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Pace University Cultural Director Facing Child Pornography Charges
Pace University's Director of Cultural Events has been charged with possession of child pornography.
Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore says 62 year old David G. Watson of Rye Brook, who worked at the Pace University campus in Manhattan, was arraigned on felony charges of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child and one charge of Possessing and Obscene Sexual Performance of a Child.
Westchester DA: Craigslist "Party Supplier" Charged With Narcotics Possession
A New York City man has been arrested, charged with Narcotics Possession following a joint investigation by Yonkers Police and the Westchester County District Attorney's office.
Undercover officers posed as potential buyers of cocaine and Ecstasy by answering the ad placed on Craigslist by a seller posing under the screen name of "Sam."
Authorities say in a series of posts and emails, "Sam" offered to sell "party supplies" and told the undercover officer that he had "ski" and "x" for sale, street names for cocaine and Ecstasy.
The suspect, 18 year old Wesley Holman of 60 East 106th Street, Manhattan, was arrested after allegedly arranging to meet with the officers at the Yonkers Raceway Diner.
Yonkers Police Issue Craigslist Warning
Yonkers Police Chief Edmund Hartnett held a news conference Wednesday warning residents of phony realtors who are advertising on Craigslist for apartments and then scamming them out of hundreds of dollars.
Police have launched an investigation into Craiglist Apartment Rental listings in which victims were fooled into handing over a down payment for apartments that didn't exist. Hartnett says at least three people have been scammed since May, most of those scams involved residents living in the southwest section of the city.
Around the Country
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- Schumer: Dems slicing budget with scalpel, Tea Party using meat ax - CNN (blog)
- Duke lacrosse accuser arrested in boyfriend's stabbing - CNN International
- House GOP: $4 trillion in cuts - CNN
- Bachmann bids for 'bama eyes - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Around the Planet
- Afghans Continue Protests Over US Quran Burning - Voice of America
- Japan's nuclear workers try to trace leak, dump radioactive water - Los Angeles Times
- OSCE raps Kazakh election, presses for reforms - Reuters
- Newsmaker: Yemen survivor Saleh juggles forces to keep power - Reuters
- France says finds bodies in Atlantic crash wreckage - Reuters
