Articles Tagged with blackmail

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A man from Germantown is facing criminal charges after he was accused twice in the same month of blackmailing at least six women in sextortion schemes.

22-year-old Michael Brendan Cooper was reportedly involved in a skirmish with a woman’s boyfriend after the man accused Cooper of trying to con his girlfriend into having sex by threatening to share explicit content of the woman with her employer and loved ones.

When the alleged victim’s boyfriend first learned about the possibility that his girlfriend was being shaken down by Cooper, he went with the woman after she made arrangements to meet with the suspected predator.

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A day laborer who was hired to help a couple with some tasks in their home has accused the man and woman of using a gun to intimidate him into having sex with the woman while her husband filmed the encounter.

Early last week, 45-year-old Jorge Murrieta-Valenzuela and his wife Brenda reportedly decided to hire a day laborer for things that they needed help with in their Phoenix, Arizona, residence.

Brenda allegedly drove to a nearby Home Depot to locate a worker where she made the acquaintance of a man who agreed to the job offer, which the woman reportedly told him consisted of assisting her husband with some heavy lifting.

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A teenage boy who stands accused of several felony sexual charges was taken into custody on Thursday for alleged criminal acts against at least six classmates from his previous high school.

Maysen Melton, now 16-years-old, was enrolled as a student at Shadow Ridge High School in Las Vegas. During a period spanning approximately one year which ended in March 2017, Melton purportedly engaged in sexual activity deemed as assault with four of his teenage classmates and victimized two others.

It is alleged that Melton forced some of the young girls to have sex with him, and he caused others harm through physical assault. In some cases, he demanded explicit photos with the intent of using them as blackmail. He was charged as an adult last May and placed on house arrest in June.

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