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Hackensack, NJ
Business
American Eagle Stock Soars 24% After Controversial Sydney Sweeney ‘Great Jeans’ Ad
Sydney Sweeney may have just done for American Eagle what pumpkin spice does for Starbucks. The actress’s now-infamous “Great Jeans” commercial — the one where she purrs, “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring... My jeans are blue” — has been roasted, memed, and accused of everything from being a “Nazi dog whistle” to shameless Calvin Klein cosplay. But while the internet argued, Wall Street cheered. On Wednesday, Sept. 3, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) announced second-quarter earnings that smashed expectations: $103 million in operating income (up 2%), $1.28 b…
New Windsor, NY
Police & Fire
Fugitive Wanted For Rape In New Windsor Arrested After Hiding In Philippines: Police
A fugitive wanted in Orange County on multiple rape and sexual abuse charges has been captured in the Philippines and returned to face prosecution, authorities announced. On Friday, Aug. 29, the New Windsor Police Department, working with the FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations, and international law enforcement partners, arrested 46-year-old Dominic Mamaat upon his arrival at JFK Airport in Queens, the department said. Mamaat was wanted on a warrant for first-degree rape issued in May 2020 and had been indicted by an Orange County grand jury in Augus…
Silver Spring, MD
News
Silver Spring Man Admits Sextorting 100+ Girls Worldwide—Some As Young As 5, Prosecutors Say
A "depraved and dangerous predator" in Maryland who preyed on more than 100 young girls across the globe is facing decades in prison, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. Silver Spring resident Chase William Mulligan pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child sexual abuse material after targeting minors on social media and "sextorted them." Specifically, through the scheme, prosecutors say that Mulligan coerced at least 108 girls — ranging from ages 5-17 — to send him sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves. When the girls told him they no longe…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
More Child Porn Charges For Former Music Teacher At Elite Cambridge Private School: DOJ
A former teacher at a prestigious Massachusetts private school accused of sharing child pornography now faces federal charges after investigators said he paid someone to produce more videos and bragged about having sex with boys younger than 13 years old. Joshua DeWitte, 50, of Cambridge, was arrested last week and charged with sexual exploitation of minors, attempt, and conspiracy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents said. He is accused of paying Christopher Allan Tisoy, a 27-year-old Filipino man who worked at a Baltimore hospital, to produce multiple videos. He…
Hackensack, NJ
Politics
White House Weighing Suspension Of Habeas Corpus To Combat Immigration Crisis: Reports
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering suspending habeas corpus—the right a person has to challenge their detention in court—ABC News reports. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters that the move is being considered to "take care of the immigration problem," ABC News said. Suspension of habeas corpus is traditionally reserved for "actual rebellion or invasion posing the most dire threats to public safety," according to CNN senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig. "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be susp…
Aberdeen, MD
Lifestyle
$1M Lottery Win Turns Car Trouble Into Retirement Plans for Aberdeen Couple
What started as a bad day with car trouble turned into a million-dollar miracle for a Maryland couple, who are now mapping out their early retirement plans thanks to a lucky scratch-off ticket. The Harford County winner, who chose the alias “Corbin Martin”, was just running errands when fate intervened. Borrowing his mom’s car to check on his own vehicle in the shop, he stopped at Royal Farms on Churchville Road to put air in the tires, and decided to grab a MONOPOLY X100 scratch-off ticket with the $20 in his pocket. A casual Lottery player, "Corbin Martin" usually sticks to Po…
Orange-Woodbridge-Bethany, CT
Business
'Duckzillion' Tasty Donut Options Arriving In Orange With Chain's First CT Shop
A donut shop chain known for wild concoctions like maple bacon and piña colada is coming to Connecticut. Duck Donuts is planning to open a location at 350 Boston Post Road in Orange, according to the company's website. The shop will replace the former Smoothie King location in the Route 1 shopping plaza and is expected to open sometime in March. The donut chain was founded in Duck, North Carolina, in 2007, after Russ DiGilio and his family realized the Outer Banks beach town lacked a place for fresh, customizable donuts. The sweet treats became popular along the Carolina coas…
Harrisburg, PA
News
PA Youth Pastor Who Called Victim 'Child Bride' Caught In Philippines, Pleads Guilty
A former youth pastor from Bradford County who fled halfway around the world has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child decades ago in a bizarre 'child bride' situation, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on Saturday, Jan. 18. Robert David Fenton, 55, admitted to aggravated indecent assault and statutory sexual assault in connection with the abuse, which occurred while he was serving as a youth pastor at Abide in the Vine church between 1996 and 1998, starting when the victim was just 14 years old, according to the attorney general. “This trusted mentor figure use…
