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Guilty: Warren Man Sent Nudes To New Jersey Child, Jury Finds Guilty: Warren Man Sent Nudes To New Jersey Child, Jury Finds
Guilty: Warren Man Sent Nudes To New Jersey Child, Jury Finds A 33-year-old Massachusetts man has been convicted of exchanging nude photos of himself with an underage girl in Burlington County, authorities announced.  Andrew J. Hall, of Warren, MA, was found guilty by a jury last month of endangering the welfare of a child, providing obscene material to a minor, and two counts of criminal sexual contact, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police began investigating Hall in September 2022 after the victim and her parents spoke to authorities about the messages.  Authorities said Hall reached out to the girl on a socia…

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by Josh Lanier
Business
Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says
Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says Meta is dismantling its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. and aims to bring back political content as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the company said. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the changes in a video statement on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, will replace its fact-checking program with a Community Notes system similar to the one implemented on X (formerly Twitter). Zuckerberg said the new system's goal is to reduce bias and restore free expression. "Fact-checkers have be…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Western Mass Man Who Admitted To Child Porn Videos Gets 5 Years In Prison Western Mass Man Who Admitted To Child Porn Videos Gets 5 Years In Prison
Western Mass Man Who Admitted To Child Porn Videos Gets 5 Years In Prison A 63-year-old Berkshire County man who admitted to watching child sexual abuse material will spend more than five years in prison, authorities said.  Robert Kend, of Lanesborough, pleaded guilty to receipt of child sexual abuse material in May, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge sentenced him last week to 68 months in prison.  Police searched Kend's home on Sept. 12, 2023, and found an iPhone and Macbook computer that had videos of children between the ages of 8 and 15, authorities said. In some of the videos, Kend can be seen in a picture-in-picture box also performi…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Ex-Mass High School Staffer Who Worked With At-Risk Teens Charged With Raping Child: DA Ex-Mass High School Staffer Who Worked With At-Risk Teens Charged With Raping Child: DA
Ex-Mass High School Staffer Who Worked With At-Risk Teens Charged With Raping Child: DA A former high school staffer who worked with at-risk teenagers has been charged with 30 sex crimes involving children, including forcible rape, child pornography, and trafficking, authorities said.  John Jamar Cokley, 38, of Boston, is accused of seven counts of sex trafficking of a child, five counts of aggravated rape of a child, one count of rape of a child by force, three counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, four counts of posing a child in a state of sexual conduct, four counts of enticing a child under 18 into commercial sex, two counts of inducing a minor to sell a…

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by Josh Lanier