Northern Westchester Man Who IDs Himself As An 'Incel' Admits To Stalking, Terrorizing Women Northern Westchester Man Who IDs Himself As An 'Incel' Admits To Stalking, Terrorizing Women
Northern Westchester Man Who IDs Himself As An 'Incel' Admits To Stalking, Terrorizing Women A man who identifies himself as an “incel” or “involuntary celibate” has admitted to stalking and terrorizing at least two women, federal authorities announced. Peekskill resident David Kaufman, age 27 - also known as “David Khalifa,” “John Morray,” and “Big Man,” pleaded guilty to stalking multiple victims between October 2019 and August 2020, including terrorizing messages and inappropriate photos. According to officials, Kaufman self-identifies as a member of the “Incels,” or the “Involuntary Celibate,” which refers to a group of individuals who are “typically heterosexual, white males, …
PA Man Arrested After Women Find Lewd Photos Of Themselves Online, Police Say PA Man Arrested After Women Find Lewd Photos Of Themselves Online, Police Say
PA Man Arrested After Women Find Lewd Photos Of Themselves Online, Police Say A Montgomery County man was arrested for sharing lewd photos of women online, authorities said. A woman told Abington Township police in March that she had repeatedly been receiving lewd text messages and social media messages which included photos of herself with men performing "sexual acts," police said. Throughout the investigation, three additional victims were identified. The victims reported having inappropriate pictures of themselves posted on sexually explicit websites, police said. The investigation led to an arrest warrant being issued for a 22-year-old suspect, Daniel Wright, o…
Berks Man Posed As Young Boy To Get 10-Year-Old Girl To Send Nude Photos, Authorities Say Berks Man Posed As Young Boy To Get 10-Year-Old Girl To Send Nude Photos, Authorities Say
Berks Man Posed As Young Boy To Get 10-Year-Old Girl To Send Nude Photos, Authorities Say A 23-year-old Berks County man was arrested on various charges after he posed as a young boy online to coerce a 10-year-old girl to send him nude images, authorities said. An investigation ensued after the girl's father reported on May 28 that he discovered the sexually explicit conversations between his daughter and Dennis Heckrote, of Sinking Spring, dating back to when the girl was 8-years-old, according to Chief County Detective Michael J. Gombar. In a June 1 interview, the girl told Berks County Detectives that she messaged someone on TikTok and Discord, who she believed was …
Racist Remarks Made At Fairfield County Meeting Being Investigated As Hate Crime, Police Say Racist Remarks Made At Fairfield County Meeting Being Investigated As Hate Crime, Police Say
Racist Remarks Made At Fairfield County Meeting Being Investigated As Hate Crime, Police Say A hate crime investigation is underway in one Fairfield County town after an unknown person joined a video conference meeting and allegedly made racist remarks. The incident took place on Thursday, April 22, during a meeting of the Racial Equity and Justice Task Force in Fairfield, Police Chief Robert Kalamaras said. According to Kalamaras, the task force was hosting a virtual meeting among its members when an unknown person who had joined the meeting began to share a screen using images of slaves before making racial epithets and racist remarks to the group.  "Some of the r…
Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn
Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn Trolls hijacked the virtual service of a predominately Asian-American church in Bergen County, uttering ethnic slurs and posting pornographic images, authorities said. More than 150 congregants and others with the Englewood church were subject to the bias attack on Zoom, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Saturday. Although invasions of video conferences were once dismissed as trolling, that changed once the spread of COVID-19 made Zoom the app of choice for many forced to communicate remotely. The FBI considers the systemic “weaponization” of Zoom as hate speech and harassment. In o…
Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service
Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service Several people hijacked a virtual service of a predominately Asian-American church in Englewood, uttering ethnic slurs and posting pornographic images, authorities said. More than 150 congregants and others with the Bergen County church were subject to the bias attack on Zoom, Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Saturday. Although invasions of video conferences were once dismissed as trolling, that changed once the spread of COVID-19 made Zoom the app of choice for many forced to communicate remotely. The FBI considers the systemic “weaponization” of Zoom as hate speech and harassme…
'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12 'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12
'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12 After all these months of remote learning, an Elmwood Park mom couldn’t figure out why her 7th-grade daughter resisted returning to a classroom. “She begged me not to send her back,” the young mom said. “I couldn’t understand why. She is well-liked and intelligent. It didn’t make sense.” Then her daughter showed her screen shots of racist comments left under a TikTok video of her dancing with friends by three male students at Elmwood Park Memorial Middle School.  A sampling: “KKK for life” “pick my cotton I need some more” “when I find you you will pay for escaping the farm” “HISPANIC L…
Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder
Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder A Long Island woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment as a hate crime in connection to threatening a Hudson Valley family whose child has a rare genetic disease. Krista Sewell of Melville, in Suffolk County, entered the guilty plea on Friday, Feb. 5, in Ulster County. In pleading guilty, Sewell admitted to sending electronic messages and a letter to a local Ulster County family harassing and threatening their infant daughter who has the rare genetic skin condition harlequin ichthyosis, said the Ulster County District Attorney's Office. Sewell was arrested for the crime in late 20…
Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger
Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger A Rockland County blogger was hit with a $4 million verdict for allegedly cyber-bullying a local Clarkstown elementary school teacher on her blog. Meredith Trussell-Slutsky of Clarkstown was awarded $500,000 in compensatory, and $3.5 million in punitive damages by a state Supreme Court jury on Friday during the trial accusing Carol McIlmurray of libeling her through articles and false accusations on her Rockland Post blog and through other social media posts, according to a news release from Trussell-Slutsky's attorneys. "Ms. Trussell-Slutsky, a mother of two, and community volunteer was bu…
Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester
Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester A schools superintendent in Westchester has responded after a former teacher posted derogatory statements about an ex- student online. Without naming the former teacher or the blog, citing confidentiality, Bronxville Schools Superintendent Roy Montesano, said the former teacher's statements were "misleading" and as "inaccurate as they are offensive." "Moreover, the attacks upon the former student, much less by name, and the school’s integrity are inappropriate and absurd," Montesano added. The superintendent noted that he “urges (the community) not to let one …
Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims
Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims The parents of one of the children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are calling out Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for making his platform “a safe haven for hate.” Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, the parents of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, one of the 20 victims in the shooting, wrote an open letter lambasting Zuckerberg, who grew up in Westchester County. In the letter, they state that since the shooting on Dec. 14, 2012, “we, as well as the parents, family, and friends of the 25 other victims, have been embroiled in a constant battle with social media providers…