Frederick, MD
News
Skype Tip Leads To Child Porn Charges For Frederick County Man: DOJ Skype Tip Leads To Child Porn Charges For Frederick County Man: DOJ
Skype Tip Leads To Child Porn Charges For Frederick County Man: DOJ A tip from an online video platform to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about child porn led police to bust a Frederick County man who targeted minors for the better part of a decade, federal authorities announced. Walkersville resident Paul Francis Blaisse, 63, is facing a 13-count indictment in Maryland charging him for his role in distributing and receiving images and video depicting the sexual abuse of children, including some pre-pubescent victims. According to court documents, between 2013 and 2019, Blaisse used Internet chat applications to engage in sex…

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by Zak Failla
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Missing Bucks Teen Last Seen Entering Strange Car: Police Missing Bucks Teen Last Seen Entering Strange Car: Police
Missing Bucks Teen Last Seen Entering Strange Car: Police A teenager from Bucks County is missing, and police say she might be with a man she met online.  Annaliese Ludman, a 16-year-old from Springfield Township, was last seen Monday, Jan. 16 getting into a silver sedan with Virginia license plates, police said in a statement. The vehicle is believed to be a Ford Fusion with the model year 2013 to 2020, investigators added.  Detectives say the 16-year-old might be with a man she met online. If you know who picked her up, or where she might be, call the Springfield Township Police Department at 215-328-8523 or visit the Bucks County…

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by Mac Bullock
West Chester, PA
Schools
Anonymous Instagram User Bullying Bucks County Students, Report Says Anonymous Instagram User Bullying Bucks County Students, Report Says
Anonymous Instagram User Bullying Bucks County Students, Report Says A Bucks County high school principal is warning parents about an unauthorized Instagram account taking photos of students and mocking them online, LevittownNow.com reports.  Reggie Meadows, principal at Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, told parents and staff in a letter Wednesday, Dec. 21 that images and videos of students had been uploaded to a social media page that is not authorized by or affiliated with Pennsbury School District, the outlet wrote.  Administrators were not immediately available for comment, and the district does not appear to have addressed the matter o…

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by Mac Bullock
Hackensack, NJ
News
Andrew Bucklandon Is NOT Missing: Here's How Social Scammers Get You Andrew Bucklandon Is NOT Missing: Here's How Social Scammers Get You
Andrew Bucklandon Is NOT Missing: Here's How Social Scammers Get You A boy named Andrew Bucklandon hasn't gone missing. He didn't leave for school and not return. He doesn't even exist. For those who've seen -- or, worse, shared -- the Facebook post about a purportedly missing boy the past couple of days, here are a few questions: Does the post include a town? A link? Contact details? It doesn't. Because it's bogus. Like any good phishing scam, the missing boy ploy tugs at the heartstrings and plays on the fears of those who want to help. They're actually helping the scammers find more victims. Phishers threw their latest line into social media waters on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hartford, CT
News
Man, Age 21, Charged With Sexually Assaulting CT Girl, Police Say Man, Age 21, Charged With Sexually Assaulting CT Girl, Police Say
Man, Age 21, Charged With Sexually Assaulting CT Girl, Police Say A Western Massachusetts man has been nabbed for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Connecticut girl for several months. Hampden County resident Michael Luciano, age 20, of Springfield was arrested on a warrant on Friday, Dec. 2. South Windsor Police arrested Luciano following an investigation that determined that starting in October 2021 he met the girl online and had a physical relationship with the girl over the course of several months, said Sgt. Mark Cleverdon, of the South Windsor Police. Luciano turned himself in at South Windsor Police headquarters and was charged…

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by Kathy Reakes
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Ex-Virginia State Police Trooper Dead After Abducting California Teen, Killing Her Family Ex-Virginia State Police Trooper Dead After Abducting California Teen, Killing Her Family
Ex-Virginia State Police Trooper Dead After Abducting California Teen, Killing Her Family A former Virginia State Police trooper was killed in a shootout with police who say he traveled across the country to Riverside, California, where he abducted a teenage girl he met online, before killing her mom, grandmother, and grandfather. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, of North Chesterfield, parked in a neighbor’s driveway and allegedly set the family’s home on fire before kidnapping the teen he “catfished” on Friday, Nov. 25, according to the Riverside Police Department. Edwards had previously worked as a trooper with Virginia State Police in Henrico County from early January until his resign…

