Undercover PA Man Helps Catch 9 Alleged Predators Attempting To Lure Children Using Dating Apps
A group of alleged child predators were apprehended by police in connection with a scheme to meet up with minors they meet via dating apps on Tuesday, according to police.
The accused, allegedly thought they were talking to children on dating apps and were trying to meet up for sex, according to police.
Musa Harris, 41, who calls himself the "Luzerne County Predator Catcher,” is not a police officer, but he messages people on dating apps claiming to be underage, police say.
This is something Harris, a father with a young child, has been doing full-time since March 2020, according to an …
PA Woman Bound With Duct Tape In Bathtub, Beaten With Hammer, Police Say
A man is accused of duct-taping his girlfriend into a bathtub and beating her with a hammer, according to police in Luzerne County.
Matthew Nelson, 28, of Wilkes Barre, is accused of taping a woman, placing her into a bathtub and repeatedly hitting her with a hammer, as first reported by cbs21.
The woman somehow got free, fled from the apartment she shared with Nelson, as he chased her with a hammer, smashing her car windows.
She made it to a police station and reported what happened on Sunday.
She had marks and bruising from the “hammer attack” on her wrists, ankle, arm, and an…
Authorities ID 3 NJ Men Killed In PA Crash
Authorities have identified the three New Jersey men who died in a Pennsylvania crash over the weekend.
Nicholas Nissen, 24, of South Amboy, and Joseph Riggio, 30, of Parlin, were pronounced dead at the scene, Carbon County Coroner Robert W. Miller Jr. told Lehigh Valley Live.
Michael Guezara, 31, of Bayonne, died at Geisinger Medical Center in Luzerne County, the coroner said.
Nissen was the only one wearing a seatbelt, authorities said.
The three men were traveling in a 2018 Toyota Camry driven by Morris Plains resident Bryan Nissen, 30, police previously said.
Nissen was heading north…
Teen Accused Of Raping Minor Numerous Times In Hudson Valley
A teen who used to live in the Hudson Valley is facing charges for allegedly raping a minor repeatedly, New York State Police announced.
Cameron McEwen, age 19, a former Orange County resident now living in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Monday, June 21, and charged with rape, coercion, sexual misconduct, and endangering the welfare of a child following an “extensive investigation.”
Police said that the investigation determined that in December 2020, McEwen allegedly coerced and raped a minor “numerous times” while living in Middletown.
The investigation into McEwen led to th…
PA Bar Association President Resigns, Ex-Con Prostitute Charged Following Extortion Incident
The 2020-2021 President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association has resigned following a prostitution charge.
David Eric Schwager, 53, a Luzerne County attorney, was slapped with a misdemeanor prostitution charge, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 15, according to online docket sheets.
The prostitute, Emily Merth, 25, apparently threatened to post a video of Schwager's sexual encounter with him if she didn't get more money from him, the Times Leader reports.
Merth, who has previous prostitution conviction out of Lehigh County, was charged with promoting prostitution, theft …
Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’
UPDATE: A heavily-armed fugitive who held tactical officers at bay for nearly seven hours at a Secaucus hotel told police that he was “prepared for war” and “ready to die,” the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said Monday.
ATF agents charged Rahim Harris, 42, of Maplewood, with being a convicted felon in possession of weapons and ammo, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
His wife, Haneefha White, 39, of Pottsville, PA, who was with him, is charged with aiding and abetting the possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Authorities said they found eight loaded wea…
