Couples that meet online have both success stories and tragic endings. There are a lot of positives, but the glooming negative is that they have the freedom to present themselves in any way possible. Many services available over the Internet are the online equivalent of personal ads in the newspaper.
Membership includes the opportunity to peruse the directory for a match-up.
Thousands of these sites exist, and some actually find true love with the click of a mouse and the writing of a check. A Florida woman was arrested last week in State College after assaulting a police officer. She came to Centre County to visit someone who she met over the Internet. After the woman became intoxicated, the State College resident called police because she wanted the woman to leave. The woman was arrested on charges of aggravated assault after she kicked the police officers, the State College Police Department said.