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Hulk Hogan's Attorney Representing Westfield Student Filing AI Nude Photo Lawsuit Hulk Hogan's Attorney Representing Westfield Student Filing AI Nude Photo Lawsuit
Hulk Hogan's Attorney Representing Westfield Student Filing AI Nude Photo Lawsuit The family of a high school student from Westfield has filed a lawsuit against her peer who allegedly made A.I. nude images of her and shared them with classmates. The lawsuit was filed after the student and her family found out no criminal charges were to be filed against the defendant in the suit and other witnesses did not cooperate with police, according to the complaint.  The plaintiffs are asking $150,000 for each image that was disseminated.  The student is represented by Shane Vogt, a Florida based litigator, whose clients have included Hulk Hogan and Sarah Palin, and Joh…
'Zoom Bombing' Disrupts Northampton City Council Meeting, Leaders Look To Block Trolls: Report 'Zoom Bombing' Disrupts Northampton City Council Meeting, Leaders Look To Block Trolls: Report
'Zoom Bombing' Disrupts Northampton City Council Meeting, Leaders Look To Block Trolls: Report A standard city council meeting last week in Hampshire County was upended by "Zoom bombing" trolls and antisemites who spewed hateful and offensive comments. Northampton city councilors have spent the last week looking for solutions to fight back for their meeting on Thursday, Nov. 9, reports said.  The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that the Nov. 2 Northampton City Council meeting was set to discuss typical city governance issues, but things took a dark turn when leaders opened the floor for public comments.  Several people signed up to speak to the board via Zoom. Th…
Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds
Man Sends Bomb Threats To Over 150 Schools, Synagogues, Airports In NY, Other States: Feds A 33-year-old man faces federal charges after sending bomb threats to over 150 school districts, synagogues, airports, hospitals, and malls in several states, including New York and Connecticut, officials announced. Peru resident Eddie Manuel Nunez Santos, age 33, was arrested by Peruvian authorities on Tuesday, Sept. 26 after allegedly placing a string of bomb threats in New York, Connecticut, Arizona, and Alaska in retaliation against teenage girls for them refusing to send him sexually explicit photos, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced.  A…
Man Charged With Enticing 15-Year-Old Boy Over Internet In Katonah: Feds Man Charged With Enticing 15-Year-Old Boy Over Internet In Katonah: Feds
Man Charged With Enticing 15-Year-Old Boy Over Internet In Katonah: Feds A 40-year-old man faces at least a decade in prison for allegedly enticing a 15-year-old boy into engaging in sexual activity with him in Northern Westchester, federal officials said.  John Lord, age 40, of Sedona, Arizona, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 30, and charged with coercing a minor to engage in sexual activity with him in Katonah, the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York announced.  According to federal officials, on the day of Lord's arrest, he sent text messages to a 15-year-old boy whom he had met and communicated with on an online application askin…
Deer Park Man Accused Of Stalking Several Women For Years Deer Park Man Accused Of Stalking Several Women For Years
Deer Park Man Accused Of Stalking Several Women For Years A Long Island man has been accused of stalking several women online and on the phone over the last three years. Joseph Mathews, age 49, of Deer Park, was arrested just after 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, and was charged with four counts of stalking, a second-degree felony. Four women separately contacted police reporting they received sexually inappropriate phone calls and messages from an unknown man dating back to April 2020, Suffolk County Police said.  Following an investigation, Suffolk County PD Fifth Precinct Crime Section officers said they de…
Seaford ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced Seaford ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced
Seaford ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced A Long Island man was sentenced to time behind bars and now must register as a sex offender for creating and sharing "deepfaked" sexually explicit content of women when they were underage. Seaford resident Patrick Carey, age 22, will serve six months in jail and spend 10 years on probation for publishing this information, as well as encouraging others to harass those whose pictures he uploaded, the Nassau County District Attorney announced on Tuesday, April 18. The charges against Carey allege that from September 2019 to just a few hours before his arrest in September 2021, he took images o…
'Sexual Predator' Gets 12 Years For Blackmailing Massachusetts Teen Into Send Nudes: Feds 'Sexual Predator' Gets 12 Years For Blackmailing Massachusetts Teen Into Send Nudes: Feds
'Sexual Predator' Gets 12 Years For Blackmailing Massachusetts Teen Into Send Nudes: Feds A 33-year-old Chicago man who bullied a 16-year-old Massachusetts girl into sending him nude photos and then threatened to release them to her friends and family if she didn't give him more will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities said.  Ernesto Herrera, who pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor in August, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Friday, Fed. 24, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Herrera reached out to the victim from an anonymous phone number through a social media app in June 2020 and manipulate…
