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Airman Paid NY Girl, 9, To Send Sexually Explicit Photos, Videos: DOJ
An active Air Force member posed as a teenager and paid a 9-year-old New York girl to send him sexually explicit images, federal prosecutors alleged.
David Ibarra, 31, of Anchorage, Alaska, was arraigned on child sexual exploitation and related charges in Central Islip federal court on Wednesday, March 26.
An investigation found that Ibarra, an active-duty senior airman in the US Air Force, communicated with a 9-year-old Suffolk County girl while pretending to be a 13-year-old boy, prosecutors said.
He repeatedly pressured the girl to send him sexually explicit photos and videos, often giv…
4 Men Linked To Multi-State Burglary Ring After Hudson Valley Break-In: Police
Four men believed to be part of a nationwide burglary ring were arrested this week following a months-long investigation that began with a home break-in in Westchester County, police said.
The suspects—Jose Hevia-Irribarra, 28; Sebastian Figueroa-Urzua, 30; Yordy Hernandez-Ramos, 21; and Alexander Silva-Yanez, 28—were taken into custody on Monday, March 24, in a joint operation by the Harrison Police Department and the FBI, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 25.
All four, who are Chilean nationals, were arrested under full extradition warrants connected to a recent home burglary …
$1.7M Jewelry Store Theft: Duo Used Sledgehammer To Break Into Hudson Valley Business, Feds Say
Two New Jersey men have been arrested in connection with the violent, broad-daylight robbery of a jewelry store in New York that left customers and employees terrified, federal officials announced.
Essex County residents Kevin Williams, 26, and Byron Wilson, 24, both of Irvington, NJ, were arrested and charged in the December 2024 sledgehammer robbery at Tarrytown Jewelers in the Westchester County hamlet of Hartsdale, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday, March 25.
The robbery happened just after 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, at the Westch…
4 Firefighters Injured In 2-Alarm Blaze At Hudson Valley Home
Four people, including firefighters, were hospitalized following an intense two-alarm fire that broke out at a home in Orange County, officials said.
The blaze started around 2:11 p.m. Monday, March 24, on the porch of a residence at 23 North Robinson Ave. in Newburgh, near the Newburgh City Court building, according to the City of Newburgh Fire Department.
When crews arrived, they found heavy flames at the rear of the building, with fire spreading to the first floor. A second alarm was struck just two minutes later, at 2:13 p.m.
Firefighters found one person trapped at a first…
