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Teachers Among Seven Arrested in Virginia Online Predator Sting: Police Teachers Among Seven Arrested in Virginia Online Predator Sting: Police
Teachers Among Seven Arrested in Virginia Online Predator Sting: Police A Virginia high school teacher is among seven men facing felony charges after being caught in an undercover sting operation targeting online predators in Fairfax County, authorities announced. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Bureau and Child Exploitation Unit launched a multi-day operation aimed at identifying individuals using online platforms to arrange illegal encounters with minors, resulting in seven arrests.  The suspects, ranging in age from 24 to 50, arrived in Fairfax County expecting to meet underage victims but were instead met by law…

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by Zak Failla
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VA Dad Finds TikTok Creep In Bed With 15-Year-Old Child, Cops Say VA Dad Finds TikTok Creep In Bed With 15-Year-Old Child, Cops Say
VA Dad Finds TikTok Creep In Bed With 15-Year-Old Child, Cops Say A 30-year-old man took a 1,200-mile trek from Minnesota to Virginia with ill intentions after meeting a Reston teen through social media, according to police in Fairfax County. Trent Fair is facing multiple charges after a father found him in bed with his 15-year-old child, leading to his arrest. According to a spokesperson from the Fairfax County Police Department, shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, officers were called to the 2000 block of Blue Ridge Court to investigate the report of the solicitation of a minor. Investigators say that the Minnesota man met the victim through Tik…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Using Social Media To Solicit Child In Virginia Intercepted By Officers, Police Say Man Using Social Media To Solicit Child In Virginia Intercepted By Officers, Police Say
Man Using Social Media To Solicit Child In Virginia Intercepted By Officers, Police Say A 22-year-old Philadelphia man who allegedly used social media to prey on underage victims has been apprehended in Prince William County, authorities announced on Thursday. Shafan Naeem was arrested over the weekend in Woodbridge following an investigation into the solicitation of a minor, officials say. An investigation determined that Naeem used the social media app to communicate with a child sending inappropriate images and involving the solicitation of sexual acts by the 22-year-old man, according to the Prince William County Police Department. During those communications, N…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Soliciting 11-Year-Old Child Surrenders After Four-Hour Standoff In Virginia: Police Suspect Soliciting 11-Year-Old Child Surrenders After Four-Hour Standoff In Virginia: Police
Suspect Soliciting 11-Year-Old Child Surrenders After Four-Hour Standoff In Virginia: Police New details have been released by the Fairfax County Police Department after a man wanted for soliciting sexual acts from a minor was taken into custody following a four-hour standoff.  Centreville resident Cody Christopher Flynn, 35, is facing multiple charges following a lengthy barricade that ended up with him behind bars after refusing officers' demands on Friday night, authorities announced. Shortly before 10 p.m. on July 12, officers from the department's SWAT team attempted to serve a warrant in the 13800 block of Fount Beattie Court following tips that Flynn had been solic…

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by Zak Failla
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DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police
DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police Police in Fairfax County are looking for additional victims after a DC man was arrested for soliciting a minor through social media. The Fairfax County Police Department received a report last week after a child was in touch with a grown man named "Alex" through Snapchat and received multiple illicit images from him as he attempted to convince the child to meet him at an area shopping center. Following that call, detectives from the department began investigating and reviewing digital evidence, officials said, which linked them to District resident Brian Dolan, whose identity was confirmed …

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by Zak Failla
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Animal Sex Abuse Material, Child Porn Found During Probe Into Virginia Creep: Cops Animal Sex Abuse Material, Child Porn Found During Probe Into Virginia Creep: Cops
Animal Sex Abuse Material, Child Porn Found During Probe Into Virginia Creep: Cops A Fairfax County man is facing new charges, many of them horrifying, following his arrest earlier this month. Craig Strasbourger, 31, of Vienna, was found with animal sex abuse material, child pornography, and apparently solicited sex from a minor, Fairfax County police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Strasbourger became the center of an investigation earlier this month following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, saying he was believed to have been "engaging in sexual communication" with a child from Kentucky, FCPD said on Nov. 17. A SWAT raid…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine
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Man Filmed Sexual Encounter With Teen, Sent It Out, PWC Police Say Man Filmed Sexual Encounter With Teen, Sent It Out, PWC Police Say
Man Filmed Sexual Encounter With Teen, Sent It Out, PWC Police Say An 18-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and recording part of it, before sending it to at least one other person, authorities in Prince William County said. Dominque Allen Sequeria-Carter, of Woodbridge, met up with the girl at a Woodbridge home sometime between Jan. 2 and 5, 2023, PWC police said. While inside the home, the Sequeria-Carter sexually assaulted the victim on more than one occasion and recorded a portion of the encounter, police said. The victim left the home later that day without incident, and  eventually reported the inciden…

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by Cecilia Levine