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Hamilton Township Pilot Who Went To Philippines For Sex With Underage Sisters Sentenced: Feds
A Mercer County pilot will spend more than a decade in prison for traveling to the Philippines to have sex with girls, authorities said. Frank Maile, 68, of Hamilton Township, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 15 to 12 years in prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. Maile is also a former New Egypt resident and pleaded guilty on Sept. 6, 2023, to illicit sexual conduct abroad. According to court documents and statements, Maile went to the Philippines as early as 2013 for "sexual contact" with two girls who were sisters and paid to sexually assaul…
Bethlehem, PA
News
Bethlehem Man Paid $24K+ To Filipino Child Sex Traffickers:
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A 49-year-old Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for paying and directing "livestreamed sexual abuse of Filipino children," the US Department of Justice announced on Friday night, Aug. 2. Harold "Harry" C. Daleus (also known as Dalaeus), Jr., 49, of Bethlehem, was sentenced to 20 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the production of child pornography and related offenses, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero detailed in the release. Daleus sent over $24,000 to the Philippines over several years, "in order to view the live transmiss…
Ashburn, VA
News
Climate Change Consultant Caught With Thousands Of Child Porn Files In Virginia Sentenced: Feds
The Virginia man who was caught with thousands of images depicting child sexual abuse involving toddlers and prepubescent children will spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced. Purcellville resident Raymond Lee Chavez, 70, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his sexual exploitation of five children and his receipt and possession of thousands of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to court documents, Chavez, who a consultant on issues related to climate change and served international clients, including the United Natio…
Ashburn, VA
Police & Fire
Virginia Sex Offender Headed To Fed Pen For Conspiring To Live-Stream Child Sex Abuse
A registered northern Virginia sexual offender was sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison for conspiring to live stream sexual abuse of children online with a child sex trafficker in the Philippines, federal officials said. Michael Anthony Baxter, 50, of Sterling, and the man conspired to use children some as young as three years old to produce more than 30 live-streaming webcam shows showing the sexual abuse of children, said Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Baxter, a registered sex offender convicted in Prince William County Circuit…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Obituaries
Paul Galvez, Filipino Immigrant From Sussex County, Dies, 50
Paul Errol Galvez, a longtime Sparta resident, died on Tuesday, May 14, at the age of 50, according to his obituary on the Goble Funeral Home site. "EG" as he was known to his family, was the eldest of three children and grew up in the Philippines, his obituary reads. Growing up, he enjoyed reading, playing video games and reading comic books, along with weekly visits with his grandparents, according to his obituary. He later moved to Sparta, graduating from Sparta High and studying International Business at Rutgers University, working in financial services at ING, Morgan S…
Bristol, PA
Obituaries
PA State Trooper Bryan Gray Dies, 36: 'Leader With Calm, Level-Headed Approach'
Bryan Gray, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, husband, and father, died on Thursday, Jan. 18, according to his obituary. He was 36. A Philadelphia native, Gray most recently lived in Morrisville with his wife and daughter, loved ones wrote. He was a state trooper of five years, serving at the Troop K barracks in Philadelphia, a family member wrote on GoFundMe. FOP State Lodge #37 said Gray was a "leader on his midnight squad, and always provided a calm and level-headed approach to any situation." Until 2015, Gray served in the US Army Special Forces as a Green Beret, and toured in…
Glen Burnie, MD
News
Maryland Man Who Paid To Livestream Child Porn From Overseas Heading To Prison: Feds
The 62-year-old Maryland man who paid to have child porn livestreamed from the Philippines and Madagascar has been sentenced after being busted by investigators. Severn native Carey Lee Sackmann has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after admitting to "the coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity in connection to his online sexual exploitation of multiple underage victims overseas," federal officials said. According to his guilty plea, beginning in 2015, Sackmann would join video chats with facilitators overseas who exploited minor children in…
Bel Air, MD
News
Predator In Maryland Used Hidden Camera To Film Underage Girls In His Bathroom, Feds Say
