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Published on: September 20, 2023

County Mental Health Worker Stole Thousands from Client

A California woman who used to work for the county behavioral health services in Sierra County has been accused of taking advantage of a client by stealing their financial information and embezzling thousands of dollars while on the job.

Last April, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received information about a situation where a woman employed at Sierra County Behavioral Health had allegedly financially exploited one of the clients for thousands of dollars. It was purported that she could do so by using her position of power to access and illegally pilfer funds from the bank cards of a vulnerable person.

During their months-long investigation, the authorities gathered information that caused them to believe they should check the woman’s home for evidence of purchases that could be connected to the allegations.

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Published on: September 4, 2023

Ex-FBI Contractor Forced Kids to Share Sexually Explicit Pics

by Staycie R. Sena

A man who used to work for the FBI as a contractor has been formally charged with sexually exploiting youngsters by allegedly threatening to take his own life if they did not share sexual material with him.

According to reports, a concerned mother with a 13-year-old son notified the authorities when she found out he was talking to a stranger on Discord who identified themselves as a man in Virginia. The man reportedly told the child that he worked for an intelligence agency.

It was learned that the boy first encountered the man in an online video game, and it allegedly led to the man getting the child to take off his clothing. The man also allegedly gave the teen $100. It was reported that, in time, the boy did not want to engage with him anymore, and he blocked him on Snapchat.

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Published on: September 27, 2017

3 Girls and 5 Women Rescued in Human Trafficking Raid

by Staycie R. Sena

The Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, comprised of the combined efforts of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department and DA’s office, the FBI and the California Highway Patrol, shut down an alleged prostitution ring in a raid in Compton this Wednesday resulting in a total of 36 arrests.

As reported by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 8 people were rescued during the mission including three girls who are purportedly commercially sexually exploited children, and five women who were identified as the possible victims of human trafficking. The children are currently being cared for by the Department of Children and Family Services.

Sheriff’s deputies working undercover obtained a large number of the arrests. 16 of the men were arrested for allegedly soliciting undercover law enforcement agents for sexual relations. Three additional men, 27-year-old Demario Bell, 25-year-old Damon Thomas, and 37-year-old Damien Henry were taken into custody for felony pandering after allegedly attempting to recruit undercover detectives to work for them in the commercial sex industry.

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