The Blotter

Published May 13, 2010 4:00am ET



Girl arrested for stalking after posing as boy on Facebook A 14-year-old Prince William County girl was charged with stalking after she allegedly posed as a boy on Facebook to connect with another teenage girl, police said.

The teenager created a profile pretending to be a local boy and then became Facebook friends with the unsuspecting girl. The two began meeting in secret near the victim’s home in Woodbridge last summer, police said. The victim’s parents discovered the true identity of the offender and told their daughter not to have contact with the girl, but the girl repeatedly attempted to make contact with their daughter.

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