that her child was safe.
Bruno, you corrected your own record. You should have included a press report about the charges being dropped. Here is such a story:
http://www.wpbf.com/news/14831135/detail.html?rss=wpb&psp=news
Good luck getting your life straightened out.
you’re a blogger. How about posting something about how dangerous the internet is. I always maintained that my fooling around online was stupid though it did not constitute criminal behavior. But my actions are mild compared to others out there who may ( or may not) have an alterior motive. It is rightfully so that agencies prosecute those who pose real threats to our children. The problem is that the laws are so vague that even those who are acting without malice and are just using the internet for what they perceive as “anonymous fun” are risking the ruining of their lives. What happened to me stems from actions that occur EVERY DAY online. Men are doing it all the time with no real thought to the consequence. The law is not clear and many ( one time including myself) are not aware that such behavior can be illegal. It is not an issue about free speech, which many people will argue. The law states that any language used to entice, lure, or to attempt to lure or entice a minor into a sexual situation for one’s own sexual gratification is against the law. It can be language used in the grocery store or language used on myspace. There is no stipualtion. Using the computer to do it CAN constitute federal criminal activity if the computer uses an online service whcih is located outside the boundaries of that state. The original plan was to bring me up on federal charges because AOL is located in Virginia and the internet activity crossed state lines. And federal cases are very difficult to defend. There is not full disclusre, evidentiary laws are different, depositions are not taken. It becomes very dangerous ground to tread.
dude. Check out my cyber category. I have posted plenty about the dangers of the internet.
Bruno has moved to Oklahoma and is rehabilitating his career. He is working for Tri-City TV. You can see some of his webcasts here:
Thanks Bruno for the tip!
Bruno is now running for political office! He saw what politics did for Weiner and Spitzer and figures that is the way to score some chicks!