A man has been arrested for attempting to lure children outside a candy store in Birch Bay, about 16 miles northwest of Bellingham. The incident happened on June 24 around 7:30 p.m., when a report was made about a man trying to entice two young children into his vehicle near the C Shop candy store. […]
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Man charged with luring children into Lancaster County park bathroom stall
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A Lancaster County man is accused of trying to lure children into a bathroom stall on Saturday at a popular local park. According to the charges filed Monday by Lancaster City Police, Richard Gerth, 40, allegedly tried to lure two boys, who were with family at Long’s Park, into a stall […]
Guerrilla fighters luring Colombian schoolchildren on TikTok
Fighters belonging to breakaway groups associated with Colombia’s largest rebel movement are posting videos on TikTok to entice young people to join them. The BBC has investigated the growth of guerrilla “recruitment” videos, with dissident factions yet to agree to a peace deal with the Colombian government. “One or two start the trend and it […]
Rochester man will serve two years in prison for luring a minor in Grand Forks County
Jun. 14—GRAND FORKS — A Rochester, Minnesota, man was sentenced Friday, June 14, to serve two years in prison for Class C felony luring a minor by electronic device. Daniel Herman Henke, 28, pleaded guilty to the crime in February. In July of last year, after a 15-year-old girl disclosed that she received inappropriate text […]
One of pair accused of luring man to house, robbing him pleads guilty
Jun. 1—One of two people accused of luring a man to a house, robbing him at gunpoint and stealing his car pleaded guilty Friday. Darrius L. Woods, 24, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to one count of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, as part of a plea deal. As part of the […]
Talks on luring NHL’s Capitals and NBA’s Wizards to Virginia are over, city of Alexandria says
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Negotiations aimed at luring the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to northern Virginia have “ended” and the proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the teams “will not move forward,” the city of Alexandria said Wednesday. Virginia’s House speaker also confirmed he was told […]
‘I got one!’ Charlotte resident flips the script on porch pirate by luring him in
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — This time of year, we see it over and over again: Porch pirates stealing peoples’ gifts and Christmas presents right from their front stoop. It happened at a home in southwest Charlotte, but one didn’t land any electronics, expensive gifts or holiday must-have. “I was at the hardware store, […]