ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – While New Mexico's top prosecutor is suing Facebook and Instagram claiming the platforms are putting kids in danger. The Attorney General now said an undercover operation shows how child predators are continuing to use the sites to target New Mexico children. That undercover operation had agents making profiles posing as a 12-year-old []
A three month operation organized by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and executed with the help of nearly 20 local, state, and federal law enforcement partners has resulted in the arrests of 12 people on child sex crime charges. The operation, dubbed "Operation Protecting Tomorrow," was designed to "identify and locate children who were victims of sextortion and online sexual exploitation, along with identifying and arresting individuals who aim to harm children online," according...
Austin Maddox allegedly “traveled with the intent of engaging in sexual
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Five Middle Georgia men have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a large-scale dog-fighting operation linked to a drug trafficking conspiracy, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia. The 96 dogs rescued during the investigation were found in searches related to a drug trafficking conspiracy in Laurens,
New Mexico’s top prosecutor announced charges Wednesday against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children. The arrests are the result of a monthslong undercover operation in which the suspects connected with decoy accounts that were set up by the state Department of Justice. The investigation began in December around the time the state filed a civil lawsuit against the social media giant, claiming Meta was failing to take...
New Mexico’s top prosecutor has announced charges against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN (Associated Press) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor announced charges Wednesday against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children. The arrests are the result of a monthslong undercover operation in which the suspects connected with decoy accounts […]
Former MLB player Austin Maddox has been caught up in a major police sting as they attempt to shut down a child predator operation in Florida. Maddox has been accused of soliciting
The Madison Police Department arrested a man they say owned a gun used by a child to accidentally shoot another child at a gas station last week.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – About 90 high school students in Bibb and Jones counties participated in Georgia Power’s, “Energy Exchange, Careers in Energy Exposure Day” on Wednesday. Dr. Melissa Middlebrooks, the Education and Workforce Development Coordinator at Georgia Power, says the event shows students different career opportunities they may not have thought about before. “Anything from linemen to engineering to