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'Predator' Hunter Group Claims It Posed As 11-Year-Old In Online Sting 'Predator' Hunter Group Claims It Posed As 11-Year-Old In Online Sting
'Predator' Hunter Group Claims It Posed As 11-Year-Old In Online Sting A 48-year-old Connecticut man is facing serious charges after police say he had inappropriate conversations with someone he believed to be under age 16. Paul W. Melnick, of Newtown, was arrested Friday, Feb. 27, following a police investigation that began with a complaint received the day before, Newtown police said. Authorities said the case is still under investigation. According to investigators, Melnick allegedly engaged in “inappropriate communications” with a person he thought was a minor. As a result, he was charged with enticing a minor by computer, harmful communication with a mino…

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by Josh Lanier
News
ICE Detains NJ Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved ICE Detains NJ Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved
ICE Detains NJ Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved A man was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a federal raid in New Jersey, even though he was not the subject of the investigation, according to officials and immigrant advocacy groups. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that a search warrant was executed on the 800 block of Asbury Avenue in Ocean City (Cape May County) as part of an ongoing child exploitation investigation on Tuesday, July 29.  Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said the warrant stemmed from a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which identifi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Community Rallying Support For Volunteer FD Robbed Of $200K Earmarked For Ambulances In MD Community Rallying Support For Volunteer FD Robbed Of $200K Earmarked For Ambulances In MD
Community Rallying Support For Volunteer FD Robbed Of $200K Earmarked For Ambulances In MD Thousands of dollars have been raised by a community after cyber criminals got the best of a Maryland fire department that was bilked out of more than $200,000 that was planned to purchase two ambulances. The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department issued an alert earlier this month advising that a group posing as a vendor the agency had been working with in late April robbed them as they continue efforts to recover the cash. According to the department, the Montgomery County Department of Police, US Secret Service, and FBI have all been notified, and their bank has been able to return approxim…

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by Zak Failla