4 charged in MySpace burglary scam

ORANGE, Mass. -- An Orange man and his three cousins from Gardner are in trouble for allegedly setting up burglaries through MySpace.

According to authorities, this is how the scam worked -- the four of them posed as an 18-year-old woman on the Internet social networking site. They lured men they met on the site to a meeting.

In one case, when the victim went out to meet the fictional woman, his home was robbed while he was gone.

Another man who went to meet the woman at a park was robbed when he got there.

Police say 19-year-old Bryan Bowers of Orange; 19-year-old Thomas Lafrennie, 18-year-old Amanda Lafrennie; and 24-year-old Lawrence Lafrennie, all of Gardner, have each been charged with two counts of conspiracy, larceny in a building, armed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and burglary.

They all pleaded not guilty at their arraignments.

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