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Pittsfield Man, 42, Discussed Sexually Assaulting Child He Met Online: DA
A Pittsfield man who struck up a sexual conversation with a 14-year-old on Facebook found out that the girl he wanted to assault was a police officer, authorities said. James Wojtkowski was arrested and charged last week with dissemination of matter harmful to minors, the Berkshire County District Attorney said on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Related: Plainfield Man Busted Sending Sexual Messages To 'Child' Investigators said Wojtkowski contacted a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl living in North Adams on April 29. He probed the girl for information like where she went …
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2 Children Poured Acid On Slides, Injured 4 Other Kids At Western Mass Park: DA
Two minors have been charged with pouring muriatic acid on slides in Hampden County and injuring multiple children, authorities said. Police said the juveniles poured the toxic material on the slides at Bliss Park in Longmeadow on June 11. Four children who played on them later were burned by the caustic substance. An investigation found that the juveniles had stolen muriatic acid from the pool's pump room at the park and poured it on three slides. The toxic material was stored correctly, authorities said, but the thieves went to great lengths to get it. They scaled two fences a…
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Man Used Snapchat to 'Blackmail' Massachusetts Teen To Perform Sex Acts With Dog: Feds
Federal authorities arrested a 33-year-old Chicago man after he bullied a 16-year-old Massachusetts girl into sending him nude selfies and videos and to perform a sex act with her dog, prosecutors said. Ernesto Herrera was arrested and charged with coercion and enticement of a minor, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday, July 26. Authorities also charged Herrera with sexual exploitation of children in June 2021 in an unrelated case, authorities said. Herrara reportedly first contacted the girl on the social media app Snapchat in June 2020, prosecutors said. He said he …
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