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Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Sex Offender From Revere Faces Child Porn Charge Sex Offender From Revere Faces Child Porn Charge
Sex Offender From Revere Faces Child Porn Charge A Massachusetts sex offender has been charged with possessing child pornography after an investigation allegedly uncovered hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse material on his cell phone. Suffolk County resident Kenneth Higgins, age 45, of Revere, was arrested on Wednesday, March 13, and charged with possession of child pornography and possession of child pornography, third offense. Dave Procopio of the Massachusetts State Police said Higgins, who is classified as a Level 2 Sex Offender, has multiple prior convictions for possession of child sexual abuse materials; he is c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Former Somers Point Official Who Saved Child Porn To Yahoo Account Pleads Guilty: Prosecutors Former Somers Point Official Who Saved Child Porn To Yahoo Account Pleads Guilty: Prosecutors
Former Somers Point Official Who Saved Child Porn To Yahoo Account Pleads Guilty: Prosecutors A former emergency management official in an Atlantic County city admitted to having child pornography, authorities said. Roger Tees, 74, of Somers Point, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 28 to endangering the welfare of children (distribution of child sexual abuse material), the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. Tees was the director of emergency management in Somers Point. Prosecutors are recommending a four-year state prison sentence for Tees. Once released, he would have to register as a sex offender and would have lifetime parole supervision un…

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by Chris Spiker
Arlington
News
Yahoo! Leads Feds To 'Taboo' Child Porn Files In DC Yahoo! Leads Feds To 'Taboo' Child Porn Files In DC
Yahoo! Leads Feds To 'Taboo' Child Porn Files In DC A District man will spend more than a decade behind bars after being busted with multiple files depicting disturbing child porn, federal authorities announced. Donnell Rojas, 31, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the possession of child pornography following an investigation that led to several troubling discoveries. Rojas’ arrest came after police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a Yahoo! account that belonged to him. Prosecutors said that Rojas sent three emails attaching several files containing child sexual abuse materials to an…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax
Lifestyle
Virginia Family's Hearts Will Go On After Falling Through Frozen Pool In Viral Video Virginia Family's Hearts Will Go On After Falling Through Frozen Pool In Viral Video
Virginia Family's Hearts Will Go On After Falling Through Frozen Pool In Viral Video A Virginia family's hearts will go on after surviving a fall through frozen pool, reports Yahoo. Anabel Rojo shared a Tik Tok video of her and her family members, Javier Martinez, and Miguel Sanchez, slipping through the ice in their Martinsville pool on Christmas Day, the outlet continues. @sanchezmiguel03 ♬ My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) - Maliheh Saeedi & Faraz Taali The video starts with the family dancing joyously on their frozen pool, and is accompanied with the instrumental version of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" after Sanchez slips and cracks the ice. The funny…

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by Annie DeVoe
Bucks
Police & Fire
Ex-Community College Professor In Philly Suburbs Found Guilty On Child Porn Charge: Report Ex-Community College Professor In Philly Suburbs Found Guilty On Child Porn Charge: Report
Ex-Community College Professor In Philly Suburbs Found Guilty On Child Porn Charge: Report A former Bucks County Community College professor was convicted Monday, Aug. 1 on a sole child pornography charge, LevittownNow reports. An investigation into Vincent Varra, 32, of New Britain Borough, began on Oct. 7, 2021, when investigators received tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the outlet said. The tip apparently detailed a Dropbox and Yahoo email account containing videos of children as young as five being sexually abused by adults. Despite Varra's efforts to convince authorities that he had nothing of the sort in his possession, a warranted se…

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by Nicole Acosta
Suffolk MA
Politics
Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark Arrested Protesting For Abortion Rights In DC Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark Arrested Protesting For Abortion Rights In DC
Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark Arrested Protesting For Abortion Rights In DC Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Katherine Clark were among 17 Democrats arrested in front of the Supreme Court during a protest over the recent ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade.  The two Massachusetts members of Congress joined dozens of people on Tuesday, July 19, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar. Some of the members of Congress arrested: @RepSpeier @CarolynBMaloney @AOC @RashidaTlaib @Ilhan @AyannaPressley @RepAndyLevin @SaraJacobsCA @RepKClark @ReElectNydia @RepBarbaraLee @RepCori @janschakowsky @RepDean pic.twitter.com/NMSV9BQP4W — Edward-Isaac Dovere (…

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by Josh Lanier
Worcester
News
COVID-19: Leicester Woman Admits To Role In Pandemic Fraud Scheme COVID-19: Leicester Woman Admits To Role In Pandemic Fraud Scheme
Covid-19: Leicester Woman Admits To Role In Pandemic Fraud Scheme A Massachusetts woman admitted to stealing unemployment funds while she was a teenager during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worcester County resident Destinee Snay, age 20, of Leicester, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for securing cash earmarked for those in need with co-conspirator William Cordor. At the time of the scheme, Snay was 19 years old.  Earlier story - COVID-19: Massachusetts Woman, Man Charged For Pandemic Scheme Prosecutors said that between June 2020 and October 2020, Snay and Cordor schemed to file false and fraudulent claims for unemploym…

