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Dating App Setup: Trio Charged In Second Ambush Robbery In Guilderland Dating App Setup: Trio Charged In Second Ambush Robbery In Guilderland
Dating App Setup: Trio Charged In Second Ambush Robbery In Guilderland Three defendants accused of luring a man through a dating app and then robbing him are now accused of targeting a second victim in the region. Both robberies occurred Sunday, Feb. 18, in Albany and Rensselaer counties, according to investigators. Troy Police said the first incident happened at around 7 p.m., near Congress and Cypress streets when a man met up with a woman he’d been messaging on a dating app. Earlier Report: Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Troy, Police Say The victim told police that the woman suggested they meet up in an alley. When he arrived, two …
Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Troy, Police Say Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Troy, Police Say
Trio Uses Dating App To Lure Robbery Victim In Troy, Police Say He thought he was meeting a woman he’d talked to online, but a man from the region ended up staring down the barrels of two guns instead. Troy Police were called just before 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, for an armed robbery near Congress and Cypress streets. The victim told officers he had been messaging a woman on a popular dating app when she suggested that they meet up in an alleyway. When the man arrived, he was confronted by two men who displayed what appeared to be handguns and demanded his property. He complied and the suspects fled the scene. Troy Police detectives pursued several lead…
Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App: Baltimore County Police Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App: Baltimore County Police
Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App: Baltimore County Police A 22-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting a transgender person he targeted using a dating app in Maryland. Jalen Green was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree assault, armed robbery, weapons offenses, and other related charges, Baltimore County Police said Thursday, Feb. 15. Green used a dating app to target a member of the transgender community ahead of the assault, which police say occurred near the 3000 block of Putty Hill Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. He was being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center. The Baltimore County Polic…
Dating App Robber Arrested After Assaulting Montgomery County Men Dating App Robber Arrested After Assaulting Montgomery County Men
Dating App Robber Arrested After Assaulting Montgomery County Men A Silver Spring man has been arrested and charged after assaulting a victim he met on a dating app. Brandon Darryl Kane, 27, was identified and arrested this week after assaulting a victim on Oct. 10, 2022, according to Montgomery County Police. Kane reportedly posed on the dating app with the name "Tommy" and robbed a victim who offered him money in exchange for sex. The victim claims they paid for Kane to get an Uber to their home to meet and got into a disagreement with Kane. Kane then allegedly assaulted the victim and stole money before fleeing.  On Oct. 22, 2022, another victim…
Dating App Nightmare: Man Rapes, Assaults Woman From Rensselaer County, Police Say Dating App Nightmare: Man Rapes, Assaults Woman From Rensselaer County, Police Say
Dating App Nightmare: Man Rapes, Assaults Woman From Rensselaer County, Police Say A 24-year-old man is facing multiple violent felonies for allegedly raping and physically assaulting a woman after the two met online, authorities said. Saratoga County resident Andrew Cosme, of Clifton Park, was arrested following an investigation by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office and a grand jury indictment. Investigators said the victim called police on Jan. 29 saying she had been violently raped and physically assaulted by a man she had met on a dating app. Cosme was taken into custody after a week-long investigation. He was ordered held at the Rensselaer County jail on $40,000…
Brandywine Man Arrested In Connection To Rape, Carjacking Of Men Met On Dating Apps, Police Say Brandywine Man Arrested In Connection To Rape, Carjacking Of Men Met On Dating Apps, Police Say
Brandywine Man Arrested In Connection To Rape, Carjacking Of Men Met On Dating Apps, Police Say A Brandywine man has been charged after reportedly raping a man he met on a dating app at gunpoint, authorities say. On Sunday, Feb. 12, detectives were notified that Rodney Richardson, 26, reportedly assaulted a victim on Friday, Feb. 10 after they agreed to meet in Brandywine, according to a Prince George's County Police Department spokesperson. After meeting with the man, Richardson reportedly raped the victim at gunpoint and then drove the victim to his bank and forced him to take out money, police said. Sexual Assault Unit detectives identified and charged a Brandywine man with ra…
24-Year-Old PA Teacher Drugged With Fentanyl, Beaten, Killed On Tinder Date: Police 24-Year-Old PA Teacher Drugged With Fentanyl, Beaten, Killed On Tinder Date: Police
24-Year-Old PA Teacher Drugged With Fentanyl, Beaten, Killed On Tinder Date: Police Two years ago, a 24-year-old woman went on a Tinder date and less than 24 hours later she was dead, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, her date was arrested and charged with homicide, police say. Emily "Emmy" Pritsch was outdoorsy; loving water sports and hiking. She enjoyed music, art, and walking her dog Sparkles. She was a 2018 Temple University graduate who was passionate about her job teaching theater to students in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood through the non-profit Playworks. She also liked spending time with her family, and making seemingly everyone who knew her feel like her best f…
Former New Haven Resident Charged With Fatally Strangling Tinder Date Former New Haven Resident Charged With Fatally Strangling Tinder Date
Former New Haven Resident Charged With Fatally Strangling Tinder Date A 31-year-old former Connecticut resident was charged with murdering a 29-year-old woman he met through a dating app. Danueal Drayton was arraigned on an 18-count indictment on Friday, April 1, in the 2018 death of 29-year-old Samantha Stewart, according to an announcement from Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “This family deserves justice," Katz said in a statement. "This was a brutal crime that makes every person using a dating app fearful. The victim was duped into going out on a date with the defendant, who played a charmer online but was in fact an alleged sexual predator. The de…
Cause Of Death Released For Woman Found Dead In Fairfield County After Date Cause Of Death Released For Woman Found Dead In Fairfield County After Date
Cause Of Death Released For Woman Found Dead In Fairfield County After Date A cause of death has been released for a Fairfield County woman who died while on a date with a man she met on an app. Lauren Smith-Fields, age 23, of Bridgeport, was found dead in her apartment on Sunday, Dec. 12 by Bridgeport Police after an "older white man" who she met on a dating site called to report her death, the family said. Since her death, the family has been battling with the Bridgeport Police Department over how it was handling the investigation, or lack of an investigation, in the family's opinion. On Monday, Jan. 24, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the cause o…
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say A pair of men were arrested after they agreed to meet up with individuals who they believed were 14- and 15-year-old girls in Secaucus, police said following an undercover investigation. Nicholas Signorelli, 24, of Springfield, luring and enticing a child, while Nevil Rana, 34, of Wallington, was charged with the same, along with criminal attempt to endanger the welfare of a child and obscenity for persons under 18, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The police department got a tip that a man later identified as Signorelli had been talking to someone who he thought was a 14-year-old …