Hackensack, NJ
Business
Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi
Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi Starbucks is rolling out a new tool that it says will help prevent customers from watching porn in its stores sometime next year. "To ensure the Third Place remains safe and welcoming to all, we have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our US locations in 2019," a Starbucks representative told Business Insider. The move comes after years of pressure from a petition launched by internet safety group Enough is Enough, which had garnered more than 26,000 signatures as of Wednesday. The organization's CEO, Donna …

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by Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting
Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting A state Division of Child Protection and Permanency worker shot and killed herself in her Paramus office Monday morning, authorities said. Responding to the 9:45 a.m. call, Paramus Emergency Medical Services took the 57-year-old victim from the Frisch Court office building just off Route 4 to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The agency -- formerly known as the Division of Youth & Family Services (DYFS) -- is responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect and, if necessary, arranging f…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting
Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting A state Division of Child Protection and Permanency worker shot and killed herself in her Paramus office Monday morning, authorities said. Responding to the 9:45 a.m. call, Paramus Emergency Medical Services took the 57-year-old victim from the Frisch Court office building just off Route 4 to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The agency -- formerly known as the Division of Youth & Family Services (DYFS) -- is responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect and, if necessary, arranging f…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco
White Plains, NY
News
Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families
Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families County Executive George Latimer has offered Westchester's Department of Social Services to assist the federal government reunite children currently housed in local facilities with their families. Under state law, county Departments of Social Services (DSS) are required to have plans and systems to return children separated from family and relatives if they have been removed from a parent or parents. On Monday, June 25, Latimer, a Democrat from Rye, said: “The Westchester County Department of Social Services, as part of its child protection mission, has the ability to link children up with…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
News
CT Man Pleads Guilty To Child Exploitation CT Man Pleads Guilty To Child Exploitation
CT Man Pleads Guilty To Child Exploitation A 78-year-old Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to attempting to solicit sexual activity from teenage girls on Facebook. Waterbury resident Harry Bright - also known as “Buddy Bright,” pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of obscene matter to a minor in federal court on Thursday, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced. According to court documents and statements made in court, in November last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contacted Homeland Security Investigations to report that they had been notified…

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by Zak Failla
Yonkers, NY
News
Sex Offender Reports Move To Yonkers From New Rochelle Sex Offender Reports Move To Yonkers From New Rochelle
Sex Offender Reports Move To Yonkers From New Rochelle A registered sex offender charged with raping a teenage girl has reported an address change in Westchester County. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert on Thursday to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 67-year-old Lee Scott, who has moved from New Rochelle to a residence on Hudson Street in Yonkers. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Scott a Level 3 threat, which means he is a “high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety.” According to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Scott raped a 13-year-ol…

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