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New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA
New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA A 62-year-old New York man was arrested on Thursday, May 30, in Berkshire County as he was on his way to meet a teenager he was speaking with online, authorities said.  David Stypa was charged with two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor and attempting to commit a crime, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. He was ordered held on a $100,000 bond.  Investigators said Stypa was speaking with the Pittsfield teen — who was younger than 16 — on multiple platforms.  Police are still investigating. The district attorney's office did not release any …

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by Josh Lanier
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Man From Region Downloaded Child Porn For Months, Police Say Man From Region Downloaded Child Porn For Months, Police Say
Man From Region Downloaded Child Porn For Months, Police Say A Connecticut man has been charged with downloading files of alleged child pornography over the course of several months. The downloads were discovered in July 2021 in Windham County in the town of Woodstock. According to state police, detectives assigned to the computer crimes and evidence unit became aware of suspected child pornography, which had been downloaded over the course of several months, from a computer file-sharing network.  The video files were downloaded via the internet, using an IP address located in the northeast region of Connecticut, state police said. State polic…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Massachusetts State Police Issue Alert For New Parking Meter Scam Massachusetts State Police Issue Alert For New Parking Meter Scam
Massachusetts State Police Issue Alert For New Parking Meter Scam Massachusetts State Police issued an alert to residents about a new scam involving parking meters.  A number of police departments in the nation have reported that fraudulent QR code stickers have been placed on parking meters, claiming that the QR code is a "quick pay" option, state police said on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Beware of a new scam using QR codes on Parking Meters. See the attached bulletin for more information pic.twitter.com/BDPyQRFjT8 — Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) January 12, 2022 This phishing scam brings people to a fake website, where scammers steal the payment in…

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by Nicole Valinote