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Fredericksburg, VA
News
Virginia ‘Reaper’ Who Made Teen Girl Carve His Name Into Her Leg Learns Prison Fate
A 26-year-old Virginia man who was the leader in an online group that cyber stalked and terrorized young girls online will spend years in federal prison, authorities announced. Evan Strauss, of Moneta, who goes by the monikers "Reaper" and Kobe Deonsons" was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 1 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to stalking and child pornography offenses last year. The charges stem from a toxic relationship he formed online with a 17-year-old girl from Wyoming, whom he harassed and controlled for months. The minor—identified in court documents only as Minor A—was t…
Harrisburg, PA
News
‘What Is Wrong With People?’ Sister Of Missing PA Woman Katlyn Harp Fires Back At Critics
A 33-year-old Columbia County woman vanished from her home last Thursday, and state police have launched an extensive investigation using drones, dogs, and specialized search teams. Katlyn Harp was last seen at her home on Fairview Drive in Hemlock Township, near Bloomsburg, around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2025, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday, June 27. Harp is described as a white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. Police are calling this a “very active investigation” and confirmed that PSP’s Aviation Unit, K-9 teams, SERT (Special Emergency Response Team), Drone Te…
Northampton, MA
News
‘Track And Field Bully’ Heckled Gabby Thomas During Race — Now He’s Banned From FanDuel
The braggadocious sports bettor who boasted about heckling Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas during a recent event in Philadelphia has been banned by FanDuel, according to reports. Last weekend, a heckler who described himself as "The Track and Field Bully" in his Twitter bio, bragged that he made Thomas lose by heckling her, "and it made my parlay win," in a post accompanied by a photo of the win. ESPN first reported the bettor had been banned by FanDuel. Not the Slam results I hoped for, but when you race as often as I do, you can’t win em all. On the bright side, this is t…
Hackensack, NJ
News
NY Rep Urges Capitol Police To Probe Anti-Israel Activist After 'If You're Still Alive' Warning
Congressman Ritchie Torres says a chilling social media post from a pro-intifada activist has left him fearing for his safety—and his family's. The Bronx Democrat on Tuesday, May 27, called on the U.S. Capitol Police to investigate Guy Christensen, as reported by the NY Post. Torres spoke out on X after Christensen, a 19-year-old anti-Israel activist believed to be from Cranberry Township, PA, said that his support for Israel “will haunt [his] family for eternity,” adding, “if you’re alive..." How does an elected official become a millionaire off of AIPAC?Ritchie Torres NY-15 did it.All…
Morris Plains, NJ
News
'Gladly Go To Prison:' Morris County Man Admits Threats After Commentator’s Rabbi Remarks
A Morris County man admitted to threatening to kill a political commentator in an online video and group message, federal officials said. Haim Braverman, 47, of Morris Plains, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to transmitting threats in interstate commerce, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced Tuesday, May 6. He entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin. Sentencing is set for Sept. 15, 2025. According to court documents, Braverman posted a video on or about Sept. 10, 2024, in which he threatened a political commentator while holding a bat. “You’ll get what’s coming to yo…
Fairfield, CT
News
Minnesota Mom Who Called Autistic Boy Racial Slur Raises Over $600K After Viral Video
A Minnesota mother who admitted to calling a 5-year-old autistic boy a racial slur in a viral video has raised more than $600,000 in online donations after claiming she feared for her life because of threats and harassment. Shiloh Hendrix identified herself as the woman in the widely circulated video, which was filmed last week at a park in Rochester, Minnesota. In a GiveSendGo fundraising campaign, she said she feared retaliation and sought public support. Hundreds of donors have contributed, helping her raise over half of her $1 million goal. "I am so grateful to all of you who have donat…
Middletown, NJ
Business
Young Lincroft Restaurant Owner Says She's Getting Death Threats Amid Italian Food Feud
What started as a battle over pasta and pizza in a Monmouth County shopping plaza has turned into a full-blown war, complete with death threats, online attacks, and a legal showdown. A lawsuit, filed earlier this month by Luigi’s Famous Pizza, claims their lease agreement gives them the exclusive right to serve certain Italian dishes in the Lincroft Shopping Center. While the suit names Tatum’s Table, owned by 21-year-old Tatum Menake, it targets the landlord—accusing them of allowing another tenant to sell prohibited food items. Despite this, Menake has been caught in the crossfire—…
Newtown, CT
News
Alex Jones Sues Sandy Hook Families In Fight To Keep Control of Media Empire: Report
