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Month: September 2023

Jonathan Hoover

Registered Hempfield Township sex offender charged with inappropriately messaging girls

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A registered sex offender in Hempfield Township is facing charges after police said he sent at least two girls inappropriate messages on social media. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said Jonathan Hoover befriended a 14-year-old girl from Texas and

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3 people died and more than a dozen swimmers had to be rescued after rip current warnings along the New Jersey Shore over Labor Day weekend

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Three people died and more than a dozen swimmers were rescued from the ocean along the New Jersey Shore on Sunday amid warnings of dangerous rip currents over the Labor Day weekend, authorities said. The National Weather Service had warned of “a high risk for the development of

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SafeSport Center ‘in potential crisis’ according to panel’s survey of Olympic system

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A wide-ranging survey into the state of the U.S. Olympic system leveled criticism at the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with a draft analysis concluding that feedback collected about the 6-year-old agency “paints a picture of a center in potential crisis.” SafeSport Center CEO Ju’Riese Colon was among the Olympic

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Investigative genetic genealogy leads police to a suspect in series of California kidnappings and sexual assaults

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of a series of suspected sexual assaults in Sacramento, California, over a decade ago, was identified and arrested through the use of investigative genetic genealogy, officials announced Tuesday. A recent cold case investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a full DNA profile. Investigative genetic

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