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Bedford, NY
Breaking News
Boy Scouts Of America Responds After Area Troop Leaders Accused Of Abuse
Executives with the Boy Scouts of America want parents to know their children are safe and they are taking measures after 11 troop leaders in New York were among nearly 200 accused of sexually abusing children in the recently released Boy Scout of America’s “perversion files.” This week, lawyers for the organization released a list of suspects who allegedly abused children as part of a “widespread pattern of abuse.” The names of some of the accused were released on Tuesday, and attorneys representing the victims have demanded that the Boy Scouts of America release the background inf…
New City, NY
Breaking News
'Operation Home Alone' Sting: Rockland, Westchester Men Accused Of Trying To Meet Kids For Sex
Five men from Rockland and one from Westchester – including a high school teacher and a bank manager – were among 16 defendants busted in New Jersey after they’d arranged meetings for sex with what they thought were underage boys and girls, authorities announced Wednesday. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal identified the six as: Kevin Roth, 26, Nanuet, who teaches at the High School of Computers and Technology in the Bronx and thought was meeting a 14-year-old boy, Grewal said; Shaheen Lariff, 49, a bank branch officer manager from New City who the attorney general said thought …
Hackensack, NJ
On Your Side
Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi
Starbucks is rolling out a new tool that it says will help prevent customers from watching porn in its stores sometime next year. "To ensure the Third Place remains safe and welcoming to all, we have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our US locations in 2019," a Starbucks representative told Business Insider. The move comes after years of pressure from a petition launched by internet safety group Enough is Enough, which had garnered more than 26,000 signatures as of Wednesday. The organization's CEO, Donna …
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting
A state Division of Child Protection and Permanency worker shot and killed herself in her Paramus office Monday morning, authorities said. Responding to the 9:45 a.m. call, Paramus Emergency Medical Services took the 57-year-old victim from the Frisch Court office building just off Route 4 to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The agency -- formerly known as the Division of Youth & Family Services (DYFS) -- is responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect and, if necessary, arranging f…
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Child Services Worker, 57, Commits Suicide At Paramus Office, 'Sister' Offices Assisting
A state Division of Child Protection and Permanency worker shot and killed herself in her Paramus office Monday morning, authorities said. Responding to the 9:45 a.m. call, Paramus Emergency Medical Services took the 57-year-old victim from the Frisch Court office building just off Route 4 to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The agency -- formerly known as the Division of Youth & Family Services (DYFS) -- is responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect and, if necessary, arranging f…
White Plains, NY
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Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families
County Executive George Latimer has offered Westchester's Department of Social Services to assist the federal government reunite children currently housed in local facilities with their families. Under state law, county Departments of Social Services (DSS) are required to have plans and systems to return children separated from family and relatives if they have been removed from a parent or parents. On Monday, June 25, Latimer, a Democrat from Rye, said: “The Westchester County Department of Social Services, as part of its child protection mission, has the ability to link children up with…
Fairfield, CT
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CT Man Pleads Guilty To Child Exploitation
A 78-year-old Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to attempting to solicit sexual activity from teenage girls on Facebook. Waterbury resident Harry Bright - also known as “Buddy Bright,” pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of obscene matter to a minor in federal court on Thursday, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced. According to court documents and statements made in court, in November last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contacted Homeland Security Investigations to report that they had been notified…
Yonkers, NY
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Sex Offender Reports Move To Yonkers From New Rochelle
A registered sex offender charged with raping a teenage girl has reported an address change in Westchester County. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert on Thursday to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 67-year-old Lee Scott, who has moved from New Rochelle to a residence on Hudson Street in Yonkers. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Scott a Level 3 threat, which means he is a “high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety.” According to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Scott raped a 13-year-ol…
