Rockaway, NJ
Police & Fire
Rockaway Man Thought He Was Talking To Young Girl — It Was Actually Undercover Cop: Prosecutor Rockaway Man Thought He Was Talking To Young Girl — It Was Actually Undercover Cop: Prosecutor
Rockaway Man Thought He Was Talking To Young Girl — It Was Actually Undercover Cop: Prosecutor A 32-year-old Rockaway Borough man was arrested and charged on Friday, Feb. 28, after he had sexually explicit conversations with undercover officers posing as young girls, authorities said. Andrew Ryan Hendershot engaged in sexually explicit conversations via Snapchat with what he believed to be a 14-yearold female child, but which was an undercover agent with the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Chief of Detectives Robert McNally said. Hendershot began engaging in sexual text conversations with undercover law enforcement offi…

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by Sam Barron
Schenectady, NY
Schools
Student, 14, Threatens Shooting At Schenectady High School, Police Say Student, 14, Threatens Shooting At Schenectady High School, Police Say
Student, 14, Threatens Shooting At Schenectady High School, Police Say A 14-year-old boy is accused of threatening to kill a classmate at a Capital Region school. Schenectady School District officials contacted police after learning that a student at Washington Irving School had threatened a 14-year-old classmate via Snapchat late Saturday night, Feb. 22, Schenectady Police said. Officers identified the suspect and determined that he threatened to bring a gun to school and kill one of his classmates following a dispute earlier in the week, police said. The teen was arrested on suspicion of aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor. His name was not publicized due …

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by Michael Mashburn
Torrington, CT
News
Torrington Man Accused Of Trying To Sneak Teen Into Canada, Admits To Child Porn Charges: Feds Torrington Man Accused Of Trying To Sneak Teen Into Canada, Admits To Child Porn Charges: Feds
Torrington Man Accused Of Trying To Sneak Teen Into Canada, Admits To Child Porn Charges: Feds A 22-year-old Connecticut man who was accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her before trying to cross into Canada, pleaded guilty this week to producing child pornography, authorities said.  Christopher Jesus Constanzo, of Torrington, faces up to 30 years in prison following his mea culpa, the US Attorney for Connecticut said.  Constanzo was arrested on Dec. 2, 2021, at the U.S. Port of Entry at Highgate Springs, Vermont. The girl told customs officials that they'd met the night before at Stillwater Pond State Park in Torrington, where he sexually …

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by Josh Lanier
Huntington, NY
Schools
Student Threatened 'Mass Harm' At Huntington High School, Police Say Student Threatened 'Mass Harm' At Huntington High School, Police Say
Student Threatened 'Mass Harm' At Huntington High School, Police Say A student is accused of making threats against a Long Island high school. Officers responded to Huntington High School at around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb, 11, after being tipped off that a student had made a “threat of mass harm” against the campus on Snapchat, Suffolk County Police said. Following an investigation, Second Precinct officers arrested a female student, 18, on suspicion of making a threat of mass harm. She was expected to undergo evaluation and be arraigned at a later date. Authorities did not publicize the student’s name or speculate on a possible motive for the alleged thre…

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by Michael Mashburn
Bolton, CT
Police & Fire
Bolton Registered Sex Offender Charged With Soliciting Nudes From 10-Year-Old: Police Bolton Registered Sex Offender Charged With Soliciting Nudes From 10-Year-Old: Police
Bolton Registered Sex Offender Charged With Soliciting Nudes From 10-Year-Old: Police A Connecticut-registered sex offender was arrested this week after police said he enticed a 10-year-old girl to send him nude photos. Robert Cohs Jr., 56, of Bolton, was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 4, and charged with risk of injury to a minor and enticing a minor, Connecticut State Police said. He was held on a $500,000 bond, which he couldn't pay. Police began investigating Cohs in July when a woman reported to authorities that she had found a Snapchat conversation on her 10-year-old daughter’s phone containing sexually graphic language. Investigators said Cohs pressured the girl to send nude …

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by Josh Lanier
Hackensack, NJ
News
Creep Sexually Assaults Child In Bergen County Months After Trying To Lure 11-Year-Old: Cops Creep Sexually Assaults Child In Bergen County Months After Trying To Lure 11-Year-Old: Cops
Creep Sexually Assaults Child In Bergen County Months After Trying To Lure 11-Year-Old: Cops A 29-year-old North Bergen man who last year was charged with trying to lure a young girl was arrested for sexually assaulting a child in River Vale, and then trying to do it again days later, authorities said. Guy McCann II was arrested in West New York after police said he tried luring a girl an 11-year-old girl into his car at 61st Street and Kennedy Boulevard on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The child was not harmed during the incident, police said. McCann was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and attempting to lure or ent…

