Brookfield, CT
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Man Arranged To Have Sex With 13-Year-Old From Fairfield County, Police Say Man Arranged To Have Sex With 13-Year-Old From Fairfield County, Police Say Man Arranged To Have Sex With 13-Year-Old From Fairfield County, Police Say
Man Arranged To Have Sex With 13-Year-Old From Fairfield County, Police Say A man has been apprehended after arriving in Connecticut believing he was going to be having sex with a child, police announced. Detectives in Fairfield County from the Greenwich Police Department’s Special Victims Section had been engaged for several weeks in an internet undercover sexual predator investigation. The suspect believed one of the detectives was a 13-year old girl and began extensive conversations which included him sending explicit text messages indicating specific sex acts he wanted to engage with what he believed was a juvenile child, said police.&n…

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by Joe Lombardi
Rivertowns, NY
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COVID-19: Alert Issued For Child Tax Credit Payment Scams COVID-19: Alert Issued For Child Tax Credit Payment Scams COVID-19: Alert Issued For Child Tax Credit Payment Scams
Covid-19: Alert Issued For Child Tax Credit Payment Scams Opportunistic fraudsters have taken advantage of some consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, this time targeting child tax credit payments that have been sent out to assist families. The IRS recently issued an alert after it began sending tens of millions of dollars to families, though scammers have been attempting to pull a fast one over on some to steal thousands of dollars in federal benefits. According to the IRS, scammers have been reaching out to families using emails, text messages, and through social media, asking to verify personal information to receive the child tax credit payme…

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by Zak Failla
Lancaster, PA
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GUILTY! Pennsylvania Man Kidnapped Girl, 13, From Indiana GUILTY! Pennsylvania Man Kidnapped Girl, 13, From Indiana GUILTY! Pennsylvania Man Kidnapped Girl, 13, From Indiana
Guilty! Pennsylvania Man Kidnapped Girl, 13, From Indiana UPDATE: Howland has been sentenced to a maximum of 105 years in prison, click here to read more about his sentencing. ORIGINAL:  A Lancaster County man has been found guilty for the Dec. 2020 kidnapping of a girl from her home in Indiana, according to court documents and a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Andrew E. Howland, 39, lured the girl from her home after pursuing her online, according to police. The young accuser testified during the three-day long trial, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. During her testimon…

