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$700K Gold, Bitcoin Theft: ‘PayPal’ Poser From NJ Scams Elderly PA Man, DA Says $700K Gold, Bitcoin Theft: ‘PayPal’ Poser From NJ Scams Elderly PA Man, DA Says
$700K Gold, Bitcoin Theft: ‘PayPal’ Poser From NJ Scams Elderly PA Man, DA Says A slick con artist posing as a PayPal agent scammed a 74-year-old Pennsylvania man out of nearly $700,000 in gold and cryptocurrency, authorities revealed on Friday, Feb. 28. Hirtik Hemchand Khatri, 24, of Lawrence Township, New Jersey, allegedly orchestrated a high-stakes fraud that convinced the victim to empty his savings, fearing he’d be arrested if he didn’t comply, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Whitehall Township Police Chief Michael Marks said. Khatri, who twice showed up at the victim’s home in a Mercedes-Benz to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in gol…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist
Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist A Philadelphia woman was caught red-handed swiping merchandise from a Burlington store in Feasterville before officers discovered she had a high-tech tool to disable security tags, police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Lower Southampton Township officers rushed to the Burlington Store on Brownsville Road on Monday, Feb. 17, after receiving reports of a retail theft in progress. Four suspects were allegedly stuffing merchandise into bags and making a break for it, authorities said. As police closed in, one suspect, 35-year-old Yudith Alexandra Suazo, was nabbed with stolen goods, officers re…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA
Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA Two men have been charged in connection with an undercover operation targeting underage human trafficking in Berks County, authorities announced on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Keith George Manwiller, 49, of Hummelstown, and Mathew Christian Koroma, 23, of Sinking Spring, were arrested during the sting conducted by the Berks County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force, according to Chief County Detective Michael Gombar. Both men are accused of responding to online ads placed by detectives on websites commonly used for sexual advertisements. The suspects allegedly agreed to meet and p…

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill his cabinet with loyalists and his biggest supporters following his sweeping victory in last week's election.  He announced Tuesday, Nov. 12, that two billionaire former rivals turned allies, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, would head up his new Department of Government Efficiency.  Related: Trump Nominates NY Rep. Elise Stefanik As UN Ambassador The tech entrepreneur, age 53, and the 39-year-old Harvard and Yale Law grad will be tasked with major cuts in government spending. Trump called it "The Manhattan Project" for a new…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs Federal investigators said a former anesthesiologist fellow at Boston Children's Hospital traded child pornography on a messaging app to get access to other videos and photos of children as young as infants being sexually abused by adults.  Christopher Sheerer, 35, of Boston, is charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Homeland Security investigators said. Sheerer was previously a cardiac anesthesiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and attended Albright University in Reading, Pennsylvania, a…

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by Josh Lanier
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Homeland Security Arrests Pennsylvania State Corporal During Child Porn Hearing: Reports Homeland Security Arrests Pennsylvania State Corporal During Child Porn Hearing: Reports
Homeland Security Arrests Pennsylvania State Corporal During Child Porn Hearing: Reports A Pennsylvania state corporal who admitted to looking at child porn after Dropbox tipped off Pennsylvania state police that he was saving child pornography to its cloud — has had all charges against him dropped after Federal agents took him into custody on Monday, May 23, according to multiple media outlets. Sean Ryan McKenzie, 37, of Perryopolis, was accused of putting a camera in his bathroom to record a young girl and a child in a swimsuit, police said when charges were first filed against him in March. He was found with child pornography on a USB, in a Dropbox, and on his phone. He…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Baltimore Catholic School Teacher Busted For Sexual Online Relationship With Former Student: PD Baltimore Catholic School Teacher Busted For Sexual Online Relationship With Former Student: PD
Baltimore Catholic School Teacher Busted For Sexual Online Relationship With Former Student: PD A 38-year-old Maryland catholic school teacher was arrested for having an online sexual relationship with a former student who was a minor, authorities said. An investigation was launched into Mark Planamente, of Parkville, on Feb. 11 after Maryland State Police got a tip that he was having an inappropriate online relationship with the girl, Marland State Police said. Planamente was arrested at his home that night on charges of sexual solicitation of a minor and displaying obscene material to a minor, authorities said. A search of his home turned up electronic devices, which were bein…

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by Cecilia Levine