FBI warns families of sextortion, growing threat targeting teen boys in Philadelphia
Sextortion is on the rise in the Philadelphia area, and the FBI wants parents and teens to be aware of the crime.
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Sextortion is on the rise in the Philadelphia area, and the FBI wants parents and teens to be aware of the crime.
Sextortion is on the rise in the Philadelphia area, and the FBI wants parents and teens to be aware of the crime, which involves explicit photos and blackmailing. Investigative reporter Liz Crawford explains.
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Yetman, 47, fled his home in Helmetta, New Jersey when FBI agents arrived to serve him with a federal warrant.
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The FBI said the 17-year-old communicated with Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad, or KTJ, a designated global terrorism group said to be in affiliation with Al Qaeda.
According to the FBI, the suspect was taken into custody by FBI SWAT officers at his residence in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia on Friday.
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If young people are being exploited, they are the victim of a crime and should report it. Contact your local FBI field office, call 1-800-CALL-FBI, or report it online at tips.fbi.gov.
The FBI wants parents and caregivers to be aware of this scam and know that there are resources available to minors and families who might be caught up in a sextortion scam and that there are tools that can help kids remove their sexually explicit images from the internet.
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Clouds will increase Thursday in the Philadelphia region, but temperatures remain in the 50s.
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A Rowan University senior and her boyfriend were killed over the weekend in a car crash in Toms River. Her twin sister, a Temple University senior, survived the crash but remains hospitalized, as does her boyfriend.
Two shootings within an hour of each other in Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood left two men dead and another injured on Wednesday night, police said.
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Emine Emanet, who runs Jersey Kebab in Haddon Township with her husband, was reunited with her family Wednesday evening.
Clouds will increase Thursday in the Philadelphia region, but temperatures remain in the 50s.
Businesses like the BrickHaus in Ridley Park said nearby Taylor Hospital employees are frequent customers of the restaurant.
Sixty structures are threatened as a wildfire burns in Franklin Township on Wednesday night, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said.
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Two shootings within an hour of each other in Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood left two men dead and another injured on Wednesday night, police said.
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Businesses like the BrickHaus in Ridley Park said nearby Taylor Hospital employees are frequent customers of the restaurant.
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A Rowan University senior and her boyfriend were killed over the weekend in a car crash in Toms River. Her twin sister, a Temple University senior, survived the crash but remains hospitalized, as does her boyfriend.
Sixty structures are threatened as a wildfire burns in Franklin Township on Wednesday night, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said.
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Businesses like the BrickHaus in Ridley Park said nearby Taylor Hospital employees are frequent customers of the restaurant.
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A man died and a teen was injured in a shooting in the Logan section of Philadelphia Wednesday evening, police said.
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Emine Emanet, who owns and runs Jersey Kebab in Haddon Township, New Jersey, with her husband, was released on bond from an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center Wednesday. She said she is grateful for the support from her community at this time.
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