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Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Boston Man Paid For Girl's Birthday Party After Family Member Made Porn Of Her: Feds
A 39-year-old Boston man has admitted to a laundry list of disturbing allegations featuring children as young as 9 and 14 years old, federal authorities said. The most heinous of which is he told a teenager that he would help pay for a little girl's birthday party if they produced pornographic material featuring the child. Robinson Alberto Baez-Nova, of Jamaica Plain, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of children, one count of distribution of child pornography, and two counts of possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Federal age…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Passaic Man, 43, Charged With Using Google, Whats App To Collect 450 Child Porn Videos
A 43-year-old Passaic man apparently thought he could traffic more than 450 child pornography videos on Google and WhatsApp without being caught, authorities said. Jorge Avilavelez was arrested earlier this week following an investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crime Against Children Task Force in tandem with the county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit. He's remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with three various counts of child endangerment and two counts of obstruction. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik jointl…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Convicted Sex Offender Admits Sharing Child Pornography On WhatsApp: Prosecutor
A convicted sex offender has admitted to sharing child pornography WhatsApp, authorities said. Matthew Robles, 32, of Lakewood, also pleaded guilty to failing to report his current work address in Brick Township, a requirement under Megan's Law, they said. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Megan’s Law Unit revealed that Robles has been employed at a local business in Brick without registering or notifying any law enforcement agencies, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Since 1994, Megan’s Law requires certain offenders…
Brentwood, NY
News
Jealous Boyfriend’s Accomplice Sentenced For Helping Kill Long Island Man On His 34th Birthday
An accomplice who helped a jealous Long Island man murder a 34-year-old victim on his birthday will spend nearly two decades in prison for his role in the killing. Dennis Jonathan Hernandez Abanao, age 23, was sentenced to 18 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Feb. 28. It followed his guilty plea to second-degree attempted murder in the killing of Marco Grisales, of East Hampton, in Riverhead in November 2020. Earlier Report: Jealous Boyfriend Who Killed East Hampton Man On His 34th Birthday Sentenced Prosecutors said Hernandez Abanao was recruited by 42-year–old Al…
Hackensack, NJ
News
50,000 Pills: Feds Hold Accused Fentanyl Trafficker From Mexico In Bergen Jail After NYC Bust
Federal authorities kept an accused fentanyl trafficker in custody at the Bergen County Jail after they said they caught her selling 50,000 potentially fatal fentanyl pills in Manhattan. Agari Reyes-Sillero, a 34-year-old Mexican national, got into a cooperator’s car in with the multi-colored pills packed into four protein powder containers on Feb. 5, 2023, a complaint signed by a DEA agent alleges. She expected to be paid $400,000 in return, the complaint filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan says. Members of a task force comprised of DEA agents, the NYPD and the New Yo…
Newark, NJ
News
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex
UPDATE: A now-former New Jersey child services worker who was busted on child porn charges at Newark Airport nearly a year ago also tried to traffic a minor for prostitution, federal authorities said they've learned. Trent Collier, a 56-year-old onetime "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last October when images of child pornography were found on his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "One image depicts a fully nude prepubescent boy and fully nude prepubescent girl on…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Lakewood Man Arrested For Sharing Child Pornography Via WhatsApp: Prosecutor
A 31-year-old man from Lakewood has been arrested for possessing and sharing child pornography, authorities said. Matthew Robles was charged with the offenses on Monday, Aug. 8, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Robles had previously been charged with failure to register as a sex offender on Friday, Aug. 5, Billhimer said. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Megan’s Law Unit revealed that Robles – a Megan’s Law Registrant under the supervision of the New Jersey Division of Parole- has been employed at a local business establishme…
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
Business
Facebook Rebrands Company Name
Facebook users, welcome to the "Metaverse." CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that Facebook will be changing its name to "Meta." "The metaverse is the next evolution of social connection," Meta's website says. "Our company’s vision is to help bring the metaverse to life, so we are changing our name to reflect our commitment to this future." The platform will combine its apps and technologies under the new, singular company brand, Facebook said in a statement. Corporate structure will not be changing, but its financials will, Facebook officials said. The company will begin trad…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
FBI Arrests Philadelphia Police Officer On Child Pornography Charges
The FBI arrested a Philadelphia police officer on charges of transportation and possession of child pornography, authorities said. William Watts, Sr., 55, downloaded multiple files of child pornography from the instant messaging app "WhatsApp,’" which included content of "prepubescent children engaged in sexual acts, some with adults," according to the U.S Department of Justice. He was arrested Thursday morning after FBI agents served a search warrant at his home, authorities said. “As alleged in the Criminal Complaint, the defendant sought out videos of children being abused for…
Newark, NJ
News
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn At Newark Airport
A New Jersey child services worker was busted on child porn charges following a search of his cellphone and laptop at Newark Airport, federal authorities said. Trent Collier, a 55-year-old "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last week when his luggage was searched, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. "Law enforcement" officers conducting forensic searches of both devices found "at least two images of child pornography depicting the genitals of prepubescent children," according to a co…
Massapequa, NY
Business
Facebook, Instagram Go Down For Users Throughout World
This story has been updated. Some of the most used social media sites and apps around the world were down for around six hours. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger all went down just before noontime Monday, Oct. 4. All four platforms are owned by Facebook and have a combined three billion users. The issues with the platforms were first reported around 11:45 a.m. Monday and they were back up just before 6 p.m. Facebook's only comment on the outage so far came in a Tweet posted at 12:10 p.m. by one of its senior communications executives, Andy M. Stone, who said, "We’re a…
Gettysburg, PA
News
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down
Looks like we're all going to have to be productive today: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were down globally since 11:41 a.m. Monday. It was not immediately clear what was causing the outage, or how long until it would be fixed. BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all down in a massive outage for Facebook services. Looks like it’s a DNS problem https://t.co/AhebBXBeo0 pic.twitter.com/uEOdex2XcZ — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 4, 2021 “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products," Facebook communications exec Andy Stone said on Twitter…
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