Newark, NJ
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NJ Child Services Imposter Shows Up At Victim's Doorstep, Blasts Her With Pepper Spray: Police NJ Child Services Imposter Shows Up At Victim's Doorstep, Blasts Her With Pepper Spray: Police NJ Child Services Imposter Shows Up At Victim's Doorstep, Blasts Her With Pepper Spray: Police
NJ Child Services Imposter Shows Up At Victim's Doorstep, Blasts Her With Pepper Spray: Police A 24-year-old New Jersey woman was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Oct. 10, after she blasted a woman with pepper spray while impersonating a child protection agent, authorities said police said. On Saturday, Sept. 30, Maplewood police responded to Brown Street where a woman had received a call from Widda Deneus claiming to be from the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Maplewood police said.  After the phone call, Deneus showed up at the woman's front door and asked to come inside, police said. The woman refused since Deneus did not present any identification and was not ac…

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by Sam Barron
Newark, NJ
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Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Minor For Three Years Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Minor For Three Years Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Minor For Three Years
Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Minor For Three Years A 21-year-old Newark man was convicted of sexually assaulting a relative for three years, from the age of eight through 11, authorities said. Luis Ferino assaulted the victim in her bedroom at night when other family members were asleep, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. The girl eventually told a social worker who contacted the Division of Child Protection and Permanency and notified authorities, Stephens said. Ferino was found guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault and faces 25 years to life in state prison, Stephens said.

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by Sam Barron
Mount Vernon, NY
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Mount Vernon Schools Staffer Arrested, Banned From Property Mount Vernon Schools Staffer Arrested, Banned From Property Mount Vernon Schools Staffer Arrested, Banned From Property
Mount Vernon Schools Staffer Arrested, Banned From Property A school staff member in Westchester has been arrested and banned from stepping on district property as officials investigate his alleged inappropriate interactions with an elementary school student.  The Mount Vernon Central School District announced the arrest and ban in a statement released on Thursday, May 11, in which officials outlined that the staff member had allegedly taken part in inappropriate interactions with an elementary school student in Mount Vernon.   Once the district became aware of these allegations, they then "took immediate steps" to advise the staff me…

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by Ben Crnic
White Plains, NY
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'Institutional Misogyny': Chairwoman Resigns From Westchester BOL After Staffer Meets With Teen 'Institutional Misogyny': Chairwoman Resigns From Westchester BOL After Staffer Meets With Teen 'Institutional Misogyny': Chairwoman Resigns From Westchester BOL After Staffer Meets With Teen
'Institutional Misogyny': Chairwoman Resigns From Westchester BOL After Staffer Meets With Teen The chairwoman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators has stepped down from her position following a scandal involving a former county staffer trying to meet with a 14-year-old girl.  Catherine Borgia, who was elected to the position with a unanimous vote at the beginning of the 2022-2023 term, announced her resignation on Friday, April 28. Earlier Report - Staffer Fired For Meeting With Teen Girl Leads To 'Witch Hunt,' Westchester BOL Chair Says Numerous legislators had called for Borgia's resignation after a former staffer, identified as Anand Singh, was fired…

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by Ben Crnic
Towson, MD
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Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese
Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has released his office’s long-awaited investigative report into allegations of sexual abuse involving church leaders in Baltimore over the course of decades. On Wednesday, April 5, Brown released the redacted “Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore,” which represents the results of a four-year investigation into reports of sexual abuse and a subsequent coverup by Catholic Church officials. The report includes a list of abusers, a history of child abuse in Maryland, a summary of the cover-up, recommendations, and other informatio…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
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Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor
Dance Teacher From CT Swapped Nude Pics, Sought Meet With Bergen Minor: Prosecutor A Connecticut event planner and dance instructor known as "Glamorous Piti" was arrested and charged with exchanging pornographic images and having sexually explicit chats with an underage student in Bergen County. Edison Bueno-Tenempaguay, 28, of Danbury has been held in the Bridgeport, CT Correctional Center, pending extradition to New Jersey, since his arrest last Friday, March 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit earlier this month “received information that a child from Bergen County was being engaged in conversations on social me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Waldorf, MD
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Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff
Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Police say that an adult man from Prince George's County who posed as a teenager to seduce a 13-year-old girl he met online has been charged with rape in Charles County. Khordero Christian Hemphill, 25, is in custody on Wednesday, Feb. 22 following an investigation into a reported rape involving a teenager last week in Waldorf. According to investigators, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 13-year-old girl reported a rape that had happened days earlier in the 5300 block of Woodgate Lane in Waldorf involving an adult - later identified as Hemphill - she met on the Internet who claimed that purported…

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by Zak Failla
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner 5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner 5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner
5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner A child in her pajamas was found alone and shivering on a busy Hasbrouck Heights street corner Friday morning, authorities said. Officers responding to multiple calls on Jan. 27 found the unaccompanied 5-year-old at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Terrace Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights Police Lt. John A. Behr said. "She was cold but otherwise OK," he said. Neighbors emerged from their homes to point them to the child's home, the lieutenant said. Her father arrived at the home a short time later, he said. Detectives were dispatched to the home, collected information and forwarded it to the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Chester, PA
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Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors
Coach At PA Christian Youth Center Accused Of Raping Teen, Soliciting Sex, Nudes From Minors A basketball coach at a Christian youth center in Pennsylvania was arrested after he allegedly raped a teenager and solicited sex and nude photos from other minors, authorities said. Ameer Sutton-Best, 31, of Parkesburg, who volunteered at the Parkesburg Point Youth Center this summer, has been charged with rape, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Sutton-Best began on Aug. 10, when the faith-based center contacted Parkesburg police, accusing him of having "sexual co…

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by Nicole Acosta
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack
Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends Nsfw Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Elementary schools across the US are urging parents to not open the messages on the Seesaw app after an apparent hack sent out "inappropriate" images starting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.  "The platform was hacked and is experiencing a nationwide issue where some school district families and teachers were receiving links/URLs to inappropriate images," officials at a Schodock elementary school in New York said on its website.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seesaw (@seesawlearning) Most schools are simply asking parents and guard…

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by Jillian Pikora
Torrington, CT
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New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School
New Details Emerge Into Allegations Of Unreported Abuse At CT Elementary School The arrest report for a Connecticut teacher accused of sexually abusing young female students reveals that as many as 13 victims had reported the teacher's alleged actions to the principal or other authorities for several years. News of the Litchfield County teacher's actions became public on Tuesday, Aug. 23, with the arrest of three employees and a former administrator, for failing to report abuse by a former Plymouth Center School teacher, James Eschert, a Hartford County resident. Those arrested were: Chrystal Collins, age 59, of Bristol Rebecca Holleran, age 47, of Bristol Sherri Tur…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lower Paxton, PA
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6-Year-Old Girl Raped 'On At Least Two Occasions,' Pennsylvania State Police Say 6-Year-Old Girl Raped 'On At Least Two Occasions,' Pennsylvania State Police Say 6-Year-Old Girl Raped 'On At Least Two Occasions,' Pennsylvania State Police Say
6-Year-Old Girl Raped 'On At Least Two Occasions,' Pennsylvania State Police Say 29-year-old man raped a 6-year-old girl at least two times, Pennsylvania state police allege.  Cody Alan Jones of Williamstown was accused by the girl of sexual abuse, and "investigative efforts were undertaken which revealed that Jones sexually assaulted the victim on at least two occasions from July to August 2022," state police say. The Dauphin County district attorney’s office and the state police's Child Abuse Protective Unit approved the following 14 criminal charges against Jones: nine felonies for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent ass…

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by Jillian Pikora