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Virginia Man Secretly Filmed Women’s ‘Upskirts’ At Target, Other Stores: Police
A Virginia man’s alleged shopping trips weren’t about groceries or electronics — they were about secretly filming women without their consent, police said. A Bedford man is behind bars after police say he went on a disturbing streak of unlawful filming at Target and other stores across Virginia. The trouble started Saturday, June 28, when Leesburg Police got their first call. A shopper at the Target on Edwards Ferry Road said a man was caught filming inside the store without the victim ever knowing, according to investigators. By the time officers showed up, the man had bolted. Dete…
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‘Peeping Tom’ Arrest In Maryland Uncovers Child Porn, Bestiality: Police
What started as an investigation into an alleged Peeping Tom incident in Maryland led to several disturbing discoveries, according to police. Javier Armando Pastran Morales, 32, of Rockville, is behind bars after allegedly recording a teenage girl inside a department store changing room, prompting a probe that led to a host of charges. In April, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to Urban Outfitters at the Westfield mall when a 15-year-old girl reported that a man had recorded her in a changing room. Javier Armando Pastran Morales Google…
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$5.6M Award After Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram
$5.6 million. That’s what a Philadelphia jury awarded to the parents of a beautiful baby girl left with catastrophic brain damage after a botched birth — and whose photo was posted on Instagram by the midwife who delivered her, labeled with the caption: “Jellybean head.” The baby, Camille Hoffman, is now 6 years old. She is nearly blind, can’t walk without help, and relies on a feeding tube to survive. Camille was born in July 2018 at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where midwife Anne Pitts Londergan allegedly missed two dangerous fetal positioning abnormalities — brow and occiput posterior…
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Peeping Tom Caught Filming Woman In Fitting Room Inside Maryland Mall: Police
A Maryland man accused of secretly filming a woman in a fitting room at Montgomery Mall has been arrested, Montgomery County Police announced. Javier Armando Pastran Morales, 31, was taken into custody on Thursday, May 15 outside his Rockville home following a monthlong investigation into a Peeping Tom, police said. The arrest follows an incident that happened around 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, when officers were called to the 7100 block of Democracy Boulevard in Bethesda for a complaint. The investigation revealed that Pastran Morales used his cell phone to allegedly record or photog…
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Minnesota Mom Who Called Autistic Boy Racial Slur Raises Over $600K After Viral Video
A Minnesota mother who admitted to calling a 5-year-old autistic boy a racial slur in a viral video has raised more than $600,000 in online donations after claiming she feared for her life because of threats and harassment. Shiloh Hendrix identified herself as the woman in the widely circulated video, which was filmed last week at a park in Rochester, Minnesota. In a GiveSendGo fundraising campaign, she said she feared retaliation and sought public support. Hundreds of donors have contributed, helping her raise over half of her $1 million goal. "I am so grateful to all of you who have donat…
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Student Helps Expose Staffer Filming Kids At Virginia Elementary School: Sheriff
See something, say something. A courageous student is being praised in Stafford County after stepping up and helping expose a paraprofessional accused of secretly filming kids at an elementary school. On March 18, a student at Conway Elementary School told a teacher that a staff member had been “acting inappropriately” toward another student, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said. That tip sparked a fast-moving investigation by the school’s resource officer and the Special Victims Unit, leading to the arrest of 56-year-old Eric Van Orden of Stafford. Van Orden, a paraprofessional at t…
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'Peeping Tom' Admits To Recording Women Illegally, Stealing Data In Maryland: Prosecutors
A Peeping Tom who secretly filmed women and stole data from patients' cellphones at his job in Howard County copped to the crime and is facing prison time, according to the state's attorney's office. Owings Mills resident Delano Draine, 43, pleaded guilty this week to eight counts of illegal computer access and four counts related to visual surveillance for incidents involving several women and a young girl, authorities announced. He was initially indicted on 68 charges related to recordings in a dressing room, upskirt videos of women, and illegally accessing private media of patients …
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Suspended Maryland Correctional Officer Admits To Violating Privacy Of Arestee's Phone: Sheriff
A suspended correctional officer in Maryland has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in office after allegedly violating the rights of an arrested party, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. NiJee Pierre McWillis, a Charles County correctional officer who was suspended in March pending his trial for the alleged misconduct, was indicted earlier this year on charges for misconduct in office and unauthorized access to computers and related material. He had also been charged with copy/possession of a database, though that will be dismissed by the Charles County Stat…
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