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Dr Thomas Shannon Charged With Child Pornography

Dr Thomas Shannon is an orthodontist from Michigan who has been charged with a series of charges after soliciting photos and videos from a minor in North Carolina. According to police reports officers would go to Dr Thomas Shannon office, Shannon Orthodontics, where he would freely admit to soliciting minors online. Dr Thomas Shannon would be arrested and has been charged with aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material, using a computer to commit a crime and possession of child pornography. Apparently Dr Thomas Shannon has been soliciting material online for the last three years. Shannon Orthodontics maintains two offices in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, Grandville and Plainwell

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A Michigan orthodontist is facing criminal charges after allegedly soliciting sexually explicit photos and videos from a minor in North Carolina and possessing child pornography in digital storage.

Thomas Shannon, 41, was arrested Thursday on multiple felonies, including aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material, using a computer to commit a crime and possession of child pornography.

He had allegedly been contacting minors for sexually explicit photos and videos dating back to 2019.

The Kent County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan initially learned of the allegations against Shannon in late 2021 after it was contacted by the Fuqay-Varina Police Department in North Carolina about him contacting a 17-year-old girl.

Shannon allegedly offered to pay for explicit photos and videos of the girl. He also allegedly asked for more photos, particularly from when she was in eighth or ninth grade.

A Kent County Sheriff’s Office detective interviewed Shannon at his business, Shannon Orthodontics, and asked if he could recall communicating with the minor on Snapchat roughly two years ago, and if he offered to pay for nude photos

“If it happened, obviously it’s all there and I have to fess up to it,” he allegedly replied, according to a probable cause affidavit. “I didn’t know anything more about that, but some girls are on there soliciting.”

According to the affidavit, Shannon then hired a forensic investigator to examine his iPhone and iCloud accounts in an effort to prove he had no child pornography. The investigator, however, found “a large amount of child pornography” in his data.

The data allegedly included photos of minors under the age of 10 and sexually explicit photos of prepubescent and adolescent children.

Investigators also believe Shannon previously attempted to make arrangements to have sex with minors.

Kent County Sheriff’s detectives executed search warrants for Shannon’s electronic devices and social media accounts, and allegedly discovered additional images of nude boys and girls, including infants and prepubescent children.

The sheriff’s office said the case remains an ongoing investigation

Shannon was arraigned Friday on eight felonies:

Child Sexually Abusive Material – Aggravated Possession – 2 counts
Sexually Abusive Material – Possession – 2 counts
Computers – Using to Commit a Crime (10–20-year felony) – 2 counts
Computers – Using to Commit a Crime (4–10-year felony)- 2 counts

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-orthodontist-charged-after-allegedly-soliciting-minors-nude-photos-possessing-child-pornography

Kendra Licari Catfish Own Daughter For A Year

Kendra Licari is a woman from Michigan who is not going to win Mother Of The Year after she was arrested for allegedly catfishing her teenage daughter for a year. Now nothing of this case makes sense and it seems Kendra Licari, who was also a high school basketball coach, would inform authorities that her daughter was being harassed online. Turns out Kendra Licari was using software which would hide where the texts were coming from. Now we are not talking about an occasional message but a dozen texts a day for a year. After a brief investigation Kendra Licari would be arrested and charged with stalking a minor, using a computer to commit a crime, and obstruction of justice

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Police investigating a case of online harassment say the teen victim’s mother is responsible.

According to the police report, the high-schooler told her mom, 42-year-old Kendra Licari, she was receiving messages through text and social media up to 12 times a day for months.

“By and large it was mostly just harassing-type text messages, demeaning, demoralizing, and just mean texts,” said Isabella County prosecutor David Barberi.

Police say Licari reported the cyberbullying to authorities herself. At the time, she was working as a girls’ basketball coach at her daughter’s school.

“When the case first came into our office, it was bizarre and almost hard to believe,” Barberi said.

Investigators say Licari catfished and harassed her daughter, and her daughter’s then-boyfriend, for more than a year, starting in early 2021.

“We’re talking about several hundreds of text messages, over 1,000 pages of discovery in the case,” Barberi said.

The criminal complaint states that she used software to hide her location, and several different numbers and area codes to make it seems like the texts were coming from her daughter’s peers.

“Someone else coined the term, but they called it a version of ‘cyber Munchausen’s syndrome’ in a sense that this seems to be the type of behavior where you’re making somebody feel bad or need you in their life because of this behavior,” said Barberi.

Licari is charged with stalking a minor, using a computer to commit a crime, and obstruction of justice. She was released Monday on a $5,000 bond, and is due back in court on Dec. 29.

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/mother-charged-cyberbullying-daughter-more-than-year-kendra-licari-online-harassment-text-messages-catfishing-cyber-crime-stalking-minor-beal-city-michigan

Missing Woman Eleni Kassa Found In Trunk Of Car

A missing woman from Tennessee, Eleni Kassa, body was found in the trunk of a car in Michigan following a police chase. According to police in Detroit officers attempted to pull over a vehicle driven by Dominique Hardwick, 36, of Lebanon, Tennessee. who would take off. Soon after Dominique Hardwick would be involved in a crash and instead of being arrested Hardwick would fatally shoot himself. When officers were searching the vehicle they would find the body of Eleni Kassa in the trunk of the car. Eleni Kassa was reported missing in Tennessee on November 18 2022

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The body found in the trunk of a vehicle that crashed at the border of Detroit and Dearborn has been identified as a missing woman from Tennessee.

Michigan State Police have identified the woman found in the trunk, as well as the driver who was fatally shot after a chase and ended in a crash and a shooting on Sunday.

According to Michigan State Police and the Murfreesboro Police Department, the woman found in the trunk of the vehicle that crashed has been identified as Eleni Kassa, 31, who was reported missing to Murfreesboro police on Nov. 18.