In a case that reads like dark satire itself, Alex Jones is suing the comedy website The Onion and the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre claiming they colluded to buy his right-wing conspiracy theory show "InfoWars" in a bankruptcy auction, reports said. Lawyers for Jones, who owes a $1.5 billion judgment to Sandy Hook families after spreading false claims that the 2012 school shooting was a hoax, argued in court documents that The Onion's winning $1.75 million bid was "flagrantly non-compliant" and designed to "rig the process," according to NPR. Earlier Report: Back…
Bloomfield, CT
News
Racist Texts Sent To CT Students, Kids Across Country Promises Return Of Slavery
Students in Connecticut were not spared a racist text message that has been received by children across the country threatening to put Black and Brown men and women into plantation slavery under the Donald Trump administration. Authorities in Bloomfield in Hartford County posted a statement on Facebook saying the school system condemns "any and all forms of racism, prejudice, or hate within our community." Racist language, behavior, and rhetoric have no place in Bloomfield, and we are committed to ensuring that every member of our community feels safe, valued, and respected. In c…
Fairfield, CT
Schools
Fairfield Student Pulls Knife On Bullies In Retaliation Over Abuse: Police
Five teens were arrested this week after one of the children, fed up with being bullied, pulled knives against the four others, police said. Fairfield Police said a video circulating online shows the result of an "ongoing verbal harassment and bullying" campaign by four Fairfield kids against another middle school student. Fairfield Public Schools Superintendent Michael Testani said in an email that the incident involved Roger Ludlowe Middle School students and took place on Thursday night, Oct. 3. The incident happened off of school grounds. In the video, the alle…
Fredericksburg, VA
Politics
VA Man Who Made Thousands Of Posts Threatening VP Kamala Harris, Barack Obama Indicted: Feds
A 66-year-old Virginia man who made thousands of posts and replies online threatening outgoing President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other elected officials has been indicted, federal authorities announced on Thursday. Winchester resident Frank Lucio Carilllo was indicted on federal charges in Virginia after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him with making online threats to kill, kidnap, or injure Harris and former President Barack Obama. “Open political discourse is a cornerstone of our American experience," US Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh previously stat…
Chambersburg, PA
News
Chambersburg Man Sextorted Woman After Snapchat Hacks:
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A 25-year-old Chambersburg man has been sentenced in connection with the hacking of women's Snapchat accounts and subsequent sextorting of them, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday, Aug. 1. Reginald "Reggie" Adams was sentenced to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release by Senior United States District Court Judge Michael Baylson "for hacking into numerous social media accounts and circulating the victims’ private photographs," United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero detailed in the release. Adams had previously pleaded guilty to wir…
West Chester, PA
Schools
TikTokers Make Fake Accounts Impersonating PA School Staff, District Says
Great Valley Middle School students made phony TikTok profiles impersonating their teachers, the school district said in a statement on Sunday, July 7. "I reiterate my disappointment and sadness that our students’ behavior has caused such duress for our staff," wrote Superintendent Daniel F. Goffredo. "Seeing GVSD in such a prominent place in the news for behavior like this is also disheartening," he said, referring to a New York Times article on the incident. The Times report claimed the students posted "disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos" across 22 accounts…
Elizabeth, NJ
Schools
Hulk Hogan's Attorney Representing Westfield Student Filing AI Nude Photo Lawsuit
The family of a high school student from Westfield has filed a lawsuit against her peer who allegedly made A.I. nude images of her and shared them with classmates. The lawsuit was filed after the student and her family found out no criminal charges were to be filed against the defendant in the suit and other witnesses did not cooperate with police, according to the complaint. The plaintiffs are asking $150,000 for each image that was disseminated. The student is represented by Shane Vogt, a Florida based litigator, whose clients have included Hulk Hogan and Sarah Palin, and Joh…
Amherst, MA
News
'Zoom Bombing' Disrupts Western Mass City Council Meeting; Leaders Look To Block Trolls: Report
A standard city council meeting last week in Hampshire County was upended by "Zoom bombing" trolls and antisemites who spewed hateful and offensive comments. Northampton city councilors have spent the last week looking for solutions to fight back for their meeting on Thursday, Nov. 9, reports said. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that the Nov. 2 Northampton City Council meeting was set to discuss typical city governance issues, but things took a dark turn when leaders opened the floor for public comments. Several people signed up to speak to the board via Zoom. Th…
White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds
