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Mom of Naperville Teen Targeted in Racist Craigslist Ad: ‘You Don't Prepare Your Kids for This'
A Naperville high school student was charged with a hate crime after allegedly posting a racist Craigslist ad featuring another student, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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Naperville Student Charged With Hate Crime for ‘Slave for Sale' Craigslist Ad
A Naperville high school student was charged with a hate crime after allegedly posting a racist Craigslist ad featuring another student, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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Naperville Police Open Hate Crime Investigation After Racist Post Involving 2 Students
Police have launched a hate crime investigation into a racist Internet post involving two Naperville Central High School students, authorities said Monday.
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Migrant Smuggling Ring Accused of Recruiting Local High School Students
Three men were charged in connection with an alleged migrant smuggling ring that recruited San Diego high school students as drivers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
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Investigators Focus on Rogue Vape Brand as Illness Spreads
It’s a widely known vaping cartridge in the marijuana economy, but it’s not a licensed brand. And it’s got the kind of market buzz no legitimate company would want. The vaping cartridges that go by the catchy, one-syllable name “Dank” — a slang word for highly potent cannabis — are figuring prominently in the federal investigation to determine what has...
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Illegal Vape Name Draws Scrutiny as Illness Spreads
It’s a widely known vape cartridge in the marijuana economy, but it’s not a licensed brand. And it’s got the kind of market buzz no legitimate company would want.
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San Diego Dark Web Vendors Plead Guilty to Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Conspiracy
San Diego-based business managers Aidan Curry and Connor Brooke pleaded guilty in federal court Monday for conspiring to launder dark web proceeds through their unlicensed online business, which sold cryptocurrency in exchange for cash.
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Biggest Vaping Company to Stop Ads
The country’s largest electronic cigarette maker announced that it will stop running ads in the United States. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019.
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Videographer For San Diego Porn Company Admits To Lying to Models To Get Them to Appear In Pornographic Videos
A former videographer for a San Diego porn company that has been accused of luring young women into appearing in sex videos admitted in court Thursday that he knowingly lied to the women.
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Rental Scams Surge in San Diego
A first-time homeowner in San Diego recently fell prey to a growing scam that involves fake “for rent” ads posted on popular websites meant to convince renters to send deposits. Photos of her home were used in these ads.
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San Diego Porn Scheme Trial Begins
Nearly two dozen women are suing a San Diego-based porn company alleging its owners used fraud and coercion when convincing them to have sex on-camera.
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Witnesses Describe Violent Encounters With Man Accused of Sexually Preying on Intoxicated Women
A man accused of sexually assaulting women he approached at bars and nightclubs or met on online dating sites listened as four witnesses gave graphic testimony about their encounter in court Wednesday.
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‘Yelp for Sex': Review Boards That Rate Women Flourish After Crackdown on Ad Sites
On review boards for commercial sex, buyers denigrate the women they rate and spin fantasies about sex acts. They use forums on the sites to warn one another about anti-trafficking busts and to answer each other’s questions about the “hobby.”
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Fan's NFL Ticket Fiasco Offers Warning About Buying Online
As football season kicks off, one man’s story offers a warning about buying tickets: you may think those tickets you snagged are the real deal, only to later learn they’re not.
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How to Tackle Ticket Fraud
One man’s story offers a warning to those buying tickets online. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019.
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Prosecutors Describe ‘Disturbing' Scene at Escondido Property Where 10 Cat Carcasses Were Found
Disturbing details of animal abuse were revealed in court Tuesday at the arraignment for a 26-year-old Escondido man facing animal cruelty charges after several cat carcasses were found on his property in May.
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San Diego Comic Con 2019: Don't Get Scammed, BBB Warns
San Diego Comic-Con is one of the most in-demand pop culture conventions in the world, with tickets selling out each year in a matter of hours. But with its popularity comes scammers ready to take advantage.
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Residents Fed Up With Venice ‘Vanlord' Who's Renting Vans for Homeless to Sleep in Overnight
People who live in a Venice Beach neighborhood are fed up with homeless people renting vans to sleep in that take up parking spaces. In the stretch on Riviera Avenue near Grand Boulevard, three vans come back registered to the same person: he’s known as the “vanlord.” Neighbors said he rents them out for as much as $300 a month,...
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Man Known as the ‘Vanlord' Rents Vans to Homeless
A man is renting more than a dozen vans to homeless people and residents are fed up with it, saying the vans are taking up space and most of them leave large amounts of trash after they move. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, 2019.
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San Francisco: More Homeless Living in Vehicles
Most homeless people in San Francisco sleep in parks and on sidewalks but a growing number are living out of their vehicles, helping fuel an overall 17% increase in homelessness in the last two years, according to a report released Friday.