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Teacher Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Students Released On Bond In Maryland: Police Teacher Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Students Released On Bond In Maryland: Police
Teacher Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Students Released On Bond In Maryland: Police A former elementary school teacher in Maryland who was convicted for sexually abusing students has been released from prison, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced. John Anthony Vigna, now 58, had his conviction overturned overturned over the summer and he is now released on bond while he awaits a new trial, despite additional victims coming forward.  According to police, while acting as a teacher at Cloverly Elementary School in Silver Spring, Vigna is accused of inappropriately touching girls between August 2001 and February 2016. He began teaching at the school in Oc…

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West New York Killer Brutally Beat Inmate For Latin Kings 'Hit Squad,' Indictment Charges West New York Killer Brutally Beat Inmate For Latin Kings 'Hit Squad,' Indictment Charges
West New York Killer Brutally Beat Inmate For Latin Kings 'Hit Squad,' Indictment Charges A convicted killer from West New York sent a fellow inmate to the hospital with a severe head injury as part of a deal with a prison "hit squad" run by a Latin Kings leader, authorities said. Daniel Balbuena, 29, carried out the beating in exchange for an assault on a rival of the Gran Familiar Mexicana gang by hit squad members, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Trenton alleges. Authorities last year charged Frank “Lafay” Blake of Hillside and several other current and former shank-armed inmates with an assault at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, as well as with plans to carry …

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by Jerry DeMarco