Pottstown Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police Pottstown Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police
Pottstown Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police A Montgomery County man sits in a Bucks jail cell after police say he sexually harassed a teen online.  Louis Tran, 34, of Pottstown, is charged with sexual abuse of children, harassment, criminal use of a communications facility, and related counts, said the Plumstead Police Department in a statement.  Investigators say Tran harassed a 13-year-old girl by sending inappropriate messages on social media and calling repeatedly on Facetime. Police said the 34-year-old requested the victim send explicit photographs "on multiple occasions." In one of the video calls, the department sa…
Stalker Followed, Spied On Bucks Woman For 6 Years, DA Says Stalker Followed, Spied On Bucks Woman For 6 Years, DA Says
Stalker Followed, Spied On Bucks Woman For 6 Years, DA Says A Hatfield man who had stalked and harassed a Bucks County woman for over six years is going to jail, authorities say.  Andrew D. Gold, 33, was convicted at trial in August and sentenced to 1-2 years plus 12 years probation at a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 3, said Deputy District Attorney Brittney Kern in a statement.  According to evidence reviewed in court, Gold first made contact with the unnamed victim in 2015 — approaching her in public and trying to strike up a conversation. That proved fruitless for the stalker, who began making unwanted contact with the v…
Dedham Public Library Displaying Christmas Tree After Heated Town Debate Dedham Public Library Displaying Christmas Tree After Heated Town Debate
Dedham Public Library Displaying Christmas Tree After Heated Town Debate A local library has cleared the rumors about their plan to not display their Christmas tree after a Facebook post announcing their intention made its rounds on social media.  The Dedham Public Library said they would not be putting up their Christmas tree for the 2022 season because "people" felt uncomfortable looking at it last year, resident Lisa Desmond said in a Facebook post from Friday, Dec. 2.  This response shocked Desmond as she explained that in her 28 years visiting DPL, she never once "heard a negative comment" about the tree's display.  "We have celebrated and included everyon…
Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report
Boston Children's Hospital Receives Another Bomb Threat Hoax: Report Administrators at Boston Children's Hospital received a bomb threat Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, the third such hoax made to the facility in less than four months.  Police swept the buildings but found nothing, Boston 25 reported.  “We will continue to work closely with law enforcement and hospital security teams, and we are grateful for their immediate response,” a spokesperson for Boston Children’s Hospital told Boston 25. “We are committed to ensuring the hospital is a safe and secure place for all who work here and come here.” This harassment is an ongoing concern for the hosp…
Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds
Ex-eBay Execs Who Sent Live Roaches, Fetal Pig To Natick Couple Sentenced To Prison: Feds Two former eBay executives who pleaded guilty to sending live insects, a funeral wreath, and a bloody Halloween mask to intimidate a Natick couple are going to prison.  Federal prosecutors said James Baugh, age 47, of San Jose, CA, and David Harville, 50, of Las Vegas, "weaponized" the online auction giant's power and security services to silence the couple, but it didn't work.  Baugh, eBay's former senior director of safety and security, will serve 57 months in prison and pay a $40,000 fine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Baugh pleaded guilty to …
New England Teacher On Leave After 8 Middle School Boys Keep Log Of His Alleged Harassment New England Teacher On Leave After 8 Middle School Boys Keep Log Of His Alleged Harassment
New England Teacher On Leave After 8 Middle School Boys Keep Log Of His Alleged Harassment A log of alleged harassment by their teacher dubbed the “Pedo Database” that was created by eight middle school boys in New England is now part of an official investigation into the teacher, The Boston Globe reports.  The Rhode Island teacher, who works at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, has been placed on administrative leave amid a probe into numerous claims of inappropriate behavior, including that he made female students dance for him, the outlet reports. One of the former students, now a 15-year-old high school student, told The Boston Globe that he and several other male…
Police: Westhampton Beach Boy Refers To Texas Massacre In Threat To School Police: Westhampton Beach Boy Refers To Texas Massacre In Threat To School
Police: Westhampton Beach Boy Refers To Texas Massacre In Threat To School A middle school student  has been charged with making a terroristic threat after threatening to shoot up his school in New York while making a reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas massacre. The incident took place in Suffolk County at Westhampton Beach Middle School on Thursday, June 2. The 13-year-old boy told other students and school officials that he was going to "shoot the school" because he was annoyed and frustrated with other students, said Chief Steven McManus of the Westhampton Police. "The teenager made reference to the recent Uvalde, Texas shooting," McManus said. McManu…
Teen Placed On Home Confinement For Threatening Shooting At Bellport HS Teen Placed On Home Confinement For Threatening Shooting At Bellport HS
