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Man Took Shirt Off, Pinned Flight Attendant Against Exit Door On Newark Bound Flight: Feds Man Took Shirt Off, Pinned Flight Attendant Against Exit Door On Newark Bound Flight: Feds
Man Took Shirt Off, Pinned Flight Attendant Against Exit Door On Newark Bound Flight: Feds A 38-year-old Washington, DC man was arrested and charged with threatening flight attendants on a flight to Newark Liberty International Airport last summer, authorities said. On Wednesday, June 12, shortly before the United Airlines plane landed from Houston, Kedus Damtew removed his shirt; pushed his bare chest into a flight attendant, pinning the flight attendant against the aircraft exit door; shouted epithets and threats of physical violence; and punched an aircraft oven, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Damtew then followed the same flight attendant to the rear of the aircraft, wher…

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by Sam Barron
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Morris County Man Gets 7 Years For Possessing Images Of Children Being Abused: Feds Morris County Man Gets 7 Years For Possessing Images Of Children Being Abused: Feds
Morris County Man Gets 7 Years For Possessing Images Of Children Being Abused: Feds A 53-year-old Morris County man was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 16, to seven years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities said. For three weeks in 2021-2022,  Anselmo Girimonte, a Wharton resident, distributed material containing images and video files of child sexual abuse, via a publicly available online peer-to-peer file-sharing program, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said.  Law enforcement used undercover online sessions to access the P2P program and during these sessions a user shared multiple video files of adults sexually abusing prepubes…

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by Sam Barron
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Flanders Mailman Found Guilty Of Taking Bribes To Transport Drugs: Feds Flanders Mailman Found Guilty Of Taking Bribes To Transport Drugs: Feds
Flanders Mailman Found Guilty Of Taking Bribes To Transport Drugs: Feds A 49-year-old former mailman and Union resident was convicted in federal court on Thursday, Aug. 15 of taking bribes to deliver drugs through the mail, authorities said.  For five years, from 2015 to 2010, Emerson Pavilus received cash payments in exchange for helping individuals intercept packages containing illegal narcotics and other illicit materials while working as a mailman in Flanders, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Pavilus provided his conspirators with addresses for vacant houses along his mail route to which they could ship illegal packages, Sellinger said. P…

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by Sam Barron
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Former NJ Child Services Caseworker Admits Collecting Kid Porn Former NJ Child Services Caseworker Admits Collecting Kid Porn
Former NJ Child Services Caseworker Admits Collecting Kid Porn 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 57-year-old former caseworker for the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency admitted collecting images of victims as young as toddlers being sexually abused, federal authorities said. Authorities found images on his cellphone after Trent Collier, 57, of Kearny, arrived at Newark Airport on a flight from the Dominican Republic, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Collier was targeted because he'd apparently exchanged images on the phone while out of the country, investigators said. He ended up taking a deal from the government rather than risking the potential ou…

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by Jerry DeMarco