Toms River Homeless Group Behind Parking Garage Shelter Scour the Woods for New Clients
TOMS RIVER — Days after officials cleared homeless individuals from a downtown parking garage and placed them in housing, a local nonprofit resumed efforts to locate unsheltered residents elsewhere in the area.…
D.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking a 15-Year-Old Homeless Victim
Greenbelt, Maryland – The Department of Justice has annoucnced Sirron Little, age 31, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday to sex trafficking of a minor female to engage in commercial sex acts. …
Activists Derail LA City Council Meeting Over Homeless Encampments
Activists Derail LA City Council Meeting Over Homeless Encampments Laurel Duggan on August 9, 2022 Activists derailed a Los Angeles City Council meeting Tuesday to protest an effort to ban homeless encampments…
‘You’d Be Angry Too’: LA Squanders Millions Of Dollars In Housing Vouchers As Homeless Death Rate Soars
‘You’d Be Angry Too’: LA Squanders Millions Of Dollars In Housing Vouchers As Homeless Death Rate Soars John Hugh DeMastri on July 25, 2022 The City of Los Angeles utilized less than…
Flip-Flop Leads to Homeless Man Being Charged for Dumpster Fire at White Oaks Plaza
CUMBERLAND, MD – A homeless man has been arrested and charged for a dumpster fire behind the White Oaks Shopping Plaza in Cumberland. He was identified by police by his flip-flops. According…
Two Men Charged In $5.4 Million Scheme To Defraud New York City Program For Homeless Veterans
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jocelyn E. Strauber, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), announced today the unsealing of a…
Georgia Man Sentenced in Bank Fraud Scheme that Exploited Homeless Individuals
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Georgia man who solicited, transported, and paid homeless individuals from the Providence area to cash hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit business checks in four New…
Homeless Man Indicted for Holding 15-Year-Old Hostage in New York City For Months
NEW YORK, NY – In one of the more heinous crimes coming out of New York City these days, a homeless man who held a teenage girl hostage and engaged in human…
Homeless Man Charged with Rape in Wellsville
Wellsville, NY – Police in Wellsville have announced the arrest of Darren S. Mattison, age 38, with no permanent address, charging him with Rape and Criminal Contempt. “The charges stem from an…
NYC Homeless Man Arrested After Kidnapping and Assaulting Woman in Abandoned Building for Five Days
NEW YORK, NY – A Bronx Man was indicted Monday after it was learned that he had kidnapped a woman and assaulted her over a five-day period in an abandoned building in…
Homeless Man Wanted for Assaulting Newark Gas Station Employee Sought
Warrant Issued for Man Wanted for Aggravated Assault Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara reports that an arrest warrant has been issued for Jeffrey R. Hester, a 55-year-old homeless man, who…
San Francisco Spent $160 Million Only To Have Homeless People Die In Rat Infested Hotels
San Francisco Spent $160 Million Only To Have Homeless People Die In Rat Infested Hotels Laurel Duggan on April 29, 2022 San Francisco’s $160 million supportive housing program provides rooms in 70…
Is California’s Homeless Problem Newsom’s Achilles Heel?
Is California’s Homeless Problem Newsom’s Achilles Heel? Harry Wilmerding on April 13, 2022 California gubernatorial candidates, including Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle and environmentalist and independent candidate Michael Shellenberger, plan to use…
Homeless Man Arrested for Armed Robbery in Brooklyn Park
BROOKLYN PARK, MD – On April 11, 2022, at approximately 10:50 p.m., officers responded to the 200 block of Doris Avenue for a report of a robbery. An adult male victim was…
Fourth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Employ Homeless Individuals to Cash Bogus Business Checks
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A fourth Georgia man charged in federal court in Rhode Island with participating in a long-running scheme to entice homeless and transient individuals in the Providence area to cash…
Toms River Walk for Homeless Shelter Draws 200
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Joined by Ocean County Commissioner Virginia Haines wearing a fur hooded jacket, former Toms River Democrat Councilman Terrance Turnbach managed to rally about 200 people to walk with…
Jackson Heights Slasher Attacks Homeless Man
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Police Department today shared images of a man wanted for a gruesome attack against a homeless man in Queens. The slasher, covered in the…
Homeless Outreach Program To Be Held In Linden
LINDEN, NJ – On Thursday, March 31st, from 11am – 1pm, a homeless outreach program will be held at the Linden multi-purpose Center, 1025 John Street. Those in need will be provided…
Suspected Serial Homeless Killer Captured in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A man wanted for shooting five homeless men and wounding two has been captured in Washington, D.C. “Early this AM, law enforcement arrested the suspect in Washington, DC. He…
D.C. Police Release New Video of Homeless Shooter, Seeking Public’s Help
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington, D.C. Metro Police are ramping up their investigation of a suspect who shot three homeless men and killed one after the shooter is now suspected of having shot…
Police Search For Gunman Accused Of Randomly Shooting Sleeping Homeless People
Police Search For Gunman Accused Of Randomly Shooting Sleeping Homeless People Laurel Duggan on March 14, 2022 Police are searching for a gunman who they say shot five homeless men in New…