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Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.

The Colorado Springs Police Department has arrested 34 year-old Joshua Silverthorn, a physical education teacher at Monterey Elementary School, for internet sexual exploitation of a child, a class four felony.

York County man arrested on possession, production of child pornography charges Shutterstock By: Web Staff and last updated 2021-04-17 17:08:50-04 YORK COUNTY, Va. - A York County man was arrested Wednesday on several counts of possession and production of child pornography. The York-Poquoson Sheriffs Office, along with the Office of the Attorney General, arrested 41-year-old Robert Lyle Hoffman. Officials say he resides in the Lexington Subdivision of Kiln Creek. Officials rec...

KILN CREEK — On April 14, 2021, investigators with the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office (YPSO), with assistance from the Office of the Attorney General, arrested Robert Lyle Hoffman, a 41-year-old white male, who resides in the Lexington Subdivision of Kiln Creek. Tips were received from the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes against Children Task Force and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Hoffman was charged with the following: • 1 count of Possession of Child Pornogr...

Updated: 11:37 AM EDT April 15, 2021 YORK COUNTY, Va. — The York-Poquoson Sheriffs Office arrested a Kiln Creek man on Wednesday, and charged him with 20 counts related to possessing and creating child pornography. A tweet from the sheriffs office said Robert Lyle Hoffman, 41, was charged with: one count of possession of child pornography one count of production of child pornography nine counts of second or subsequent possession of child pornography nine counts of second or su...

Trenton Bureau The Murphy administration has included extra funding to support child abuse investigations for the first time amid a spike in reports of online exploitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The additional $600,000 for the states Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was included in Gov. Phil Murphys budget after the Trenton bureau of the USA TODAY Network Atlantic Group reported a 75% increase in abuse tips last year. The initial budget documents his administration released ...

Family Ties We’re still living with the punitive politics of family values. A broader, universal vision can break its vise grip. A "Save the Children" rally outside the Capitol building on August 22, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Given Donald Trump’s multiple marriages, penchant for infidelity, and alleged sexual misconduct, many commentators saw his presidency as a departure from the Republican Party’s investment in ...

February 14, 2021 MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Kaleb Christopher Merritt, 21, was captured by police in Henderson, North Carolina, and is being held in the abduction of a 12-year-old girl from Henry County, Va. The arrest was made Saturday after a manhunt that began Friday when the two left the girl’s home in Southside Virginia. Merritt was taken into custody by North Carolina authorities without incident. 12-year-old Allie Broadaway was found with him, unharmed. Henry County authorities had conside...

A Texas man has been taken into custody after the disappearance of a 12-year-old Virginia girl, authorities said.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Texas man has been taken into custody after the...