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Man gets 10 years for planned sex encounter with A 5-year-old girl
DETROIT -- A 29-year-old Illinois man who admitted to driving from his home near Chicago to Sterling Heights for a planned sexual encounter with a 5-year-old girl was sentenced to 10 years in prison in federal court today.
Matthew Bastian of Aurora, Ill. is one of several defendants caught in a sting operation set up by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office in which an undercover officer posed as a mother looking for men to have sex with her 5-year-old child.
U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson handed down the 10-year sentence, which is the mandatory minimum set by Congress for crossing state lines to entice a minor under the age of 12.
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Woman Illegally Bought Gun for Boyfriend, Faces Up to 10yrs Jail
A 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to buying a handgun for her boyfriend -- an illegal transaction known as a "straw purchase," the Maryland U.S. attorney's office said. Christine Brzezenski, who lives with her boyfriend in an apartment in the 6500 block of Brown Ave. in Southeast Baltimore, faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced May 22.
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California Teacher Arrested After Students Find Handgun in Her Class
A Santa Ana elementary school teacher was arrested after students found a handgun and ammunition in the drawer of a supply cabinet of her classroom, officials said Thursday. Jayne DeArmond, 51, a third-grade teacher at Diamond Elementary School, was arrested on charges of felony possession of a firearm on a campus and misdemeanor child endangerment after students discovered the unloaded handgun and ammunition about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday.
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Dad raped girl in hospital bed next to sick son
Man raped teen patient in bed next to sick son
Attack lasted for an hour
Case has led to tighter security measures at hospital
A MAJOR children's hospital has been forced to introduce new security measures after a man visiting his ill son raped a teenage patient in the next bed. Raouf Philopos sexually assaulted the girl for more than an hour as his six-year-old son slept and while nurses tended to patients in the ward at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
The 16-year-old victim was readmitted to the same hospital ward after turning to self-harm following the assault. The incident has forced a major review of Westmead's child protection policies, and resulted in new protocols for overnight stays by carers.
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Job application points police to robbery suspect
ATHENS, Ga. — Police said they got a major clue to the identity of a suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store — his job application.
Investigators in Athens, Ga., said Demetrius Robinson filled out the application to kill time while waiting for the Golden Pantry store to empty of customers.
Authorities said it was Robinson who then produced a knife and held up the store last week.
The job application gave Robinson's name and an uncle's phone number, but a phony address.
Police arrested the 28-year-old Saturday on armed robbery charges.