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Man Poses As Nurse To Kidnap, Sexually Abuse Women In NJ, NY: Feds Man Poses As Nurse To Kidnap, Sexually Abuse Women In NJ, NY: Feds
Man Poses As Nurse To Kidnap, Sexually Abuse Women In NJ, NY: Feds A Hudson County man who posed as a nurse on Facebook and the Hinge dating app kidnapped, assaulted and sexually abused several women in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities charged. Herman Calvin Brightman, 30, abducted one of the women and her 2-year-old child in the Bronx and brought them to his West New York home at knifepoint, said Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It was only one of what NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban called many “deeply disturbing and heinous acts” that included threats to kill his victims. Brightman also stalked a wom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEXTORTION: AMC CEO, Philly Native Adam Aron Says He Was Blackmailed SEXTORTION: AMC CEO, Philly Native Adam Aron Says He Was Blackmailed
Sextortion: AMC CEO, Philly Native Adam Aron Says He Was Blackmailed Philadelphia native and AMC CEO Adam Aron says he was the victim of an "elaborate criminal extortion" scheme last year, he announced Thursday morning, Oct. 12, in a social media post.  Aron made the revelation after Semafor reported that the CEO had sent "sexually explicit images and messages" to a woman who later tried to hold them as blackmail.  The woman, Sakoya Blackwood of Bronx, New York, was charged with extortion and cyberstalking and later sentenced to one year time served, according to the outlet.  View this post on Instagram A pos…

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by Mac Bullock
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South Jersey Repeat Offender Admits Cyberstalking Assault Victim, Obscene Threats: Prosecutor South Jersey Repeat Offender Admits Cyberstalking Assault Victim, Obscene Threats: Prosecutor
South Jersey Repeat Offender Admits Cyberstalking Assault Victim, Obscene Threats: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man on probation in South Jersey has admitted to cyberstalking an assault victim, authorities said. John LeVance, of Absecon, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 20 to the charges of stalking as a repeat offender, cyber harassment, contempt of a court order and invasion of privacy, according the the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. LeVance had been detained since January after his arrest for stalking the victim since June 2022, the prosecutor said. Following his plea, the court released LeVance from the Atlantic County Justice Facility over the State's …

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by Jon Craig
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Bergenfield Man Who Shared Nude Pics With Victims' Pals, Family Sentenced For Cyberstalking Bergenfield Man Who Shared Nude Pics With Victims' Pals, Family Sentenced For Cyberstalking
Bergenfield Man Who Shared Nude Pics With Victims' Pals, Family Sentenced For Cyberstalking A Bergenfield man must spend the next 16 months in federal prison for posting naked and semi-naked photos of nearly two dozen victims and then sending the links to their families and friends. Rino Diamante, 26, continued the harassment for nearly four years, beginning in January 2016, stalking some of his victims on Facebook, federal authorities said. Rather than face trial, he took a deal from federal prosecutors following his arrest by the FBI. Diamante admitted during a video-conferenced guilty plea before a U.S. District Court judge in Newark last August that he posted the photos of pe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Trump Family Friend From Montclair Arrested On Cyberstalking Charges Trump Family Friend From Montclair Arrested On Cyberstalking Charges
Trump Family Friend From Montclair Arrested On Cyberstalking Charges A former Montclair resident who is family friends with Donald Trump's family was arrested and accused of cyberstalking three people and harassing two others. The criminal complaint against Ken Kurson -- who is close friends with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner -- was filed last week in the public corruption unit of the U.S. attorney's Brooklyn office. The alleged harassment was revealed earlier this year as part of a background check, when Kurson was nominated by the Trump administration to the board of National Endowment for the Humanities. The FBI discovered that Kurson had ha…

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by Cecilia Levine