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Creep Who Sought Sex From 'Child' Online In VA Then Fled To Egypt Sentenced: Officials Creep Who Sought Sex From 'Child' Online In VA Then Fled To Egypt Sentenced: Officials
Creep Who Sought Sex From 'Child' Online In VA Then Fled To Egypt Sentenced: Officials A Maryland man was sentenced to 75 years in prison after soliciting sex from someone he thought was a minor online in Virginia before fleeing to Egypt, authorities said. John R. Raff, 42, of Perryville, MD, was arrested in Maryland in 2014 and extradited to Virginia for an ongoing NOVA-DC ICAC Task Force investigation, the Virginia State Police said. Raff had attempted to solicit a Virginia State Police agent whom he believed was a minor, a spokesman for the VSP said. Following his arrest in 2014, Raff posted bond and fled to the Arab Republic of Egypt, police said. The Rockingham Com…

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Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's West Falls Church Murder: Cops Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's West Falls Church Murder: Cops
Jose Lazaro Cruz Arrested After more than 30 years on the run, a man accused of killing his wife in Fairfax County has been captured, authorities announced. Jose Lazaro Cruz has been wanted since spring of 1991, when he stabbed his wife, Ana Jurado, 24, on the 3100 block of Cofer Road in West Falls Church, county police said.  The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and Cruz, her estranged husband, was charged on a warrant for felony murder in May 1991.  Cruz fled to El Salvador, and authorities followed — but their efforts in finding him were futile. In 2022, Cruz was detained while crossing in…

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by Cecilia Levine