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Feds accuse NY State Police sergeant of possessing trove of child p*rn, allegedly filming young girls undressing in bathroom.

Sgt. Steven Calderon, 43, is accused of hoarding at least 2,000 images and videos of child p*rnography and filming two young girls undressing before editing the footage into even sicker content, federal prosecutors say.
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He was first arrested last Monday for allegedly att@cking a woman inside his Orange County home and charged with assault.
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During a search of his Crawford residence, investigators reportedly found the stash along with around 30 electronic devices and a cellphone mounted on a stand in the bathroom facing the shower.
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Court documents say the footage included at least four different children in Calderon’s bathroom.

On July 25 he allegedly secretly filmed a 10-year-old girl undressing and then edited it so she appeared to be engaging in s*xually explicit conduct.
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Another video from Feb. 3, 2023, shows a 9-year-old girl undressing in the same bathroom; he allegedly turned that recording into a s*xually explicit screenshot.
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Calderon has been a State Police sergeant since 2022 and previously worked as a trooper.
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“Steven Calderon’s alleged crimes are all the more disturbing knowing he committed these alleged acts while serving as a law enforcement officer - a position entrusted with protecting the public including its most vulnerable members,” US Attorney Jamie McDonald said.
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State Police Superintendent Steven G. James called the allegations “deeply disturbing” and “in direct opposition to the oath every member of the New York State Police takes.”
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Calderon faces two counts of s*xual exploitation, each carrying a maximum of 30 years, plus one count of possessing child p*rnography.

Authorities believe he may have other victims and urge tips to the FBI.

Unreal: A $232,000 check cut 12 days before any public vote became the smoking gun that exposed an Orlando, Florida, HOA’s alleged corruption.
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Kenneth Yuret, a nearly 20-year resident of Vistas at Phillips Commons in Orlando’s Dr. Phillips neighborhood, was stunned when the HOA demanded he pay $13,150 toward a community-wide roof replacement he insisted his unit did not need.
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The 160-unit townhome community faced a total project cost of about $2.1 million, with each homeowner hit by a special assessment of roughly $13,157.
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Yuret said his own roof was in great condition and expected any replacement to be years away.
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On June 22 the board held a public meeting attended by around 100 residents to discuss the assessment, the project, and which contractor to hire, then voted that evening.
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Records Yuret later requested showed a $232,000 deposit check had already been issued to the contractor on June 10.

“This is the smoking gun,” he said. “It was shocking that when I saw that.”
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He and several fellow homeowners filed a lawsuit in Orange County alleging the June 22 meeting was a “sham” and that the contract had effectively been agreed upon beforehand.
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The suit names the HOA and its property management company, Beacon Community Management Inc., accusing them of entering the agreement and releasing funds without a properly noticed open meeting and lawful vote.
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The complaint also claims the board and management company are under a separate criminal investigation for suspected financial irregularities and fraud.
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Orlando police confirmed an active criminal probe but declined further details.
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Neither the HOA board nor Beacon has publicly responded to the allegations.
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Yuret said he likes HOAs for the sense of security but will fight until the end, declaring he will not let a company bully him out of his own home.
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#HOA #Orlando

An affront to grieving families: Newsom spares California’s worst k*llers from de@th row in final-act mass commutation.⠀

In the closing weeks of his term, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he is commuting the de@th sentences of all 548 people on California’s de@th row, converting every sentence to life in prison without parole.⠀

He called the move one of the hardest of his career and framed it as a rejection of state-sanctioned k*lling, writing that it clashes with the state’s values and undermines the justice system.⠀

Victim advocates immediately condemned the decision and said they will fight it in court. Former prosecutor Anne Marie Schubert asked where California’s values land for the mothers of m*rdered children, slain officers, and school-sh**ting victims.⠀

Rep. Vincent Fong called the timing political cowardice, noting Newsom waited until two days after the election so voters could not weigh in.

