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CT Man Sexually Abused 2 Boys — Using Expensive Baseball Cards, Trips To Lure Them: Cops
A Connecticut man was arrested after two teenage boys came forward to accuse him of sexually abusing them multiple times, authorities said.
Michael Mancini, 51, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday morning, Feb. 26, and charged under two separate warrants stemming from investigations that began in December 2024.
The boys' parents went to the police after noticing their sons were acting strange, according to police reports. The children gave similar stories about how Mancini would take them to baseball card shops, shopping trips, or dinners and abuse them afterward, police…
21-Year-Old Accused Of Raping Minor In Hudson Valley
A 21-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a minor in the Hudson Valley.
Connecticut resident Axell Enrique Orellana Flores, of Waterbury, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 7, in connection with an investigation into inappropriate sexual contact involving a minor, said Capt. John Watterson, of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.
Flores is accused of having sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 17 in the town of Fishkill on Sunday, Nov. 6, Watterson said.
"The incident was not random, there doesn’t appear to be a risk to public safety," he said.
The name of…
Decomposed Body Found In Connecticut Home ID'd As Ponzi Swindler, Jeffrey Epstein Mentor
A body found in a Connecticut home during a welfare check has positively been identified as Steven Hoffenberg, a longtime mentor of Jeffrey Epstein.
Hoffenberg, the one-time owner of the New York Post and businessman who spent 18 years in prison for a $460 million Ponzi scheme, was found in the New Haven County home around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the city of Derby.
According to the Derby Police, the medical examiner's office confirmed on Friday, Aug. 26, that the badly decomposed body was that of Hoffenberg.
An initial autopsy did not find signs of trauma on the body, the…
