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PREDATOR STING: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says PREDATOR STING: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says
Predator Sting: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says A Pennsylvania man who arranged what he thought was sex with a pre-teen in a New Jersey hotel was instead seized by federal agents when he showed up, authorities said Wednesday. Louis Goldenberg, 41 of Philadelphia, "began interacting on a messaging application with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent, who was posing as a middle-aged woman with a 12-year-old niece" last month, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Sept. 20. Goldenberg messaged the purported aunt, "continuously expressing interest in having sexual contact," the U.S. att…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Used TikTok To Solicit Sexual Photos From PA Girls: DA NJ Man Used TikTok To Solicit Sexual Photos From PA Girls: DA
NJ Man Used TikTok To Solicit Sexual Photos From PA Girls: DA A 26-year-old New Jersey man was arrested and found with child porn after he used social media to solicit sexually explicit photos from Pennsylvania girls, authorities said. An investigation began on April 20 when the dad of two girls, ages 11 and 12, told the Montgomery County Detective Bureau that his daughters had been solicited to send naked images via TikTok and text messages by a man later identified as Ryan Corcoran, of Andover, NJ, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The dad claimed he learned of the communications when one of his daughters told him t…

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by Nicole Acosta
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GoFundMe For PA Girl Who Died Doing Tik Tok 'Blackout Challenge' Taken Down GoFundMe For PA Girl Who Died Doing Tik Tok 'Blackout Challenge' Taken Down
GoFundMe For PA Girl Who Died Doing Tik Tok 'Blackout Challenge' Taken Down A GoFundMe set up to help with funeral expenses for a Pennsylvania girl who died while participating in a TikTok challenge has been removed. Nylah Anderson, 10, was found unconscious in her Chester bedroom on Dec. 12 after trying the "Blackout Challenge," which encourages participants to hold their breath until they pass out, Daily Voice previously reported. Nylah was rushed to a local hospital where she died. Alyssa Metz-Topodas, a local mom hoping to help the family cope with their "tragic" loss, launched the fundraiser. The page had raised over $7,700 as of 7 p.m. Wednesday. "Unfortun…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ Man Busted After Predator-Exposing Vigilante Poses As Girl, 14 NJ Man Busted After Predator-Exposing Vigilante Poses As Girl, 14
NJ Man Busted After Predator-Exposing Vigilante Poses As Girl, 14 A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the authenticity of the "To Catch a Predator"-styled sting, which they said was brought…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say
Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say A convicted rapist who took a bus from Oklahoma to New Jersey for what he thought would be sex with an 11- and 12-year-old girl was caught in a joint state-federal sting, authorities said. New Jersey State Police detectives and special U.S. Homeland Security agents arrested Aaron Craiger, 33, at an Atlantic City motel this week, they said. Craiger planned to meet two men he thought were bringing their daughters to have sex with him, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan said Friday. “Craiger had condoms with him, as well as a small amount of marijua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral VIDEO: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral
Video: Jersey Shore Meeting Of YouTuber Posing As Girl, 14, And Older Man Goes Viral A YouTube video made by a man who said he posed as an underage girl to arrange a meeting with an online predator at a Jersey Shore pizzeria has gone viral. It also brought a warning from a top law enforcement official about playing vigilante. ****** UPDATE: Detectives arrested a 33-year-old Jersey Shore man on luring and attempted sexual assault charges after a YouTube creator lured him into a meeting by posing as a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ocean/police-fire/prosecutor-authorities-nab-accused-jersey-shore-child-predator-snared-by-youtuber/78431…

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by Jerry DeMarco