Facebook pages are covered by New Jersey's identity-theft law, a judge has ruled in upholding charges against a woman who allegedly trashed her ex-boyfriend by creating a false Facebook account in his name and filled it with unpleasantries.
Dana Thornton was ordered to appear in court next month on ID theft charges stemming from a failed relationship with Michael Lasalandra. Her lawyer, Richard Roberts, had argued that, because the state's law does not specifically mention electronic communications or social media as a means for stealing someone's identity, the charges were invalid, says an LA Times report.