California’s de@th row holds more than a quarter of the nation’s condemned inmates. Among those now spared are some of the most notorious:⠀

Richard Allen Davis, who kidnapped, r*ped, and m*rdered 12-year-old Polly Klaas in 1993.⠀

Lonnie Franklin, the “Grim Sleeper,” convicted of k*lling nine women and a teenage girl in Los Angeles and suspected in as many as 25 murders.⠀

Cary Stayner, the Yosemite-area motel worker who m*rdered four women in 1999.⠀

Joseph Naso, the “Alphabet K*ller,” sentenced for k*lling four women with matching initials between 1977 and 1994.⠀

Wayne Adam Ford, the truck driver who k*lled four women, dismembered some of them, and turned himself in carrying a severed bre@st in his pocket.⠀

Charles Ng, convicted with an accomplice of k*lling 11 people at a Sierra Nevada cabin in the 1980s in what was then the state’s most expensive trial.

Newsom wrote that the state “cannot morally k*ll” these offenders and that they can now d!e in obscurity while victims are remembered.⠀

Crime Victims United president Topo Padilla said the move overrides jury verdicts, judicial sentences, and voter decisions in 2012 and 2016 that kept the de@th penalty. He called the post-election timing a political calculation that will not play well outside deep-blue strongholds.⠀

Schubert said families she has spoken with are losing sleep as decades-old trauma returns. One mother, Sandy Friend, whose son was kidnapped, assaulted, t*rtured, and st@bbed to de@th, said changing the rules decades later shatters any trust in the system.⠀

Advocates argue a blanket commutation skips the normal case-by-case review and they plan legal challenges on behalf of victims and the rule of law.⠀

#GavinNewsom #California

Stranger than fiction: Wife stands by husband accused of plotting her own s*xual assault via Reddit stranger.
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Bella Torres defended her husband Zarian Dyer, 23, in court in Buckeye, Arizona on Wednesday, claiming he was being set up by the alleged attacker.
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Police say Adrian Ayala, 20, broke into their home on October 16 and attempted to s*xually assault Torres while she held her baby daughter.
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Ayala fled when Dyer arrived home, with security footage showing the husband chasing him away, yet prosecutors allege Dyer orchestrated the entire attack.
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Messages on Reddit allegedly show Dyer instructed Ayala on how to enter the home, when to arrive, where to park, and to FaceTime him during the assault.
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Torres told the court she does not believe the claims and accused Ayala of fabricating the plot in a frantic attempt to make excuses after his arrest.
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She broke down in tears saying her husband has been dealing with false allegations behind bars, though she did not address the digital evidence.
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Ayala faces charges of kidnapping, s*xual abuse, burglary and aggravated assault while out on bail.
Dyer remains in custody on a $500,000 bond after having been charged with aggravated assault, s*xual abuse, attempted s*xual assault, kidnapping and conspiracy.
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Authorities said they have not established a motive for the alleged plot.
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#Arizona #Buckeye

Shocking: Drunk man accused of exposing himself at Florida airport gate and ur*nating on mother and her 7-year-old son.
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Law enforcement officials say Lawrence Kai Raben, 48, was sitting across from a family of three waiting at Gate E6 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday when he unbuttoned his pants and exposed himself.
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The intoxicated traveler then allegedly began ur*nating in their direction, splashing the mother and her young son with bodily fluids, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
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Several other passengers in the area dispersed once he exposed himself and started relieving himself, police said.
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Raben, of Fort Lauderdale, was taken into custody and charged with battery causing a person under 18 to have contact with bodily fluids, battery, disorderly intoxication and three counts of indecent exposure.
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He remained held on a $5,000 total bond at the Broward County Jail as of Thursday.
It is not clear if Raben was boarding the same flight as the family waiting at the gate.
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The incident occurred in the passenger waiting area near the gate inside the terminal.
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#FortLauderdale #Florida