Teen Placed On Home Confinement For Threatening Shooting At Bellport HS A teenager in New York has been arraigned after being arrested for allegedly threatening to commit a mass shooting at a local school, authorities announced. On Long Island, a 16-year-old student at Bellport High School in Suffolk County was arrested by police in his home on Thursday, May 26. Original story - Teen Charged After Threatening Mass Shooting At Bellport HS, DA Says Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said that the teen - whose name is not being released due to his age - created an online post threatening a massive shooting at his hometown school. Investigators…
TikTok Trolls Say NJ Makeup Artist Is Catfishing — She Says She's Just Doing Her Job TikTok Trolls Say NJ Makeup Artist Is Catfishing — She Says She's Just Doing Her Job
TikTok Trolls Say NJ Makeup Artist Is Catfishing — She Says She's Just Doing Her Job Some call what Crystal Curtis is doing "catfishing." She calls it art. The New Jersey native has been going viral on TikTok for her makeup transformations by making herself look like an entirely different person.  Sure, she's got some haters. But she's also got skills. "People use the word 'catfishing' as an insult but I’m like, that just means I’m doing my job," said Curtis, who was born in Plainfield but grew up in Hackettstown and Andover. Scroll to the bottom for products Curtis uses in her transformations. Curtis has been interested in makeup for as long as she can remember. As a t…
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA A former college athlete pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 1 to sexually extorting and harassing 15 victims, including one Bensalem woman who later died by suicide, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, admitted that for four years he used anonymous Snapchat accounts to threaten and torment dozens of women and girls, some as young as 12, into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Pisarchuk was arrested on June 8, 2021, after police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual …
Central PA High School Closed, Student Arrested Amid Terroristic Threats: Police Central PA High School Closed, Student Arrested Amid Terroristic Threats: Police
Central PA High School Closed, Student Arrested Amid Terroristic Threats: Police A central Pennsylvania high school student has been arrested and their school has closed after a threat was made on Tuesday, according to a release by state police. The juvenile was arrested and charged with terroristic threats and harassment for a social media threat made against Gettysburg High School in Adams County, according to police. The school closed and classes were taught remotely on Tuesday, according to the release. There is no threat to the public, students or faculty, according to police. Classes will be in-person on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by the school.
Northern Westchester Man Who IDs Himself As An 'Incel' Admits To Stalking, Terrorizing Women Northern Westchester Man Who IDs Himself As An 'Incel' Admits To Stalking, Terrorizing Women
Northern Westchester Man Who IDs Himself As An 'Incel' Admits To Stalking, Terrorizing Women A man who identifies himself as an “incel” or “involuntary celibate” has admitted to stalking and terrorizing at least two women, federal authorities announced. Peekskill resident David Kaufman, age 27 - also known as “David Khalifa,” “John Morray,” and “Big Man,” pleaded guilty to stalking multiple victims between October 2019 and August 2020, including terrorizing messages and inappropriate photos. According to officials, Kaufman self-identifies as a member of the “Incels,” or the “Involuntary Celibate,” which refers to a group of individuals who are “typically heterosexual, white males, …
PA Man Arrested After Women Find Lewd Photos Of Themselves Online, Police Say PA Man Arrested After Women Find Lewd Photos Of Themselves Online, Police Say
PA Man Arrested After Women Find Lewd Photos Of Themselves Online, Police Say A Montgomery County man was arrested for sharing lewd photos of women online, authorities said. A woman told Abington Township police in March that she had repeatedly been receiving lewd text messages and social media messages which included photos of herself with men performing "sexual acts," police said. Throughout the investigation, three additional victims were identified. The victims reported having inappropriate pictures of themselves posted on sexually explicit websites, police said. The investigation led to an arrest warrant being issued for a 22-year-old suspect, Daniel Wright, o…
Berks Man Posed As Young Boy To Get 10-Year-Old Girl To Send Nude Photos, Authorities Say Berks Man Posed As Young Boy To Get 10-Year-Old Girl To Send Nude Photos, Authorities Say
Berks Man Posed As Young Boy To Get 10-Year-Old Girl To Send Nude Photos, Authorities Say A 23-year-old Berks County man was arrested on various charges after he posed as a young boy online to coerce a 10-year-old girl to send him nude images, authorities said. An investigation ensued after the girl's father reported on May 28 that he discovered the sexually explicit conversations between his daughter and Dennis Heckrote, of Sinking Spring, dating back to when the girl was 8-years-old, according to Chief County Detective Michael J. Gombar. In a June 1 interview, the girl told Berks County Detectives that she messaged someone on TikTok and Discord, who she believed was …
Racist Remarks Made At Fairfield County Meeting Being Investigated As Hate Crime, Police Say Racist Remarks Made At Fairfield County Meeting Being Investigated As Hate Crime, Police Say
