Website offers to delete its information about your arrest — if you pay about $200

A new website has published names, addresses and photographs of people recently arrested in Johnson County — but then offers to delete the information if the arrestee pays a fee of $199.99.

Launched more than a month ago, the site created a public outcry this week after letters announcing the website started landing in arrestees’ mailboxes.

“We have already started blabbing to the world about your release from jail,” the letter said. “And we want to make you aware of our services, as we kind of have a big mouth.”

The site and letters also caught the attention of local authorities, who said they are investigating whether the company founder is doing anything illegal.

Matthew Creed, 30, of Shawnee said he launched his site to deter crime and alert people to what their neighbors are doing. He pledged to donate 10 percent of the fees to charities.


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