A 33-year-old man faces federal charges after sending bomb threats to over 150 school districts, synagogues, airports, hospitals, and malls in several states, including New York and Connecticut, officials announced. Peru resident Eddie Manuel Nunez Santos, age 33, was arrested by Peruvian authorities on Tuesday, Sept. 26 after allegedly placing a string of bomb threats in New York, Connecticut, Arizona, and Alaska in retaliation against teenage girls for them refusing to send him sexually explicit photos, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced. A…
Bedford, NY
News
Man Charged With Enticing 15-Year-Old Boy Over Internet In Katonah: Feds
A 40-year-old man faces at least a decade in prison for allegedly enticing a 15-year-old boy into engaging in sexual activity with him in Northern Westchester, federal officials said. John Lord, age 40, of Sedona, Arizona, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 30, and charged with coercing a minor to engage in sexual activity with him in Katonah, the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York announced. According to federal officials, on the day of Lord's arrest, he sent text messages to a 15-year-old boy whom he had met and communicated with on an online application askin…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Deer Park Man Accused Of Stalking Several Women For Years
A Long Island man has been accused of stalking several women online and on the phone over the last three years. Joseph Mathews, age 49, of Deer Park, was arrested just after 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, and was charged with four counts of stalking, a second-degree felony. Four women separately contacted police reporting they received sexually inappropriate phone calls and messages from an unknown man dating back to April 2020, Suffolk County Police said. Following an investigation, Suffolk County PD Fifth Precinct Crime Section officers said they de…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced
A Long Island man was sentenced to time behind bars and now must register as a sex offender for creating and sharing "deepfaked" sexually explicit content of women when they were underage. Seaford resident Patrick Carey, age 22, will serve six months in jail and spend 10 years on probation for publishing this information, as well as encouraging others to harass those whose pictures he uploaded, the Nassau County District Attorney announced on Tuesday, April 18. The charges against Carey allege that from September 2019 to just a few hours before his arrest in September 2021, he took images o…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
'Sexual Predator' Gets 12 Years For Blackmailing Massachusetts Teen Into Send Nudes: Feds
A 33-year-old Chicago man who bullied a 16-year-old Massachusetts girl into sending him nude photos and then threatened to release them to her friends and family if she didn't give him more will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities said. Ernesto Herrera, who pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor in August, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Friday, Fed. 24, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Herrera reached out to the victim from an anonymous phone number through a social media app in June 2020 and manipulate…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
MontCo Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police
A Montgomery County man sits in a Bucks jail cell after police say he sexually harassed a teen online. Louis Tran, 34, of Pottstown, is charged with sexual abuse of children, harassment, criminal use of a communications facility, and related counts, said the Plumstead Police Department in a statement. Investigators say Tran harassed a 13-year-old girl by sending inappropriate messages on social media and calling repeatedly on Facetime. Police said the 34-year-old requested the victim send explicit photographs "on multiple occasions." In one of the video calls, the department sa…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Stalker Followed, Spied On Bucks Woman For 6 Years, DA Says
A Hatfield man who had stalked and harassed a Bucks County woman for over six years is going to jail, authorities say. Andrew D. Gold, 33, was convicted at trial in August and sentenced to 1-2 years plus 12 years probation at a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 3, said Deputy District Attorney Brittney Kern in a statement. According to evidence reviewed in court, Gold first made contact with the unnamed victim in 2015 — approaching her in public and trying to strike up a conversation. That proved fruitless for the stalker, who began making unwanted contact with the v…
Quincy, MA
Business
Dedham Public Library Displaying Christmas Tree After Heated Town Debate
A local library has cleared the rumors about their plan to not display their Christmas tree after a Facebook post announcing their intention made its rounds on social media. The Dedham Public Library said they would not be putting up their Christmas tree for the 2022 season because "people" felt uncomfortable looking at it last year, resident Lisa Desmond said in a Facebook post from Friday, Dec. 2. This response shocked Desmond as she explained that in her 28 years visiting DPL, she never once "heard a negative comment" about the tree's display. "We have celebrated and included everyon…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report