A predator in Maryland will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to using a hidden camera in his bathroom to peep on underage girls. Charles Wheat III, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court to producing sexually explicit images of at least five minors while they used the bathroom in his Bel Air home, authorities announced. According to the plea, between April and November 2020, What used the hidden camera to produce sexually explicit imagery of five girls who used a bathroom in his home, while also cooperating with sex traffickers in the Philippines who he paid for videos of min…
Ashburn, VA
Obituaries
Death Of Pregnant Dance Teacher Stuns Loudoun County Community
A Loudoun County dance community is mourning the unexpected loss of one of its teachers and her unborn child. Maria Castillo, a cherished teacher at both Tiny Toes Dance LLC and Arthur Murry in Ashburn, died unexpectedly over the weekend, the studios announced on Facebook. Her unborn baby, Corrine, died as well. A cause of death was not announced. More than $12,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Ms. Maria's husband and two daughters. It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Maria Castillo and her unborn child, Corinne. Maria... Posted by Arthur Murray …
Mahopac, NY
Lifestyle
CP Unlimited Uses Innovative Ideas To Maintain Staff From Near And Far
In recent years, staffing shortages across the Hudson Valley—and specifically amongst the wide field of service providers to vulnerable populations—have created an environment where there simply aren’t enough people to fill all of the necessary positions. A person who requires 24-hour care, for instance, will need three people working in eight-hour shifts to cover their day. If one of those three caretakers does not show, the ripple extends outwards to many others. That’s why for an agency like Constructive Partnerships (CP) Unlimited that cares for many dozens of people with intellectual …
Glen Burnie, MD
Business
Winning $1M Maryland Lottery Ticket Sold To Lucky Door Dash Driver At Area 7-Eleven
One lucky Maryland Lottery player couldn’t help but to dash straight to the Winners Circle to claim a million dollar prize. An Anne Arundel County Door Dash driver turned $20 into a seven-figure windfall after buying a “Million Dollar Mega Multiplier” scratch-off ticket that was a top prize winner. The 47-year-old woman, who opted not to disclose a name, said on Monday, June 12, that she frequented 7-Eleven on Donaldson Avenue in Severn, where she spotted the ticket and “immediately grabbed it,” according to Lottery officials. She went back to her car and didn’t wait long to scratch it ou…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police
A US Marine sergeant awarded the Purple Heart was being held in the Rappahanock County Jail on drug and DWI charges for a Stafford crash that sent two 14-year-olds to the hospital via medevac, authorities confirmed. Beth Ellen Abbott is being held on a $6,000 bond for two counts of DWI with serious injury and drug possession, according to jail records. Abbott's photo had been removed from the Marine Corps website as of Friday, June 2. Deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, and officers from the Aquia Harbour Police Department responded to the 2100 block of Aquia Drive for a re…
Port Chester, NY
Obituaries
Port Chester's Michael T. Smith, 84, Was A Gardener Extraordinaire
Michael T. Smith, a longtime resident of Port Chester, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at Greenwich Hospital. Born in Port Chester on July 30, 1938, he was the son of Michael J. and Margaret (Blakesley). Michael is survived by his wife Medelyn (Ronquero); sisters Kathleen Remington and Peggy Dunleavy; nephews Eric and Brian; nieces Tara, Kris, and Meghan; and many great-nieces and -nephews—including his beloved great-niece Shylin Santana. In addition to his parents, Michael is pre-deceased by his siblings Nora and James. Mickey was a passionate gardener planting and mai…
Arlington, VA
News
Former State Department Employee Sentenced For Illicit Conduct With Minors In The Phillipines
A former member of the US Department of State will spend more than a decade behind bars for allegedly sexually abusing minors while he was serving in the Philippines, federal authorities announced. Dean Edward Cheves, 63, who served at the US Embassy in the Philippines between 2017 and 2021, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, according to the Department of Justice. Prosecutors say that between December 2020 and March 2021, Cheves used a messaging app installed on his phone to chat with a Philippine minor who he paid to create …
Newark, NJ
News
Feds: NJ Dad Admits Making, Sharing Child Rape Livestreams, Videos
UPDATE: A New Jersey father of three admitted producing and sharing live streams and videos of children being sexually assaulted – some of them by him, federal authorities said. Homeland Security agents seized Antonio Del Prado, 61, during an October 2020 raid of his Millburn home after learning that he’d uploaded some of the images to a cloud, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. These included 56 images and 18 videos of child sexual abuse, according to a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. A judge kept Del Prado detained, and investigators learned that he'd “had a woma…
Arlington, VA
News
Former State Department Employee Admits To Sexual Conduct With Philippine Minors: DOJ
