Here you are typing away on some comment field and uploading some photos, expecting nobody but your conscience to identify you (that is assuming you still have one)…
If you’re Michael Brutsch a.k.a. “Violentacrez” that’s exactly what you must be thinking, creating sketchy sub-reddits like “picsofdeadkids“, “nazi” and “creepshots” (“shower-cam” must have become too expensive to run). That is all until someone finds out your TRUE identity.
Gawker tracked down Brutsch in his Arlington, Texas office and confronted him over the creepshots forum. ”It’s amazing how much you can sweat in a 60 degree office,” he said.
We’ve never been on his forum but we can only assume he was referring to his forehead…
As if that embarrassment wasn’t enough, the tables were finally turned on the creeper this week, as Brutsch confirmed his employer was letting him go. He is now without income to support himself and his disabled wife.
“Nothing like living in the U.S. with no job and a disabled wife,” he wrote on reddit, a place where he says he didn’t commit a crime as much as he just “liked riling people up.”
While Brustsch makes less than subtle attempts for sympathy and even less direct pleas for employment, his “riling up” has left his wife without a man to provide income. Brutsch took his eye off the most important ball and unforutnately someone other than himself will be suffering the consequences.
Lesson learned: if you troll long and hard enough, you will be caught and the retribution will not be pretty. Brustch has done the admirable thing and at the very least has been transparent throughout this entire process, but that does not nearly overshadow his selfish behavior. If you are a troll — be prepared for the worse, and most importantly make sure it doesn’t put anyone else’s life in jeopardy.
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