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Do It For State Domain Name Crime

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FYNE: The Place For Domains @FYNE Instead of hiring an armed thug to hold up the owner of a domain you want, try these 5 approaches to get someone's domain name. #doitforstate #statesnaps #doit4state #DIFS Get Hooked on These 5 Strategies to Take Taken Domains - FYNE Blog Has someone else registered the domain name you're searching for? Our five strategies for getting taken domains will turn your panic into an addictive rush. O blog.fyne.com 8:52 PM · Dec 9, 2019 · Twitter for Android
#AtlasArcher @lenubienne "The slogan "Do It For State" soon became synonymous with the brand...and a chant that prompted young people to act out on their worst impulses. "Guys would write #DoltForState on a girl's ass and send it in, and that really ignited the trend." Toxic Masculinity must die. 11:23 AM · Dec 10, 2019 Twitter Web App
Dr. C. S. Vogelmann @DrVogelmann Replying to @MikeElgan #DoltForState sounds more like doing time in state prison. 6:13 AM - Dec 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone
the black karen @noahpriebe when you wanna #DoltForState but don't wanna #Dolt4State so you commit a crime 1:50 AM - Dec 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone
Cody Rickard @CodyRickard He did it for State e #DoltForState O CNNO @CNN · Dec 10 A social media influencer was sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting to hijack a website at gunpoint during a home invasion. cnn.it/2RCIGER 7:37 PM - Dec 10, 2019 from West St Paul, MN - Twitter for iPhone
ChristopherBJones946 @BJones946 Rossi Lorathio Adams II is my new favorite person. Talk about commitment. #DoltForState DalrFoRSTATE Instagrammer gets 14 years in prison for violent plot to hijack domain name A fight over doitforstate.com led to a bloody encounter. S washingtonpost.com 3:33 PM · Dec 10, 2019 · Twitter Web App
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Overview

Do It For State Domain Name Crime refers to the 2017 crime committed by Rossi Adams, the influencer behind Iowa State College "State Snaps," known for posting suggestive content to Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter. Rossi Adams hired his cousin Sherman Hopkins to hijack the DoItForState.com domain name from Ethan Deyo by breaking into his house with a gun. Sherman Hopkins was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2018 and Adams was sentenced to 14 years in December 2019.

Background

On January 29th, 2015, news station KCCI uploaded "special report: #doitforstate" to YouTube and received over 1,400 views in four years (shown below). Soon after this news story was published, brothers Chris and Ethan Deyo bought both the domain name DoItForState and began advertising their events using the hashtag #doitforthestate. After unsuccessfully attempting to retrieve the domain name for the next two years, Rossi Adams[6] hired his cousin Sherman Hopkins to use force to obtain the domain name. On June 21st, 2017, in Cedar Rapids[1] Sherman Hopkins broke into the home Ethan Deyo and threatened him by gunpoint to transfer the domain name through GoDaddy. According to the Washington Post,[5] "The two men began to fight for the gun. It went off, hitting E.D. in the leg. Still, he managed to twist the gun away from Hopkins, then shot the intruder multiple times in his chest before calling 911. Hopkins survived his injuries, and by the next month, Adams was also in police custody."

Developments

Sentencing

On June 13th, 2018, Sherman Hopkins was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to extort the domain name and for armed home invasion.[2] On December 9th, 2019, Adams was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after plotting to hijack the domain name.[3] On December 10th, Medium[4] published a true-crime article "The Influencer and the Hit Man:
How a years-long domain name feud ended in a bloody shootout."

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ChristopherBJones946 @BJones946 Rossi Lorathio Adams II is my new favorite person. Talk about commitment. #DoltForState DalrFoRSTATE Instagrammer gets 14 years in prison for violent plot to hijack domain name A fight over doitforstate.com led to a bloody encounter. S washingtonpost.com 3:33 PM · Dec 10, 2019 · Twitter Web App
Cody Rickard @CodyRickard He did it for State e #DoltForState O CNNO @CNN · Dec 10 A social media influencer was sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting to hijack a website at gunpoint during a home invasion. cnn.it/2RCIGER 7:37 PM - Dec 10, 2019 from West St Paul, MN - Twitter for iPhone
the black karen @noahpriebe when you wanna #DoltForState but don't wanna #Dolt4State so you commit a crime 1:50 AM - Dec 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone
Dr. C. S. Vogelmann @DrVogelmann Replying to @MikeElgan #DoltForState sounds more like doing time in state prison. 6:13 AM - Dec 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone
#AtlasArcher @lenubienne "The slogan "Do It For State" soon became synonymous with the brand...and a chant that prompted young people to act out on their worst impulses. "Guys would write #DoltForState on a girl's ass and send it in, and that really ignited the trend." Toxic Masculinity must die. 11:23 AM · Dec 10, 2019 Twitter Web App
FYNE: The Place For Domains @FYNE Instead of hiring an armed thug to hold up the owner of a domain you want, try these 5 approaches to get someone's domain name. #doitforstate #statesnaps #doit4state #DIFS Get Hooked on These 5 Strategies to Take Taken Domains - FYNE Blog Has someone else registered the domain name you're searching for? Our five strategies for getting taken domains will turn your panic into an addictive rush. O blog.fyne.com 8:52 PM · Dec 9, 2019 · Twitter for Android

