A Staten Island girl may have become the first person in the state to violate an order of protection by sending a MySpace “friend request.”
A family had taken out the order against Melissa Fernino, 16, for an alleged history of violent incidents, a source said.
Shortly after it was issued, Fernino sent the requests, which would have linked her MySpace profile with those of several members of the family she’s supposed to stay away from.
Fernino’s lawyers argued the family could have just denied the request, but Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. ruled that the request violates the restriction that Fernino “shall have ‘no contact” with them.
It’s believed to be the first such ruling in the state involving a social-networking site.