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by Nicole Acosta
Gettysburg, PA
News
Girl 'Meeting Boy She Met Online' Found Safe: Authorities Girl 'Meeting Boy She Met Online' Found Safe: Authorities
Girl 'Meeting Boy She Met Online' Found Safe: Authorities UPDATE: Jasmine Vought, 16, has been found safe according to the Adams County Crime Stoppers.as of Friday, Nov. 18. No additional information was released. ORIGINAL: 16-year-old Jasmine Vought has been missing ever since she left her residence to go "meet up with a boy she met online," authorities say.  Vought had been living at Hoffman Homes located at 815 Orphanage Road, Littlestown, was last seen on Tuesday, Nov. 15 around 11:30 a.m., according to a release. She was wearing a black coat and carrying a black backpack when the left to meet the boy, shortly afterward a light orange…

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by Jillian Pikora
Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Missing Southern MA Girl Possibly Went To Meet Man Posing As Teenage Boy Online Missing Southern MA Girl Possibly Went To Meet Man Posing As Teenage Boy Online
Missing Southern MA Girl Possibly Went To Meet Man Posing As Teenage Boy Online The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined in the search for a 16-year-old girl reported missing from Raynham last week who could be in danger.  Colleen Weaver was last seen in the area of Orchard and King Streets around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, Raynham Police Chief James Donovan reports.  Heather McNally, who is a family friend, said Colleen possibly went to be go meet a man posing as a teenage boy who she met online in a GoFundMe organized on Colleen's behalf.  "Colleen is a beautiful soul. She is a spitfire who stands up for the little guy in any given situation," McNally …

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by David Cifarelli
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
This NJ Town Has Special Parking Lot For Meeting 'Internet Weirdos' This NJ Town Has Special Parking Lot For Meeting 'Internet Weirdos'
This NJ Town Has Special Parking Lot For Meeting 'Internet Weirdos' Whether you're picking up an item you bought on Facebook Marketplace or heading out for a bike ride with someone you connected with online, officials in one New Jersey town have created a safe place for you to do so. Surveillance cameras are running 24/7 and police officers are just a shout away at this parking lot in Mansfield Township. "Don’t meet internet weirdos in some shady parking lot," Mansfield Township police said. "Instead, come to MTPD’s parking lot at 100 Port Murray Road Port Murray, NJ and make your exchanges here." The lot was apparently donated by OfferUp, according to the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack
Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends Nsfw Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Elementary schools across the US are urging parents to not open the messages on the Seesaw app after an apparent hack sent out "inappropriate" images starting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.  "The platform was hacked and is experiencing a nationwide issue where some school district families and teachers were receiving links/URLs to inappropriate images," officials at a Schodock elementary school in New York said on its website.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seesaw (@seesawlearning) Most schools are simply asking parents and guard…

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12, He Met Online: Prosecutor Central Jersey Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12, He Met Online: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12, He Met Online: Prosecutor A 20-year-old Somerset County man was arrested for sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl he met online, authorities said. The victim on July 26 told police she met an unknown male, later identified as Lenic S. Galvin, of Bound Brook, on social media before he arranged for the victim to be brought to his home, where he sexually assaulted her, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Galvin was arrested the following day on charges of aggravated sexual assault and more. He was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing. Anyone with information relating …

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by Cecilia Levine
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Sought Sex With 15-Year-Old Boy: Police South Jersey Man Sought Sex With 15-Year-Old Boy: Police
South Jersey Man Sought Sex With 15-Year-Old Boy: Police A 55-year-old man from Atlantic County has been arrested for luring/enticing after seeking to have sex with a boy, authorities said. Joseph M. Manzoni, of Ventnor City, was charged on June 22 after a monthlong investigation, according to Ventnor City Police.  On May 22, at 10:25 p.m., Ventnor police received a report from a subject who arrived at a pre-arranged location to meet a male with the purpose of having sex with him. Manzoni had been communicating with this subject through an online app, where Manzoni believed the subject to be a 15-year-old child, police said. BreakingA…

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by Jon Craig