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[1] CBS 2 Iowa – Cedar Rapids Police Investigating Reports of Shots Fired

[2] Justice – Cedar Rapids Felon Sentenced Twenty Years

[3] Justice – Socia Media Influencer Sentenced 14 Years

[4] Medium – The Influencer and the Hit Man

[5] Washington Post – Social Media Guru needed Domain Name

[6] Twitter – Rossi Adams

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Overview

Do It For State Domain Name Crime refers to the 2017 crime committed by Rossi Adams, the influencer behind Iowa State College "State Snaps," known for posting suggestive content to Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter. Rossi Adams hired his cousin Sherman Hopkins to hijack the DoItForState.com domain name from Ethan Deyo by breaking into his house with a gun. Sherman Hopkins was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2018 and Adams was sentenced to 14 years in December 2019.

Background

On January 29th, 2015, news station KCCI uploaded "special report: #doitforstate" to YouTube and received over 1,400 views in four years (shown below). Soon after this news story was published, brothers Chris and Ethan Deyo bought both the domain name DoItForState and began advertising their events using the hashtag #doitforthestate. After unsuccessfully attempting to retrieve the domain name for the next two years, Rossi Adams[6] hired his cousin Sherman Hopkins to use force to obtain the domain name. On June 21st, 2017, in Cedar Rapids[1] Sherman Hopkins broke into the home Ethan Deyo and threatened him by gunpoint to transfer the domain name through GoDaddy. According to the Washington Post,[5] "The two men began to fight for the gun. It went off, hitting E.D. in the leg. Still, he managed to twist the gun away from Hopkins, then shot the intruder multiple times in his chest before calling 911. Hopkins survived his injuries, and by the next month, Adams was also in police custody."



Developments

Sentencing

On June 13th, 2018, Sherman Hopkins was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to extort the domain name and for armed home invasion.[2] On December 9th, 2019, Adams was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after plotting to hijack the domain name.[3] On December 10th, Medium[4] published a true-crime article "The Influencer and the Hit Man:
How a years-long domain name feud ended in a bloody shootout."

Various Examples


ChristopherBJones946 @BJones946 Rossi Lorathio Adams II is my new favorite person. Talk about commitment. #DoltForState DalrFoRSTATE Instagrammer gets 14 years in prison for violent plot to hijack domain name A fight over doitforstate.com led to a bloody encounter. S washingtonpost.com 3:33 PM · Dec 10, 2019 · Twitter Web App Cody Rickard @CodyRickard He did it for State e #DoltForState O CNNO @CNN · Dec 10 A social media influencer was sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting to hijack a website at gunpoint during a home invasion. cnn.it/2RCIGER 7:37 PM - Dec 10, 2019 from West St Paul, MN - Twitter for iPhone the black karen @noahpriebe when you wanna #DoltForState but don't wanna #Dolt4State so you commit a crime 1:50 AM - Dec 11, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone Dr. C. S. Vogelmann @DrVogelmann Replying to @MikeElgan #DoltForState sounds more like doing time in state prison. 6:13 AM - Dec 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone #AtlasArcher @lenubienne "The slogan "Do It For State" soon became synonymous with the brand...and a chant that prompted young people to act out on their worst impulses. "Guys would write #DoltForState on a girl's ass and send it in, and that really ignited the trend." Toxic Masculinity must die. 11:23 AM · Dec 10, 2019 Twitter Web App FYNE: The Place For Domains @FYNE Instead of hiring an armed thug to hold up the owner of a domain you want, try these 5 approaches to get someone's domain name. #doitforstate #statesnaps #doit4state #DIFS Get Hooked on These 5 Strategies to Take Taken Domains - FYNE Blog Has someone else registered the domain name you're searching for? Our five strategies for getting taken domains will turn your panic into an addictive rush. O blog.fyne.com 8:52 PM · Dec 9, 2019 · Twitter for Android

Search Interest

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External References

[1] CBS 2 Iowa – Cedar Rapids Police Investigating Reports of Shots Fired

[2] Justice – Cedar Rapids Felon Sentenced Twenty Years

[3] Justice – Socia Media Influencer Sentenced 14 Years

[4] Medium – The Influencer and the Hit Man

[5] Washington Post – Social Media Guru needed Domain Name

[6] Twitter – Rossi Adams

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