Police in California have arrested Temecula residents Brian Leach and Jose Reyes Gomez (photo above) on August 5th on suspicion of dealing a large amount of crystal methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has launched a new website called Craigconnects. In a press release, it appears that Craigconnects is intended to serve as a platform for social responsibility and promote sustainable development organizations. “I guess I got myself a ‘bully pulpit’ of sorts that I don’t really want or need, but it’s good for getting the word out about people of good will who get stuff done,” said Newmark. “It’s a voice for the grassroots, the rank-and-file, for people who never had a voice until now.” Through Craigconnects, Newmark can be solicited as a speaker and traditional media source. You can visit Craigconnects at: http://www.craigconnects.org.

Gawker had posted an article yesterday about Rep. Chris Lee. Lee is a married Republican that had posted pictures of himself topless on Craigslist. Gawker also published an e-mail correspondence between him and a 34-year old woman he met after she put an ad in the “Women for Men” section. Three hours and a half hours after Gawker published the article, Chris Lee resigned from his position.

A Brooklyn man named Jose Perez, 22, went on Craigslist and put a salvaged vehicle up for sale. The car was a 2004 Nissan Maxima and he used the title from another vehicle to forge the title for the Maxima. Perez also used a different name on the title and bill of sale.

The Craigslist Killer Lifetime original movie premiered on Monday night and about 5.4 million people tuned in according to Nielsen Research. There was 2.7 million among 25-54 year olds. This is the most-watched movie on ad-supported cable in the last 2 years for this demographic. The movie had 2.1 million women viewers 18-49 and 1.9 million women 25-54. This was Lifetime’s 5th most watched original movie premiere in the network’s history. This movie is based on the life of Philip Markoff.

Online classifieds service Craigslist has shut down their adult services section across the world. Human trafficking groups have been proactively pressuring Craigslist to remove the adult services section for years now.

Craigslist announced earlier this week that the “adult services” section of Craigslist has been shut down. The changes are permanent.

A judge has ruled in favor of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) over an equity case with craigslist. A judge reinstated eBay’s 28.4% stake in Craigslist. But the judge ruled that Craigslist can keep eBay off of their board of directors.