Administrators at Boston Children's Hospital received a bomb threat Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, the third such hoax made to the facility in less than four months. Police swept the buildings but found nothing, Boston 25 reported. “We will continue to work closely with law enforcement and hospital security teams, and we are grateful for their immediate response,” a spokesperson for Boston Children’s Hospital told Boston 25. “We are committed to ensuring the hospital is a safe and secure place for all who work here and come here.” This harassment is an ongoing concern for the hosp…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds
Two former eBay executives who pleaded guilty to sending live insects, a funeral wreath, and a bloody Halloween mask to intimidate a Natick couple are going to prison. Federal prosecutors said James Baugh, age 47, of San Jose, CA, and David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, "weaponized" the online auction giant's power and security services to silence the couple, but it didn't work. Baugh, eBay's former senior director of safety and security, will serve 57 months in prison and pay a $40,000 fine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Baugh pleaded guilty to …
Hartford, CT
Schools
New England Teacher On Leave After 8 Middle School Boys Keep Log Of His Alleged Harassment
A log of alleged harassment by their teacher dubbed the “Pedo Database” that was created by eight middle school boys in New England is now part of an official investigation into the teacher, The Boston Globe reports. The Rhode Island teacher, who works at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, has been placed on administrative leave amid a probe into numerous claims of inappropriate behavior, including that he made female students dance for him, the outlet reports. One of the former students, now a 15-year-old high school student, told The Boston Globe that he and several other male…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
13-Year-Old Refers To Texas Massacre In Threatening NY School Shooting, Police Say
A middle school student has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to shoot up his school in New York while making a reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas massacre. The incident took place in Suffolk County at Westhampton Beach Middle School on Thursday, June 2. The 13-year-old boy told other students and school officials that he was going to "shoot the school" because he was annoyed and frustrated with other students, said Chief Steven McManus of the Westhampton Police. "The teenager made reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas shooting," McManus said. McManu…
Brentwood, NY
News
Teen Arraigned, Placed On Home Confinement After Threatening Mass Shooting At NY HS
A teenager in New York has been arraigned after being arrested for allegedly threatening to commit a mass shooting at a local school, authorities announced. On Long Island, a 16-year-old student at Bellport High School in Suffolk County was arrested by police in his home on Thursday, May 26. Original story - Teen Charged After Threatening Mass Shooting At Bellport HS, DA Says Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said that the teen - whose name is not being released due to his age - created an online post threatening a massive shooting at his hometown school. Investigators…
Elizabeth, NJ
Lifestyle
TikTok Trolls Say NJ Makeup Artist Is Catfishing — She Says She's Just Doing Her Job
Some call what Crystal Curtis is doing "catfishing." She calls it art. The New Jersey native has been going viral on TikTok for her makeup transformations by making herself look like an entirely different person. Sure, she's got some haters. But she's also got skills. "People use the word 'catfishing' as an insult but I’m like, that just means I’m doing my job," said Curtis, who was born in Plainfield but grew up in Hackettstown and Andover. Scroll to the bottom for products Curtis uses in her transformations. Curtis has been interested in makeup for as long as she can remember. As a te…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA
A former college athlete pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 1 to sexually extorting and harassing 15 victims, including one Bensalem woman who later died by suicide, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, admitted that for four years he used anonymous Snapchat accounts to threaten and torment dozens of women and girls, some as young as 12, into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Pisarchuk was arrested on June 8, 2021, after police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual …
Gettysburg, PA
Schools
Central PA High School Closed, Student Arrested Amid Terroristic Threats: Police
A central Pennsylvania high school student has been arrested and their school has closed after a threat was made on Tuesday, according to a release by state police. The juvenile was arrested and charged with terroristic threats and harassment for a social media threat made against Gettysburg High School in Adams County, according to police. The school closed and classes were taught remotely on Tuesday, according to the release. There is no threat to the public, students or faculty, according to police. Classes will be in-person on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by the school.
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