Creep Caught Taking Inappropriate Photos Of 13-Year-Old At Potomac Mills Mall, Police Say Creep Caught Taking Inappropriate Photos Of 13-Year-Old At Potomac Mills Mall, Police Say
Creep Caught Taking Inappropriate Photos Of 13-Year-Old At Potomac Mills Mall, Police Say A man is being sought after he was caught crouching down and taking inappropriate photos of a 13-year-old girl inside a store at Potomac Mills Mall, according to Prince William County Police. Officers responded at 12:32 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, to Miniso, located inside the mall at 2700 Potomac Mills Circle in Woodbridge, to investigate a report of unlawful filming. Police said the young girl was shopping with her family when an unknown man was seen crouching and snapping photos of her. There was no physical contact between the man and the girl, according to the department. Store securi…
‘To Catch A Predator’ Sting: 16 Men Arrested In Virginia Trying To Meet Minors For Sex: Police ‘To Catch A Predator’ Sting: 16 Men Arrested In Virginia Trying To Meet Minors For Sex: Police
‘To Catch A Predator’ Sting: 16 Men Arrested In Virginia Trying To Meet Minors For Sex: Police Sixteen men — including suspects from Virginia, Maryland, and Canada — were busted in a months-long undercover sting targeting online predators in Fairfax County, police announced. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Child Exploitation Unit (CEXU) wrapped up the operation this week, arresting 16 suspects who allegedly arranged to meet minors for sex after chatting with undercover officers online, officials said. The men — ages 20 to 65 — showed up in the county, or planned to, expecting to commit sex acts with children. Instead, they were met by detectives from CEXU and t…
School Employee In Arlington Had Inappropriate Contact With Student, Police Say School Employee In Arlington Had Inappropriate Contact With Student, Police Say
School Employee In Arlington Had Inappropriate Contact With Student, Police Say A school employee in Virginia is facing charges — and now police seek additional victims — for engaging in a relationship with a young student, officials say. Rene Alfredo Escobar Jr., 31, of Arlington, an Instructional Assistant assigned to Washington-Liberty High School, was the subject of an investigation launched in late May, resulting in his arrest this week, police say. According to the Arlington Police Department, Escobar had inappropriate contact, both online and in person, with a juvenile female student.  On Tuesday, July 1, Escobar was arrested and charged with contribu…
West Babylon Dad Drove Drunk With 7-Year-Old In Car, Left Motorcyclist Critically Hurt: Police West Babylon Dad Drove Drunk With 7-Year-Old In Car, Left Motorcyclist Critically Hurt: Police
West Babylon Dad Drove Drunk With 7-Year-Old In Car, Left Motorcyclist Critically Hurt: Police A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk with his 7-year-old son in the car and fleeing the scene of a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist, Suffolk County Police said. Robert Graganella, 43, of West Babylon, was behind the wheel of a 2011 Nissan Murano when he rear-ended a 2015 Yamaha R3 motorcycle on Route 109 eastbound at Straight Path in West Babylon around 2:22 a.m. Sunday, June 29, according to police. The motorcycle was being operated by a 23-year-old, who suffered serious injuries in the crash and was taken to a nearby hospital. Graganella fled the scene,…
Mom Left 1-Month-Old, 8-Year-Old Sweating In Locked Car Outside Naugatuck Walmart: Police Mom Left 1-Month-Old, 8-Year-Old Sweating In Locked Car Outside Naugatuck Walmart: Police
Mom Left 1-Month-Old, 8-Year-Old Sweating In Locked Car Outside Naugatuck Walmart: Police A routine shopping trip turned into a desperate rescue outside a Connecticut Walmart when shoppers spotted a 1-month-old and an 8-year-old locked in a hot car, police said. Talita Sonia De Carvalho Silva, 30, of Naugatuck, is facing multiple felony charges after the harrowing incident on Wednesday, June 25, police said. Temperatures that day hit a high of 91 degrees, according to Accuweather.  Shoppers at the Naugatuck Walmart noticed the children inside the vehicle after the car alarm started blaring. The 8-year-old was screaming and desperately trying to escape, police said. Both ch…
Six Virginia Toddlers Drown In Pools Since Memorial Day, State Health Officials Warn Six Virginia Toddlers Drown In Pools Since Memorial Day, State Health Officials Warn
Six Virginia Toddlers Drown In Pools Since Memorial Day, State Health Officials Warn Six young children have drowned in Virginia swimming pools since Memorial Day — and the summer has barely started, health officials say. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) confirmed that six children under the age of five have died in swimming pool drownings across the state since late May, exceeding the total number of young child pool deaths in each of the last three years. “We join with the families and communities grieving the loss of these young lives,” said State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton, MD. “These numbers are heartbreaking. Swimming and playing in pools can be fun, pa…