The driver of the vehicle has been identified as Dominique Hardwick, 36, of Lebanon, Tennessee.

Officials say that the autopsy results for Hardwick are consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The circumstances surrounding Kassa’s death have not yet been determined.

Detectives are still interviewing witnesses, including a passenger who was detained and taken to a hospital after the crash.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Eleni’s family and the community of Murfreesboro,” Michigan State Police said in a tweet

Kassa was first reported missing to Murfreesboro police by family members after she failed to pick up her daughter from school, officials say.

Murfreesboro police conducted a missing person’s investigation, which revealed a possible domestic incident between Kassa and her girlfriend, Hardwick.

Kassa’s cellphone and car were left at her apartment after an argument between the two.

Murfreesboro Police Criminal Investigations Division (CID) conducted a weeklong search for Kassa, which included two K-9 searches and interviews with family members and witnesses.

The license plate and vehicle information of Hardwick’s black Dodge Charger was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.

Almost 10 days after the missing person’s report, the Dearborn police spotted the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop.

After a police pursuit, a crash into a Detroit residence, and gunfire, Kassa and Hardwick were both found dead in the vehicl

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/11/29/body-found-in-trunk-after-police-chase-to-detroit-dearborn-border-idd-as-missing-tennessee-woman/

Damien Lang Charged In Bryce Salter Murder

Police in Kalamazoo Michigan have arrested Damien Lang and have charged him with the murder of Bryce Salter. According to police reports Bryce Salter and Damien Lang were involved in an altercation outside of a night club near the Western Michigan University earlier this month. Damien Lang allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Bryce Salter who would die at the hospital from his injuries. Damien Lang has been charged with murder as well as three counts third-offense felony firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of ammunition

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A 29-year-old Lansing man is in custody in the shooting death of a 21-year-old Kalamazoo resident in a strip mall parking lot near the Western Michigan University campus Nov. 11, 2022.

Damien Lang, 29, faces six felony weapons charges and an open murder charge in the fatal shooting of Bryce Salter, 21, in the the parking lot in the Campus Pointe Mall on West Michigan Avenue and Howard Street, according to court records.

Lang also facing three counts third-offense felony firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, and felon in possession of ammunition, according to court records.

He was arraigned on the seven charges Monday morning.

A man drove Salter to the hospital where he died from his injuries, police said.

Lang is currently being held in the Ingham County Jail on a parole hold and is expected to be arraigned on the homicide this week in Kalamazoo County District Court.

Lang told police he saw Salter standing next to his Dodge Durango in the nearby parking lot by the Y-Bar at around 3:10 a.m. that night.

Surveillance video showed Lang walked over and argued with Salter then pointed a gun at his chest, knocking him to the ground.

Salter got up and began to fight Lang before he was shot, according to police.

Lang told police he blacked out during the shooting and admitted to confronting Salter because he thought he was going to steal his vehicle, according to court records.

“I don’t know what happened, I don’t know. I don’t know what me shot him,” Lang said during a Nov. 11 police interview, according to court records.

Lang admitted to dismantling the gun and getting rid of the weapon and bullets following the shooting, according to police.

Lang’s vehicle was registered to his girlfriend and police arrested him in Lansing after they pinged his cell phone, according to detectives.

Police responded to the scene and found multiple shell castings and the victim’s red hat in the parking lot outside the Y-Bar, according to detectives.

The Campus Pointe Mall, located right outside Western Michigan University’s campus, has been the location for violence in the past.

Three people were injured following a shooting outside of the Y-Bar nightclub in 2019.

Students have expressed concerns for their safety. However, Salter was not a WMU student, according to a university spokesperson.

https://wwmt.com/news/local/shooting-wmu-campus-fatal-bryce-salter-lansing-kalamazoo-county-court-police-jail-pointe-damien-lang

Stephen Freeman Charged With Murder After Body Found In Trunk

Stephen Freeman has been officially charged with murder after police found the body of a woman in the bed of his truck. According to police reports Stephen Freeman was involved in an accident where he hit the side of a semi truck in Michigan and he ran from the scene. When police arrived at the scene they would find the body of Gabriele Seitz, 62, in the bed of the truck. Apparently Stephen Freeman was robbing Gabriele Seitz home when she arrived and the two would be involved in a physical altercation that ended with Seitz dying. Stephen Freeman would take the woman’s truck and put her body in the back. Soon after the accident would occur. Stephen Freeman has been charged with receiving and concealing a body and concealing the death of an individual and felony murder

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More charges have been filed against the 19-year-old man accused of fleeing after crashing a truck that had a dead woman’s body in it.

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said Tuesday he has added a felony murder charge against Stephen Freeman. The prosecutor also said Freeman was arraigned on the new charge in court and a judge revoked his bond and remanded him to the county jail until his trial.

A probable cause hearing for the case against Freeman has been scheduled for Nov. 30, 2022, in 39th District Court in Roseville.

If convicted of felony murder, Freeman faces up to life in prison.

Freeman was charged about two weeks ago with receiving and concealing a body and concealing the death of an individual. Both are five-year felonies. He was being held on a $75,000 bond

Police arrested Freeman in Lexington on Sunday three days after the crash, which happened on Oct. 27, 2022, in Roseville.

According to Investigators, Freeman was driving a truck that struck a semitractor-trailer near Hayes and Common and then fled. Police searched the truck and found the body of Gabriele Seitz, 62, of Shelby Township.

Before the crash, Freeman entered Seitz’s home through a window when she was not at home. She arrived and the two fought, resulting in the woman’s death, Lucido said. Freeman took the woman’s truck, which he later crashed with Seitz’s body in it.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/11/15/driver-in-roseville-crash-where-body-found-charged-with-murder/69650482007/