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by Zak Failla
Cape May
Business
Russia-Ukraine War To Have Seismic Effect On Jersey Shore Economy This Summer: Report Russia-Ukraine War To Have Seismic Effect On Jersey Shore Economy This Summer: Report
Russia-Ukraine War To Have Seismic Effect On Jersey Shore Economy This Summer: Report Russia's invasion of Ukraine is expected to make a major impact in Jersey Shore towns that rely on seasonal workers from Eastern Europe each summer, according to a recent report by Yahoo. The workers who annually participate in the State Department's J-1 visa summer work travel program likely won't be able to make it to the US this year, the outlet said. And so, businesses that rely on them could be kept closed, that is, if they don't find employees to fill empty positions. Adding insult to injury, many businesses were relying on increased revenue in Summer 2022 to make up for the dip …

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by Cecilia Levine
Brookfield
News
CT Man Charged With Recording Sex Abuse Of Minor, Other Child Exploitation Offenses CT Man Charged With Recording Sex Abuse Of Minor, Other Child Exploitation Offenses
CT Man Charged With Recording Sex Abuse Of Minor, Other Child Exploitation Offenses A 53-year-old Connecticut man was arrested and charged with producing child porn. Hartford County resident Mark Roman, of East Windsor, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 29, and charged with production of child pornography and transportation of child pornography, according to Leonard Boyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. A criminal complaint alleges that Yahoo! reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that images of child sexual abuse had been sent from Roman's email account, Boyle said. The US Attorney's Office said investigat…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lancaster
News
Central PA Man Used Yahoo Email To Share 600+ Images Of Child Pornography, Police Say Central PA Man Used Yahoo Email To Share 600+ Images Of Child Pornography, Police Say
Central PA Man Used Yahoo Email To Share 600+ Images Of Child Pornography, Police Say A central Pennsylvania man has been charged in connection with sharing child pornography using his Yahoo email account, according to police. The West Earl Township Police Department, with the assistance of the Lancaster County Computer Crimes Task Force, executed a search warrant in the 30 block of East Main Street in Brownstown, as part of an investigation into the possession and distribution of child pornography on Sept. 9, police said in a statement.  Detective Dawn Ray had been investigating a cybertip received from the Delaware County Internet Crimes Against Children Age…

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by Jillian Pikora
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
DA: Hatboro Man Arrested On Felony Charges For Having More Than 4K Photos, Videos Of Child Porn DA: Hatboro Man Arrested On Felony Charges For Having More Than 4K Photos, Videos Of Child Porn
DA: Hatboro Man Arrested On Felony Charges For Having More Than 4K Photos, Videos Of Child Porn A 59-year-old Hatboro man was arrested on felony charges for possessing more than 4,000 pictures and videos of child pornography including infants and toddlers, authorities said. An investigation into David Winter began on March 19 after the Montgomery County Detective Bureau received a Cybertip from Yahoo related to a suspected child pornography image sent by a user, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele, Conshohocken Borough Police Chief George Metz, and Hatboro Police Chief James Gardner. They traced the IP address related to the Yahoo account to Winter's …

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by Nicole Acosta
Atlantic
News
Asian-American Business Leaders Create New Initiative To Fight Racism, Discrimination Asian-American Business Leaders Create New Initiative To Fight Racism, Discrimination
Asian-American Business Leaders Create New Initiative To Fight Racism, Discrimination “...We are tired of being treated less than American…”  So begins an open letter in the Wednesday, March 31, 2021 edition of The Wall Street Journal signed by over 1,000 American-Asian business leaders.  Some of the names (or at least their companies) you'll probably recognize: Jerry Yang, Eric Yuan, and Steve Chen, for instance, the co-founder of Yahoo, CEO and founder of Zoom, and co-founder of YouTube, respectively. But there are hundreds more who have made an impact in their fields and communities. In an email sent to supporters, David Lu, a managing partner at Hyphen Captial and one …

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Norwalk
News
Asian-American Business Leaders Create New Initiative To Fight Racism, Discrimination Asian-American Business Leaders Create New Initiative To Fight Racism, Discrimination
Asian-American Business Leaders Create New Initiative To Fight Racism, Discrimination “...We are tired of being treated less than American…”  So begins an open letter in the Wednesday, March 31, 2021 edition of The Wall Street Journal signed by over 1,000 American-Asian business leaders. Some of the names (or at least their companies) you'll probably recognize: Jerry Yang, Eric Yuan, and Steve Chen, for instance, the co-founder of Yahoo, CEO and founder of Zoom, and co-founder of YouTube, respectively. But there are hundreds more who have made an impact in their fields and communities. In an email sent to supporters, David Lu, a managing partner at Hyphen Captial and one of…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
White Plains
Lifestyle
Celebrity Fashion Guru Joe Zee Ties Knot With Longtime Partner At Famed Westchester Restaurant Celebrity Fashion Guru Joe Zee Ties Knot With Longtime Partner At Famed Westchester Restaurant
Celebrity Fashion Guru Joe Zee Ties Knot With Longtime Partner At Famed Westchester Restaurant Elle magazine's former creative director and celebrity fashion insider Joe Zee tied the knot with his longtime partner Rob Younkers earlier this month in Westchester. The star-studded ceremony was held Oct. 5 at Tarrytown farm-to-table restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns. They chose the venue -- featured on Netflix's "Chef's Table" -- after eating there for an anniversary dinner, calling it a"food experience" and "not just a restaurant," according to People. Zee was born in Hong Kong and later moved to Canada. He is known for his work on Entertainment Tonight, …

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by Cecilia Levine