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by Cecilia Levine
Windsor, CT
Police & Fire
Ex-Windsor Man Admits to Sexual Assaults Targeting Teens, Adults: State Ex-Windsor Man Admits to Sexual Assaults Targeting Teens, Adults: State
Ex-Windsor Man Admits to Sexual Assaults Targeting Teens, Adults: State A Connecticut man who preyed on minors and adults using Snapchat and deception has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual assault charges, authorities announced. Akin Warner, 27, formerly of Windsor, admitted Friday to two counts of sexual assault in the second degree and three counts of illegal sexual contact with a minor, along with several other charges in Tolland and Hartford counties, state prosecutors said. Investigators revealed Warner posed as a teenager to connect with minors online via Snapchat. In one case, he claimed to be 17 when he was 25, luring two underage victims to the Ellingt…

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by Josh Lanier
Cortlandt, NY
News
18-Year-Old Accused Of Raping Teen On Boat In Croton-On-Hudson: Police 18-Year-Old Accused Of Raping Teen On Boat In Croton-On-Hudson: Police
18-Year-Old Accused Of Raping Teen On Boat In Croton-On-Hudson: Police An 18-year-old Putnam County man was apprehended following an investigation into the sexual assault of a teen reported at a Northern Westchester marina, police announced. Brewster resident Azgan Mataj was arrested on Monday, Jan. 13 in connection with an incident at the Half Moon Bay Marina in Croton-on-Hudson on Saturday, Nov. 2, the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department announced on Tuesday, Jan. 14.  According to the department, on the day of the incident, detectives were told of a sexual assault at the marina and advised the 15-year-old victim to go to Westchester Medic…

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by Ben Crnic
Woodstown, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Woodstown Camp Director Performed Sexual Acts On Boy At Park: NJSP Former Woodstown Camp Director Performed Sexual Acts On Boy At Park: NJSP
Former Woodstown Camp Director Performed Sexual Acts On Boy At Park: Njsp Tara Carr, a 46-year-old Woodlawn woman, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 9, and charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy over the course of three months, authorities said. Carr, the former director of Camp Sam at the Rastelli Kids Complex — which she owned — in Sewell, performed sexual acts on the boy in her black Chevrolet SUV four times between March and May 2024 at Marlton Park in Pilesgrove, according to a complaint warrant from New Jersey State Police. Carr also had sexually explicit conversations with the child on Snapchat and sent him nude photos, police said. State po…

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by Sam Barron
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Cambridge Private School Teacher Busted On Child Porn Charges: Police Cambridge Private School Teacher Busted On Child Porn Charges: Police
Cambridge Private School Teacher Busted On Child Porn Charges: Police A Massachusetts teacher was arrested after police said he shared child sexual abuse material and had sexual conversations with underage boys on social media, authorities said.  Joshua DeWitte, 50, of Cambridge, is charged with six counts of distributing obscene material to a minor, and one count each of distributing child sexual act material, and possession of child pornography, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said.  DeWitte, a music teacher at Buckingham Browne & Nichols Lower School, is accused of using Snapchat to have sexual conversations with under…

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by Josh Lanier
Millville, NJ
Police & Fire
Commercial Twp. Man Asked Second Girl For Sexual Pics, Videos On Snapchat: Prosecutors Commercial Twp. Man Asked Second Girl For Sexual Pics, Videos On Snapchat: Prosecutors
Commercial Twp. Man Asked Second Girl For Sexual Pics, Videos On Snapchat: Prosecutors A Commercial Township man was facing more charges after he was accused of soliciting sexual pictures and videos from a teen girl in northern Pennsylvania, authorities said. Michael Romig, 29, was additionally charged on Monday, Dec. 23, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said in a news release. He was arrested on Friday, Dec. 13 after facing similar accusations involving a 10-year-old girl in Ohio. A Galeton, PA, mother contacted the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, Dec. 19 to report her 15-year-old daughter had been in "an online rel…

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by Chris Spiker
Woodbridge, VA
Police & Fire
Snapchat Meet Leads To Rape Charge For 19-Year-Old In Woodbridge, Police Say Snapchat Meet Leads To Rape Charge For 19-Year-Old In Woodbridge, Police Say
Snapchat Meet Leads To Rape Charge For 19-Year-Old In Woodbridge, Police Say A man who met a minor on Snapchat and began a relationship has been accused of rape in Virginia, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Detectives recently concluded an investigation into a reported sexual assault that was reported in Woodbridge involving a 19-year-old who began chatting with his victim - who was under the age of 13 at the time - in July 2023.  Investigators say that Woodbridge resident Christopher Garcia Moreno met his victim on Snapchat, and the two began a relationship. Last summer, it is alleged that they met at her home, where she was sexually a…

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by Zak Failla