A former state department employee admitted in court to having sexual conduct with Philippine minors, authorities said. Dean Edward Cheves, 63, pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place on Monday, Oct. 24, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Cheves met multiple minors over the Internet while serving at the US Embassy in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021, federal officials said. From Dec. 2020 to March 2021, the man communicated online with a then 15 to 16-year-old Philippine juvenile, who he paid …
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Filipino Government Attorney Shot Dead In Philadelphia Uber With Mom
A 36-year-old government attorney from the Philippines was shot in the head and killed during a trip to Philadelphia this weekend, the country's consulate general confirmed. John Albert Laylo was in the back of an Uber with his mom when nearly 15 shots were fired into the rear window and driver's side of the car at 38th and Spruce Streets around 4:10 a.m. Saturday, June 18, police said. Laylo was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition, and died Sunday morning after being on life support, police said. The incident was random and possibly a road-rage inciden…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Silver Spring Man Gets Time In Fed Pen For International Child Porn Case
A Silver Spring man who paid for and solicited international production of child pornography has been sentenced to federal prison, authorities say. Patrick Lawrence Wood, 35, pleaded guilty after he admitted to paying co-conspirators in the Philippines to produce child pornography with sexually explicit images and videos of children under 12. Wood was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison Thursday, May 26, according to the United State's Attorney's Office. Wood used social media and various digital money transfer services to solicit and pay for the child pornography. After Wood requ…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Maryland Man Admits Paying Social Media Users In Philippines To Produce Child Porn, Feds Say
A man from Maryland has pleaded guilty to helping produce child pornography that was made overseas, federal officials announced. Patrick Wood, 35, of Silver Spring, admitted to using social media to pay social media users in the Philippines to collect pornographic images of children, U.S. District Attorney of Maryland Erek Barron said. The images and videos depict at least five children, male and female, under the age of 12 engaging in sexually explicit behavior per Wood’s request, court documents say. In addition, more content was found depicting at least eight minor male victims…
Vernon-Rockville, CT
News
Convicted Sex Offender From Region Admits To Child Pornography Offenses
A convicted sex offender from Western Massachusetts could spend decades in prison after admitting to inducing a minor through social media to engage in sexually explicit conduct, federal officials announced. Franklin County resident Charles Fox, age 46, of Greenfield, pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield to receipt of child pornography after targeting a minor in the Philippines through Facebook messenger. Fox was indicted in July 2019 on two counts of receipt of child pornography and has been in federal custody since June 2019 before pleading guilty on Monday, Nov. 22. Prosecutor…
Franklin Township, NJ
News
Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen
A Somerset County man who flew to the Philippines to have sex with a minor he met online is headed to federal prison for nine years. James A. Diggs, 45, of Somerville, told a U.S. District Court judge earlier this year that he used a messaging app to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce” the victim into having sex with him during what became an October 2018 visit to the Southeast Asian country. He headed there out of JFK Airport in Queens at least seven times over four years, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachel A. Honig said. Rather than go to trial, Diggs took a deal from the gove…
Franklin Township, NJ
News
Somerset Man Admits Flying To Philippines For Sex With Minor
A Somerset County man admitted that he flew to the Philippines to have sex with a minor he met online. James A. Diggs, 45, of Somerville, went there several times to have sex with four underage victims after arranging meetings online, federal authorities had charged. Rather than go to trial, Diggs took a deal from the government and pleaded guilty before a U.S. District Court judge in Trenton via teleconference Monday to traveling outside of the United States to engage in criminal sexual activity. Diggs first used an online messaging app to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce” the first …
Brentwood, NY
Obituaries
NBC New York Reporter Katherine Creag Dies Suddenly At 47
A popular NBC New York reporter has died at age 47, the station announced. Katherine Creag, who was working as recently as Wednesday, Feb. 10, died unexpectedly later that night from unknown causes. “For 10 years Kat was one of our cornerstones, always willing to help in any situation, whether it was a colleague in need of a shift that needed to be covered,” WNBC’s Vice President of news, Amy Morris, said in an email to the staff this week. “She was thoughtful, funny, and relentless. And even on the toughest days, she was a bright light, quick with a kind word and a smile.” Born in the…
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