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by Jillian Pikora
Brookfield, CT
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Fairfield County Man Arrested For Attempting To Entice Minor To Have Sex, Police Say Fairfield County Man Arrested For Attempting To Entice Minor To Have Sex, Police Say Fairfield County Man Arrested For Attempting To Entice Minor To Have Sex, Police Say
Fairfield County Man Arrested For Attempting To Entice Minor To Have Sex, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to entice a juvenile to engage in sexual activity. Rashad Tao Salaam, age 41, of Bridgeport, was apprehended on Friday, Aug. 13, by Greenwich Police following a weeklong investigation, authorities said. The department was made aware that an adult who was sending inappropriate text messages to a 13-year-old child, said Greenwich Police Capt. Mark Zuccerella. During the course of the investigation, detectives from the  Special Victims Section posed as the juvenile victim.  The suspect, aware that the origi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lakewood, NJ
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Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges
Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Arrested By FBI On Child Porn Charges A New Jersey state wrestling champion and coach who made national headlines when he revealed that he’s gay was arrested by the FBI Wednesday on child porn charges, federal authorities said. Alec Donovan, 24, of Brick Township also used an app to “solicit and engage in conversations with minors, including requesting nude photographs from the minors and sending nude photographs to them,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Donovan, who records show has coached at the Shorething Wrestling Club in Lakewood, “sent three videos containing images of child sexual abuse and received two vide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Hookup Turns To Robbery After Leonia Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date' Hookup Turns To Robbery After Leonia Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date' Hookup Turns To Robbery After Leonia Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date'
Hookup Turns To Robbery After Leonia Man Is Drugged By Online 'Date' A Leonia man was set up by a woman who met him online, drugged him at his home and then robbed him with help from two other men, authorities said. Katherine Berg, 32, of Paterson went to the victim’s Grand Avenue home in the early morning hours of June 26 and slipped him a drug that knocked him out, Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. A medical call brought police around 11 a.m. the next day, the chief said. A family member had found the 30-something victim with “numerous injuries and no memory of what had occurred,” Tamagny said. More than 24 hours had passed and the victim was immediately…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Man Charged With Kidnapping After Missing NY 15-Year-Old Found In Virginia Man Charged With Kidnapping After Missing NY 15-Year-Old Found In Virginia Man Charged With Kidnapping After Missing NY 15-Year-Old Found In Virginia
Man Charged With Kidnapping After Missing NY 15-Year-Old Found In Virginia A man is facing kidnapping charges after allegedly taking a 15-year-old Long Island boy he met online out of state. Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances during which the missing special needs boy was found in Virginia early on Wednesday, June 30. The boy was reported missing by his family on Tuesday, June 29 at approximately 1:30 p.m., after he was last seen leaving his home at 11:30 a.m., police said.  Following an investigation, detectives determined the boy had been communicating with a 20-year-old man residing in Tennessee through an ins…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges
Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges A North Arlington electrician chatting with a 14-year-old girl online was arrested on child porn charges Thursday in Paramus, authorities announced. Omar Orozco, 52, of North Arlington, obtained naked photos of the girl and sent her some of himself while talking on several social media platforms, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. A search of Orozco's Riverview Avenue home was executed Thursday, after a months-long investigation conducted under the direction of Chief Jason Love. Orozco was arrested in Paramus on charges of child pornography production, endangering the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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GOTCHA! NJ Citizens Posing As Minors Bust Men Trying To Lure Boys Online, Police Say GOTCHA! NJ Citizens Posing As Minors Bust Men Trying To Lure Boys Online, Police Say GOTCHA! NJ Citizens Posing As Minors Bust Men Trying To Lure Boys Online, Police Say
Gotcha! NJ Citizens Posing As Minors Bust Men Trying To Lure Boys Online, Police Say Men from Atlantic City, NJ and Chester County, PA were busted by concerned citizens posing as minors trying to lure boys online, authorities said Tuesday. The concerned citizens posed as underage children on various social media sites and confronted the two men before notifying local law enforcement, ACPD spokesman Lt. Kevin Fair said. Officers on Saturday responded to the 2400 block of Formicas Way on a report that Robert Catalano, 58, of Atlantic City attempted to lure a child to engage in sexual contact, Fair said. The concerned citizens provided officers with screen shots and detailed …

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by Jon Craig
Englewood, NJ
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TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14
TO Catch A Predator: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. WARNING: The video contains profanity and descriptions of sexual situations. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the auth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Danbury, CT
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Police Investigating 'Computer-Generated' Threat At High School In Fairfield County Police Investigating 'Computer-Generated' Threat At High School In Fairfield County Police Investigating 'Computer-Generated' Threat At High School In Fairfield County
Police Investigating 'Computer-Generated' Threat At High School In Fairfield County Police are investigating a threatening phone call made to a. Fairfield County high school that caused the school to cancel after-school activities. The incident took place around 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, when Trumbull Police investigated an incident at Trumbull High School where a phone call was made to high school staff threatening the safety of the school, said Lt. Brian Weir. Trumbull High School staff were also made aware of these threats so they took precautions to secure the school and assist police with the investigation, Weir said. The threat was left on an administr…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brookfield, CT
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Silver Alert Issued For Girl Who's Gone Missing In Fairfield County Silver Alert Issued For Girl Who's Gone Missing In Fairfield County Silver Alert Issued For Girl Who's Gone Missing In Fairfield County
Silver Alert Issued For Girl Who's Gone Missing In Fairfield County A Silver Alert has been issued after a 12-year-old girl went missing in Fairfield County. Evelyn Santos-Oliveira was last seen on Saturday, Oct. 31 at her residence in Bridgeport, police said. She is 5-foot-5, 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. The photo above of Santos-Oliveira wearing a brown coat is the most recent image of her, Bridgeport Police said. She was believed to be wearing a white-and-black dress with flowers at the time of her disappearance. Police say a silver vehicle arrived at Santos-Oliveira's house during the time period she went missing. The car is believed…

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