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Eight Suspects Arrested In Berks County Human Trafficking Sting: DA Eight Suspects Arrested In Berks County Human Trafficking Sting: DA
Eight Suspects Arrested In Berks County Human Trafficking Sting: DA The Berks County District Attorney's Office reports eight arrests following a two-day human trafficking sting operation, officials announced.  On Monday and Tuesday, March 13 and 14, the DA's Human Trafficking Task Force seeded advertisements across "websites commonly used for sex trade," offering "sexual relations with minors at a predetermined location in Berks County," prosecutors said in a release.  Throughout the course of the two days, eight individuals showed up to the rendezvous site and were arrested, DA John T. Adams said.  “The harsh reality is that human tra…

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by Mac Bullock
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Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate
Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate Two undercover agents caught a central Pennsylvania man using the social media app Kik to make child pornography, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. The sting operation began after the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip from the FBI that Sean Deemer, 54, of the 500 block of Golden Street, Lititz,'s IP address was linked to child porn and grooming on the app on May 3. Between the dates of May 6 and 12, 2021, the FBI posed as an 11-year-old girl Kik and had a conversation with Deemer. A subpoena served to Kik by the FBI revealed the I…

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by Jillian Pikora
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VISA FRAUD: NJ Lawyer Busted By Feds In Undercover Sting VISA FRAUD: NJ Lawyer Busted By Feds In Undercover Sting
Visa Fraud: NJ Lawyer Busted By Feds In Undercover Sting A New Jersey attorney who lives in Pennsylvania was arrested by federal agents after he submitted a false visa application for a client who turned out to be a government informant, authorities said. Steven G. Thomas, 52, of New Hope, PA had been encouraging clients to apply for asylum under false pretenses, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Thomas, who operates a law firm in Montgomery Township, told them how they'd mostly succeed in their applications even though he knew full well that they didn't qualify, Sellinger said. Then he "prepared or cau…

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by Jerry DeMarco