Missing Child Found Alive 1,000 Miles Home Year Later In Routine East Hartford Traffic Stop Missing Child Found Alive 1,000 Miles Home Year Later In Routine East Hartford Traffic Stop
Missing Child Found Alive 1,000 Miles Home Year Later In Routine East Hartford Traffic Stop A child who vanished from Georgia more than a year ago has been safely found in Connecticut after a traffic stop unraveled a disturbing case of custody interference, authorities said.  The child’s mother, who did not have legal custody, fled with the child during a scheduled visit on October 23, 2023, violating a court order from Cobb County, Georgia, according to the US Marshals Service. Authorities say she refused to return the child even after the court demanded it, instead claiming she was a sovereign citizen who “did not recognize the decision of the court," the marshals said…
Penn State Professor Accused Of Stalking Family, Watching 4-Year-Old Through Window: Affidavit Penn State Professor Accused Of Stalking Family, Watching 4-Year-Old Through Window: Affidavit
Penn State Professor Accused Of Stalking Family, Watching 4-Year-Old Through Window: Affidavit A Penn State biology professor is accused of stalking a State College family—including their 4-year-old child—by repeatedly lurking outside their apartment and watching them through their windows, Patton Township police said in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, June 25. Anoop Narayanan, 50, was arrested on Saturday night, June 15, after the family caught him crouching outside their Toftrees Avenue home just before 10 p.m., according to the affidavit of probable cause. The victim told police he'd installed a surveillance camera specifically to capture Narayanan’s behavior…
Baby Kicked In Head By Cow In Lancaster County, Rushed To Hospital: PSP Baby Kicked In Head By Cow In Lancaster County, Rushed To Hospital: PSP
Baby Kicked In Head By Cow In Lancaster County, Rushed To Hospital: PSP A baby was hospitalized after being kicked in the head by a cow in Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday evening, June 24. Troopers say the one-and-a-half-year-old was injured on the 200 block of Esbenshade Road around 5:30 p.m. and rushed to Lancaster General Health with major trauma. Dispatchers had initially reported the child was kicked in the head by the animal. The extent of the baby’s injuries has not been released. The incident remains under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police.
Woodbridge Mom Found Drunk, Asleep As 1-Year-Old Daughter Wanders Alone Outside, Police Say Woodbridge Mom Found Drunk, Asleep As 1-Year-Old Daughter Wanders Alone Outside, Police Say
Woodbridge Mom Found Drunk, Asleep As 1-Year-Old Daughter Wanders Alone Outside, Police Say A Virginia mother was arrested after police say she passed out inside a mobile home while her 1-year-old daughter was found wandering alone outside. Yudeyky Selena Chavez-Ruiz, 22, was charged with felony child neglect after officers responded to a call around 7:35 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, at the Bel Air Mobile Home Park in the 1800 block of Bel Air Road in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Police said the toddler was found unsupervised outside the home, with no guardian in sight. Officers entered the residence and found Chavez-Ruiz "intoxicated and sle…
Maryland Parents Ditched Baby In Hotel Room To Drink At Waterfront Bar, Sheriff Says Maryland Parents Ditched Baby In Hotel Room To Drink At Waterfront Bar, Sheriff Says
Maryland Parents Ditched Baby In Hotel Room To Drink At Waterfront Bar, Sheriff Says Two Maryland parents are facing charges after they left their 1-year-old child alone in a hotel room so they could go drinking at a waterfront bar in Grasonville, according to the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the Hilton Garden Inn in Grasonville around 9:33 p.m. on Monday, June 16, for a report of child left behind, officials said.  A hotel employee told deputies that James Grant, of Laurel, and Carrie Zauner, of Columbia, had left their child alone in the room while they went out to The Jetty Restaurant and Dock Bar. Deputies went to the bar and found…
7-Year-Old Found In Drunk Driver's Car In I-87 Traffic Stop In Woodbury: Police 7-Year-Old Found In Drunk Driver's Car In I-87 Traffic Stop In Woodbury: Police
7-Year-Old Found In Drunk Driver's Car In I-87 Traffic Stop In Woodbury: Police A drunk driver was caught with a young child in his car on Interstate 87 in Orange County while on the way home from a family gathering, police said.  The arrest happened on Saturday, June 14 on Interstate 87 in Woodbury, New York State Police announced on Friday, June 20. A trooper on patrol found a gray 2019 Nissan Rogue pulled over near Central Valley. The driver, 54-year-old Carlos A. Mejia of Newburgh, was standing outside the vehicle, police said, also adding that an adult and a 7-year-old girl were also inside.   While speaking with Mejia, the trooper smelled alcohol …