Racist Remarks Made At Fairfield County Meeting Being Investigated As Hate Crime, Police Say A hate crime investigation is underway in one Fairfield County town after an unknown person joined a video conference meeting and allegedly made racist remarks. The incident took place on Thursday, April 22, during a meeting of the Racial Equity and Justice Task Force in Fairfield, Police Chief Robert Kalamaras said. According to Kalamaras, the task force was hosting a virtual meeting among its members when an unknown person who had joined the meeting began to share a screen using images of slaves before making racial epithets and racist remarks to the group.  "Some of the r…
Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn
Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn Trolls hijacked the virtual service of a predominately Asian-American church in Bergen County, uttering ethnic slurs and posting pornographic images, authorities said. More than 150 congregants and others with the Englewood church were subject to the bias attack on Zoom, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Saturday. Although invasions of video conferences were once dismissed as trolling, that changed once the spread of COVID-19 made Zoom the app of choice for many forced to communicate remotely. The FBI considers the systemic “weaponization” of Zoom as hate speech and harassment. In o…
Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service
Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service Several people hijacked a virtual service of a predominately Asian-American church in Englewood, uttering ethnic slurs and posting pornographic images, authorities said. More than 150 congregants and others with the Bergen County church were subject to the bias attack on Zoom, Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Saturday. Although invasions of video conferences were once dismissed as trolling, that changed once the spread of COVID-19 made Zoom the app of choice for many forced to communicate remotely. The FBI considers the systemic “weaponization” of Zoom as hate speech and harassme…
'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12 'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12
'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12 After all these months of remote learning, an Elmwood Park mom couldn’t figure out why her 7th-grade daughter resisted returning to a classroom. “She begged me not to send her back,” the young mom said. “I couldn’t understand why. She is well-liked and intelligent. It didn’t make sense.” Then her daughter showed her screen shots of racist comments left under a TikTok video of her dancing with friends by three male students at Elmwood Park Memorial Middle School.  A sampling: “KKK for life” “pick my cotton I need some more” “when I find you you will pay for escaping the farm” “HISPANIC L…
Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder
Woman Admits To Hate Crime For Harassing Area Family Whose Child Had Rare Disorder A Long Island woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment as a hate crime in connection to threatening a Hudson Valley family whose child has a rare genetic disease. Krista Sewell of Melville, in Suffolk County, entered the guilty plea on Friday, Feb. 5, in Ulster County. In pleading guilty, Sewell admitted to sending electronic messages and a letter to a local Ulster County family harassing and threatening their infant daughter who has the rare genetic skin condition harlequin ichthyosis, said the Ulster County District Attorney's Office. Sewell was arrested for the crime in late 20…
Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger
Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger A Rockland County blogger was hit with a $4 million verdict for allegedly cyber-bullying a local Clarkstown elementary school teacher on her blog. Meredith Trussell-Slutsky of Clarkstown was awarded $500,000 in compensatory, and $3.5 million in punitive damages by a state Supreme Court jury on Friday during the trial accusing Carol McIlmurray of libeling her through articles and false accusations on her Rockland Post blog and through other social media posts, according to a news release from Trussell-Slutsky's attorneys. "Ms. Trussell-Slutsky, a mother of two, and community volunteer was bu…
Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester
Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester A schools superintendent in Westchester has responded after a former teacher posted derogatory statements about an ex- student online. Without naming the former teacher or the blog, citing confidentiality, Bronxville Schools Superintendent Roy Montesano, said the former teacher's statements were "misleading" and as "inaccurate as they are offensive." "Moreover, the attacks upon the former student, much less by name, and the school’s integrity are inappropriate and absurd," Montesano added. The superintendent noted that he “urges (the community) not to let one …
Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims
Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims The parents of one of the children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are calling out Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for making his platform “a safe haven for hate.” Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, the parents of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, one of the 20 victims in the shooting, wrote an open letter lambasting Zuckerberg, who grew up in Westchester County. In the letter, they state that since the shooting on Dec. 14, 2012, “we, as well as the parents, family, and friends of the 25 other victims, have been embroiled in a constant battle with social media providers…