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eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds
eBay To Pay $3M After Ex-Employees Put Mass Couple Through 'Pure Hell': Feds eBay has agreed to pay $3 million in criminal penalties after several former employees targeted a Middlesex County couple in a campaign of harassment that included sending live cockroaches and funeral wreaths to their home in Natick, federal authorities said.  Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy said the employee's actions put the couple through "pure hell" and said eBay's conduct was "absolutely horrific." eBay engaged in absolutely horrific, criminal conduct. The company’s employees and contractors involved in this campaign put the victims through pure hell, in a petrifying …

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
Sandy Hook Victim's Dad Wears Disguise During '60 Minutes' Interview Due To Death Threats Sandy Hook Victim's Dad Wears Disguise During '60 Minutes' Interview Due To Death Threats
Sandy Hook Victim's Dad Wears Disguise During '60 Minutes' Interview Due To Death Threats The father of the youngest victim of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was on national television over the weekend, though even his closest friends and family may not have recognized him. Lenny Pozner, the father of 6-year-old Noah, who was among the 20 children killed during the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in December 2012, was a special guest on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Jan. 3, though not before he received “a full Hollywood style” makeover to make himself unrecognizable to the camera. CBS posted images of the makeover (pictured above) prior to his appearance on Sun…

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by Zak Failla
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'I Will Bite Through Your Eyeballs' Man Threatening MA Professor Sentenced To Prison 'I Will Bite Through Your Eyeballs' Man Threatening MA Professor Sentenced To Prison
'I Will Bite Through Your Eyeballs' Man Threatening MA Professor Sentenced To Prison A Rhode Island man that sent harassing emails to a Massachusetts professor - including “I will bite through your eyeballs,” and “you will have your face ripped off and eaten by me” - was sentenced to prison on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Matthew Haviland, 30, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut. In September 2019, Haviland had pleaded guilty to stalking and two counts of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. “The Constitution protects everyone’s right to fre…

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by Kristin Palpini