A partially blind and disabled woman grew hotter, hungrier and more scared while she was strapped into a locked medical transport van without air conditioning for more than four hours, the Broward Sheriff’s Office says. Carolyn Marie Roberson — who told deputies she can’t walk — is a dialysis patient who survived two strokes. The…
DEL RIO, Texas — Federal authorities charged three individuals for their alleged roles in a human trafficking scheme involving a child, according to a press release Wednesday. 26-year-old Elida Kassandra Moreno, an American citizen residing in Piedras Negras, Mexico, was charged with bringing an undocumented immigrant into the U.S. for profit. She was also charged with…
HADLEY MA Jan 17 2018 — Prosecutors painted a squalid picture of what went on inside the little house on busy Russell Street: The Asian women were kept there night and day, providing sexual services for a fee, sleeping where they worked, and rarely venturing outside except to take out the trash. The customers themselves led…
“The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed more than 1,100 members of its workforce to help with hurricane relief efforts in some of the hardest-hit areas. About 500 employees were dispatched to assist with screening operations at impacted airports, while another 660 TSA workers volunteered to serve on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Surge Capacity…
“A 13-year-old girl who has been missing for a year was found in Ohio, according to police. Aireona Smith was reported as a runaway to the Flint Township Police Department on Aug. 1, 2016, according to a statement from police. Police asked the public’s help in locating the missing girl and while numerous tips flooded…
“A woman with dementia who went missing in Florida was found by a police dog in a matter of minutes, having bottled her scent in advance. Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said the anonymous woman had used a specialist scent preservation kit. It can hold a person’s scent for up to seven years. In a Facebook…
“A Pennsylvania man who assumed the identity of a baby who died in Texas in 1972 has been arrested on charges of Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft after the baby’s aunt discovered the ruse on Ancestry.com. Jon Vincent, 44, was arrested in Lansdale, near Philadelphia, on Monday, but had also lived near Pittsburgh…
