Facebook post cheers Conn. shooting; Columbia Station man arrested

Filed by Kiera Manion-Fischer December 19th, 2012 in News.

MEDINA — A 20-year-old Columbia Station man was charged with inducing panic, accused of posting a message on the Internet celebrating the killings of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn.

“I’m so happy someone shot up all those little (expletives). Viva la school shootings!!!!” appeared Friday on the Facebook page of Joseph W. Resovsky, according to Medina Police Chief Patrick Berarducci.

Adam Lanza, the man authorities said shot the 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday morning, was described on Resovsky’s Facebook page as his idol, the chief said.

Berarducci said the posting “was taken as a threat by many people.”

Resovsky told police that he hadn’t meant to offend anyone, saying he just was tired of seeing all the comments on Facebook about the shooting. He said he wanted to see how many people would comment on his posting.

Berarducci said a caller reported the Facebook posting to police, and others mentioned it on the Medina Police Department’s Facebook page.

“There were quite a few posts where people were pretty upset by it,” he said. “I think it scared a lot of people.

“A lot of people took it as an endorsement to commit other acts of violence in the schools.”

Resovsky, who works in Medina, was arrested on a warrant Saturday. He was booked into the Medina County Jail and released on bond, Berarducci said.

Contact reporter Kiera Manion-Fischer at (330) 721-4049 or kfischer@medina-gazette.com.

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http://www.facebook.com/joann.hynds JoAnn Hynds

hey molly u r a serious dirt bag u must have been dropped on you head when you were a child.you are one ugly bitch.you father fucked the family dog and u came out.
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002988705668 Molly Santucci

Poor, poor piggy Birchbichler – the Ohio ACLU has now stepped into the case. MPD – fail. FYI – I support the gunman, too!! Hooray for the Sandhook gunman! Hooray!!!! MPD is pwned.
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002988705668 Molly Santucci

You are inciting a panic by your words. I have told the police and they will come and arrest you.
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002988705668 Molly Santucci

Medina Police Lt. Dave Birkbichler is a filthy little pig. i totally support the Sand Hook shooter, too!!!
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003998430654 Johnny Swift

you are a pedophile. Stop trying to cyberstalke little girls and stop trying to have sex with under age children. you are a sick sick person
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003998430654 Johnny Swift

Brian Paone is a child molester! He tried to have sex with an under aged girl here!!!
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Brian Paone

I know the therapist told you that these writing exercises might help you come to terms with your lecherous past, but if I were you I’d consider proper identifiers. Makes ya look kinda silly otherwise.nnActually, do you know those terms? “lecherous” and “proper identifiers”? I just realized with whom I was conversing. XD
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BP

Wow. I am not sure why Brian is wasting his time on you. I must say, that from reading the comments here, I have come to believe that Molly is very uneducated and there is absolutely no way she can be an intern for the ACLU based on her language, grammar, etc. So, stop trying to fool everyone. Anyone with even a middle school education can tell you are lying. If I am by chance incorrect, and you are indeed employed by ACLU, they should fire your ass immediately and have just cause to do so. Also, you really should watch what you are saying about other people on here, as you could easily be sued for slander. In fact, I recommend that Brian sue you for slander immediately. You can’t just go around saying untrue things like that about people. While speech is protected to some extent by the law, the citizens of this country are also protected against having lies told aobut them in public, which the internet is. Maybe you should take some law classes before you start spewing things on the internet and especially before you start thinking that you know and can defend the law!
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002988705668 Molly Santucci

filthy little Medina piggies got their ass handed to them today when the case was dismissed. oink oink u motherfuckers. I SUPPORT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, TOO!!! HOORAY FOR SANDY HOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://profile.yahoo.com/3IY44OA2MWHBV766SV4OGKJQ2A Miki

^^^ Next American Success Story, said no one ever.
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http://profile.yahoo.com/3IY44OA2MWHBV766SV4OGKJQ2A Miki

Fallacious argument: that would require one to actually believe a god exists.
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http://profile.yahoo.com/3IY44OA2MWHBV766SV4OGKJQ2A Miki

Maybe it’ll bump into the Second Amendment on their way out, eh?
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http://twitter.com/_DreamOutLoud Wend

What this man did was disrespectful and a complete insult to the families of the victims. The words said were not a joking matter and of course it would have been seen as a threat. As this quote states, “Words leave scar’s deeper than any knife, as words can cut you to your very soul.” Being offensive is not against the law but it’s about something called having respect. I completely disagree with what this man did but he’s protected by the First Amendment and had the right to post whatever he pleases on his page. I think that next people really should think twice about what they post online.
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