Judge tentatively upholds charges in ‘cyber-bullying' case

September 5, 2008 By Robert Patrick

A federal judge handed a partial victory Thursday to prosecutors seeking to put a St. Louis-area woman on trial regarding online harassment of a teenage neighbor who later killed herself.

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