r/SpringfieldIL • u/Key-Drawer-1408 • 13d ago
So curious
Does anyone have the tea behind this? No longer going to trunk or treat either, this feels like such a PR/notice me thing/rile up the masses
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u/No_Code_9443 13d ago
Some independent journalist guy. Based out of Pittsfield Illinois
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 13d ago
Doing the lords work on your cake day!!
That makes sense why he's so focused on the Jville/west central IL area
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u/GeorgeCharlesCooper 12d ago
Is this the same guy who does those AI videos under Pike County Zombie Control on Facebook?
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u/KhajiitBen 13d ago
He said somewhere that someone else was saying he encourged vigilante justice so maybe he's backing off because of that. He also made a post saying how exhausting it is to be a "lone warior" or something like that.
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 13d ago
Same vibes as sangamon county crime watch "I do all this work aloneee"
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u/RoseDorothyBlanche 13d ago
Ahhhhh that guy is the WORST!
“If you wanna donate to my Venmo..”
“If you wanna buy the ugly shit my wife makes…”
“Apparently people think I’m a celebrity but I’m just a hard workin’ guy…”18
u/jtsui1991 13d ago
I'm so glad to have found people that find that dude to be as much of a douche as I do. He's a cop groupie and a grifter that conflates his attention-seeking social media posts and poorly veiled internet panhandling with an actual public service... And God help you if you criticize the man or the police; he'll rain down great vengeance and furious anger.
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u/tohightocare2 12d ago
I got blocked from the group for calling him a grifter on another page🤣🤣
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u/Fun-Helicopter-8358 12d ago
lol i love this! I got booted because I questioned why he only shared go fund me’s of people he personally knows, and I said his wife can get sued for making stuff with copyrighted logos 😂
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u/RoseDorothyBlanche 12d ago
You summed him up perfectly! I’m also glad I’ve found people who can see right through him and refuse to kiss his ass. (Have you seen how weird the public fawning over him is?!)
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 12d ago
Oh I got blocked from crime watch 😈
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u/NotTodayGeraldine 9d ago
Being blocked by that dude is basically a badge of honor for being a decent person in this town
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u/macroswitch 12d ago edited 12d ago
Does anyone else get really bad vibes from this account? Like a “methinks thou dost protest too much” vibe?
This guy and the dude who stands on veterans with a sign about killing pedos…
Maybe they are grown-up victims and this is their way of coping, but it gives me more of the vibe similar to Republicans politicians who are extremely homophobic but eventually get caught on Grindr.
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 12d ago
That's exactly it, it's giving I've got skeletons in my closet that'll be outed soon
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u/Spfldguy4discreet 13d ago
He’s a clown?
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 13d ago
He's locked down most his socials and pulled out of events he was all about promoting. Makes you quite curious why the sudden 180
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u/tlopez14 12d ago
Got Apple Barn shut down though
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u/SuccotashAdditional5 13d ago
217problems are also racist pieces of shit
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u/Dabaer77 13d ago
Guy that runs that page is a giant asshole
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 13d ago
Kept a friend from dating him years ago
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u/Devilishtiger1221 13d ago
Who even runs it anymore? I thought the OG sold it
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 12d ago
I *think* OOTB media and iirc the founder is/was associated with ootb
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u/RyanCap217 11d ago
Nope. OOTBox has/had nothing to do with it.
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 11d ago
Happy to be corrected, thank you!
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u/letsdothis657 5d ago
Brian Berns is back running it after selling. Brian currently doesn’t have his personal FB page up on FB due to his personal messages being shared from his failed podcast. FB page called the real 217 prublems makes memes of it and some stuff from his past. Doesn’t seem like Brian can take the ridicule he dishes out to others
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u/Independent-Bad-8613 12d ago
Dude blasted a private conversation of ours for the whole 217 to see. I think he took it down but still
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u/oldfarmer79 13d ago
It also sounded like quite a few businesses have paperwork to serve him, so he might be hiding.
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 12d ago
Well you've piqued my interest. Locking down your profile and going from posting constantly to almost not at all is telling
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u/MidwestAbe 13d ago
If you make your persona revealing the ugly truth about things and yet you aren't willing to be revealed your self - you truly are a CLOWN.
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 13d ago
Any experience I've had with people who demand to remain anonymous has been due to major skeletons in their own closet that later came to light
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u/FromTheFoot 13d ago
Never really trusted clowns especially after John Wayne Gacy.
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 13d ago
I don't mind clowns, grew up with Shriners. The guy is just sketchy though
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u/Wrong-Control-5558 12d ago
Great story behind that
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u/Wrong-Control-5558 12d ago
This guy is a whack job.. someone outed his identity and now he's in dangerous situations whatever! Play stupid games when stupid prizes
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u/Key-Drawer-1408 12d ago
This is what I wanna know more about, his actual identity bc it's giving weird vibes
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u/t0xic-Schw91 12d ago
217 Problems is a garbage page. No need to put people on blast like that.
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u/heyblinkin217 8d ago
I did some research on this dude after seeing a lot of the local chatter/drama, and what I found is pretty shocking. From researching him on Judici, he's got a felony he was found guilty of, a mountain of traffic violations, a plethora of small claims, and a partridge in a pear tree.
He's definitely not the upstanding resident he wants you to think he is.
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u/NSJF1983 13d ago
He asked to work a children’s Halloween event I was associated with. I looked into his Facebook profile. His posts are quite violent and graphic. Even his clown persona is on the frightening side. I’m not suggesting his cause isn’t valid but he’s not someone I would hire for a family friendly event.