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New punishment for teen in Niles sextortion case
A new punishment for one of the five teenager convicted in the Niles "sextortion" case from almost two years ago. Martell Miller and four other Niles High School students were accused of secretly taping a girl having sex with one of them and threatening...
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UPDATE: Michigan City man sentenced in underage blackmail case
and Charles Wilson with the Associated PressWe're learning more about the accusations against a Michigan City man convicted and sentenced for blackmailing an underage New York girl into sending him sexually explicit images. Investigators say she wasn't his only victim. Brian Newman, 46, has...Tags: Prisons, Criminals, Skype, Apple iPad, Punishment
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UPDATE: Indiana man pleads guilty to 'sextortion'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man has agreed to plead guilty to charges alleging that he tricked more than a dozen teenagers into stripping or performing sexual acts for him via webcam and then used recordings of those sessions to coerce them...
Tags: Trials, Video Supplies and Services, Lawyers, Judges, Pornography
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Yankees GM's stalking suspect freed on $300K bond
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman accused of shaking down New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is out of jail. Louise Neathway (NEETH'-way) was freed on $300,000 bond Friday. She'd spent five months behind bars while her lawyers and family tried...Tags: Brian Cashman
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Feds: More sextortion victims of Indiana man found
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Indiana man tricked 10 teenagers in nine states into performing sex acts online that he secretly recorded and used to coerce them into making more sexually explicit videos. Prosecutors formally charged...
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Probation ordered in Niles 'sextortion' case
South Bend TribuneNILES — The last of five Niles teenagers accused of what some have called “sextortion’’ received a probation sentence today in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles. Although Judge Scott Schofield and Berrien Assistant Prosecutor...Tags: Trials, Sex Crimes, Facebook, Sexual Assault, Defendants
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Plea bargain ends Niles sex video trial
South Bend TribuneNILES — A Niles teenager accepted a plea-bargain agreement this morning in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles, ending his trial before a jury could be seated. The agreement will result in a maximum one-year jail sentence for the teen, Martell...Tags: Trials, Sex Crimes, Facebook, Sexual Assault, Crime, Law and Justice
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UPDATE: Niles teen sentenced in sex extortion case
NILES – Parnell Martin, one of five Niles High School students accused in a Facebook sex extortion case, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 4 years but no more than 15 years in prison.
Both Trey Nichols and Parnell Martin pleaded guilty....Tags: Trials, Facebook, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Prisons
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Indiana 'sextortion' suspect ordered held, no bond
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered an Indiana man charged with coercing two teenage boys into making sexually explicit online videos to be held without bond, the U.S. attorney's office said. During a hearing in federal court...
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Michigan pair lose appeal in John Stamos extortion
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a man and woman from Michigan's Upper Peninsula who were accused of trying to blackmail actor John Stamos. A three-judge panel in Cincinnati rejected challenges to the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Justice System, John Stamos, Punishment
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'Sextortion' suspect faces Michigan child porn charge
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man charged with coercing two teenage boys into making sexually explicit online videos now faces similar federal charges in Michigan. The U.S. attorney's office in Detroit has filed charges of production of child...
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Top Chicago gang leader sentenced to 60 years
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago gang leader who prosecutors say used murder and other violence to protect his drug-selling operation — even while behind bars — has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Fifty-one-year-old Augustin Zambrano's...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Punishment, Gang Activity
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