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Cops: Angry Mom Directed Craigslist Sex Seekers to Neighbor

050809craigslist.jpg Step aside Scarsdale Mad Mom—a new case study in dysfunctional parenting has surfaced on Long Island, where Suffolk police have arrested a Hauppauge woman who they say used a fake "Casual Encounters" ad on Craigslist to direct nearly two dozen calls from horny men to her neighbor's home phone number. Why would she do this? Because she was allegedly trying to get revenge on the neighbor's 9-year-old daughter, who'd been fighting with her own child. 40-year-old Margery Tannenbaum was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated harassment for giving out the phone number in February to desperate Craigslist Casanovas looking for an NSA good time. Her lawyer tells Newsday, "My view on this is it's gone way too far. She's a good woman. She's a good wife. She's really a good person. I just can't see why anyone would want to put this in the news media... if the interest is about the children, which it should be. We're looking forward to our day in court." Oh, so are we!

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  • NannyState

    So...that neighbor lady is still available, right?

  • ForrestWhitaker

    Craigslist will be the downfall of mankind as we know it.

  • Spirit of 76

    Don't be silly. Twitter will be the downfall of mankind as we know it.

  • Steven

    Nothing will happen to her, just like the Scarsdale mom.

  • freddynyc

    That's pretty damn clever, from a Tannenbaum no less...

  • babyhitler

    I am so doing this to my next co-worker whom I hate. But I won't use my computer. anonymous internet cafe's amigo.

  • Felix Hoenikker

    That is pretty damn funny.

  • Mr Mel

    Except if you were the neighbor.

  • jaycjay

    Should have stuck with the old standby, writing the number on restroom walls. Nobody ever gets arrested for that.

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