Air Force employee pleads guilty to leaking classified defense information on foreign dating site
OMAHA, Neb. — A 64-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force has pleaded guilty to conspiring to disclose classified national defense information to an individual he believed was a foreign national…
Police Warn of New Online Dating Scam
COLUMBUS, OH—The Columbus Division of Police is alerting the public to an increasing internet scam targeting dating app users. Detectives report that scammers bait individuals into exchanging explicit photos, then claim the…
Baltimore Area Rapist Used Dating App to Target Transgender Victim
Towson, MD – The Baltimore County Police Department has announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jalen Green following a sexual assault investigation. On Sunday, February 11, at approximately 3:30 p.m., a sexual assault…
Dating App Encounter Ends With Knife Held to Womans Throat As She Was Robbed
NEW YORK, NY – Early on Friday, December 29, at around 4:00 AM, an incident of armed robbery occurred in an apartment near East 187 Street and Beaumont Avenue. A 19-year-old woman,…
Clay County Police Seeking “Larry”, A Man Using Dating App to Robb Suspects at Gunpoint
LAY COUNTY, FL – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is requesting public assistance in identifying a suspect involved in multiple armed robberies. Over the past three weeks, there have been three incidents…
Florida Man Who Met and Assaulted Juvenile Through Dating App Gets 5 Year Prison Term
BUNNELL, FL – On November 29, Alphonso Joseph received a 5-year prison sentence and 10 years of sex offender probation after pleading guilty to Lewd and Lascivious Battery. Joseph’s arrest in July…
Lodge Grass man admits assaulting dating partner
BILLINGS —A Lodge Grass man today admitted to assaulting and injuring his girlfriend on the Crow Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Brian Allen Kruger, 61, pleaded guilty to assault of…
Long Island Man Facing Murder Charges for Killing Woman He Met on Dating App
BRONX, NY – A Long Island man has been indicted for assaulting, sexually abusing, and restraining a woman he had previously dated after meeting her on a dating app. Bronx District Attorney…
Dating App Leads to Robbery in Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS, MD – A man reported being robbed during an arranged meeting through a dating app. The incident took place on Monday, on Admiral Drive in Annapolis. The victim met with a…
Home invader used dating app for armed robbery
PASADENA, CA – Officers responded to an armed robbery at a home in the 100 block of Dunlop Road in Pasadena on Sunday, at around 3:00 p.m. The victim, an adult male,…
Armed robbers targeting victims through dating app in one Chicago neighborhood
CHICAGO, IL – Police have warned residents in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood to be cautious when using dating social media apps following a string of robberies that have taken place in recent months.…
Assault suspect used dating app to attack and rob male victims
SILVER SPRING, MD – A 27-year-old man from Silver Spring has been charged with assaulting and robbing two male victims he met on a dating app. Brandon Darryl Kane was arrested on…
Compton Man Sentenced to Over 9 Years in Prison for Targeting and Robbing Gay Men He Met on the Grindr Online Dating Application
LOS ANGELES – A Compton man was sentenced today to 111 months in federal prison for targeting and robbing Los Angeles-area gay men he met on the Grindr online dating application.…
Purported Surgeon Sentenced To 9 Years In Federal Prison For Romance Scam Involving Online Dating Websites
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Brian Brainard Wedgeworth (a/k/a “Dr. Brian Anderson,” a/k/a “Dr. Anthony Watkins,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Adams,” a/k/a “Dr. Edward Chen,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Chris,” a/k/a “Dr. Chris Williamson,” a/k/a “Dr.…
Big Cabin Man Sentenced to 240 Months in Prison for Sexually Abusing and Strangling a Former Dating Partner
A Big Cabin man was sentenced Tuesday for sexually assaulting and strangling a former dating partner, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh sentenced Christopher Michael Guinn, 23,…
ANTONI: Dating Game: The Politics Behind The Timing Of Recessions
ANTONI: Dating Game: The Politics Behind The Timing Of Recessions E.J. Antoni on August 16, 2022 Few factors have more sway over voters than the state of the economy. Good economic news functions as…
Compton Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges for Targeting and Robbing Gay Men He Met on the Grindr Online Dating Application
LOS ANGELES – A Compton man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for targeting and robbing Los Angeles-area gay men he met on the Grindr online dating application. Derrick…
Purported Surgeon Pleads Guilty To 25 Counts Relating To Romance Scam Involving Online Dating Websites
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Brian Brainard Wedgeworth (a/k/a “Dr. Brian Anderson,” a/k/a “Dr. Anthony Watkins,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Adams,” a/k/a “Dr. Edward Chen,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Chris,” a/k/a “Dr. Chris Williamson,” a/k/a “Dr.…
California Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping Former Dating Partner, Illegal Firearm Possession
MEDFORD, Ore.—On May 17, 2022, a Humboldt County, California man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for the armed kidnapping of three adult victims, including a former dating partner, and…
Former WNBA Player Indicted for Assaulting Dating Partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation
PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former WNBA player with assaulting an intimate dating partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Shoni Iman Schimmel, 29, of Pendleton, Oregon, has been…
Claremore Man Pleads Guilty to Assault of a Dating Partner by Strangling
TULSA, Okla. – Jessy Pearson, 26, of Claremore, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to assault of an intimate/dating partner by strangling and suffocating in Indian Country. “Jessy Pearson violently attacked his…