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previous cases notable crimes covered in the news and anything crime related that happens this month
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it was may 2013 when sarah patinski stood trial for her involvement in a 1 billion pound
mobile phone tax scam in the uk sarah had been recruited as part of an 18-person criminal ring
that involved purchasing cell phones without that value-added tax and reselling them without paying
their taxes it had been sarah's job within the operation to launder the money and it was
estimated to have totaled around 1 billion pounds or approximately 1.3 billion in american dollars
right before the conclusion of her trial sarah peninski took off and went on the
run for nearly a decade before her recapture this month she had been the top and only woman
on the uk's most wanted list for nearly the entire duration of her time on the run
pinitzky had been born and raised in fallfort near york in the uk but had close family connections in
spain she was also fluent in spanish and had prime new residents in spain during her trial
so it didn't come as a shock in 2015 when authorities discovered her husband
was bringing her supplies in oliveia spain she was reported to have rarely left her hideout and her
husband or family members had been supporting her while she evaded authorities in 2015
an extensive operation had been undertaken to recapture peninski but something had tipped
her off and she managed to escape in 2017 the ringleader of the operation jeffrey johnson
was arrested in dubai and was extradited back to the uk to serve his 24 sentence for his crime
eventually poninski was the final person in the operation to still be on the run
the other people either turned themselves in or had been captured after 2015 she cut off all ties
with her family and went even deeper into hiding it was estimated that in 2013 she may have had at
least 2.4 million pounds in cash with her that she had been required to relinquish to the courts when
her father passed in 2020 there had been renewed hopes that she might resurface but she did not
in february 2022 a resident in santa barbara spain reported the sighting of a woman who
matched poninski's description a task force that specializes in recapturing wanted fugitives
called the civil guard central operative units fugitive task force was called in to carry out
the arrest they found the woman living in an apartment and followed her for several weeks
now 47 peninsula either out of necessity or the belief that she wasn't actively being searched for
had relaxed some of her previous methods and seemed to be living a relatively normal life
santa barbara was a small village of around 4 000 people and perhaps she felt safe to resume
a normal life they arrested her on march 1st while walking her two dogs and she is being held
in prison while she waits extradition back to the uk just on her original conviction alone she faces
20 years in prison though her time on the run has likely added more time to her sentence the
nca international deputy director tom doudle said about the arrest this should serve as a warning to
others on our most wanted list we will not rest until you are captured no matter how long it takes
karen velek says it was tuesday afternoon when she heard her doorbell ring repeatedly
i opened the door and she hands me this dog collar and i go is your dog loose she said no it
they shocked me they shocked me and she put up her neck and she i saw the two marks from the dog
collar karen vileck was sitting near stratford new jersey home on march 1st when she heard
several loud knocks on her door she opened it and was shocked to see a little girl on her doorstep
she recognized the 13 year old whose name has been withheld from the media due to her age
as her neighbor's child the girl begged for help and handed her a shot collar meant for large
dogs karen brought the girl into her home while her husband called 9-1-1
i was horrified my husband and i haven't been able to sleep for days on end you know what
can we do for this poor little girl the girl had marks on her necks from the shock collar
and when asked what happened revealed that she was made to wear the collar when she was bad
by her parental guardian she also revealed several other instances abuse such as being
deprived of food and clothing as well as being duct taped in the basement for hours
the girl was taken to the hospital where she was immediately removed from custody of kelly menig
the exact relationship has not been disclosed to protect the identity of the child kelly menig was
arrested along with her two adult daughters rachel and rebecca menig kelly's father also lived in the
home and when being questioned by police confirmed allegations made by the child the girl only
weighed 63 pounds and said that the abuse started in 2018 when she was 9 years old she told law
enforcement she had been abused by all three women in the house and had even been forced to shoplift
for the women you can hear in the winter through the windows always yelling and fighting and while
at the hospital she had several marks on her neck consistent with wearing a shock collar for
extended periods of time the little girl is with the foster family now and has since returned to
school all three women have denied allegations of abuse they are all being held in the camden county
jail while they await trial they face charges of aggravated assault child abuse and neglect
it was on march 2nd when friends of 57 year old cynthia cole reported her missing
normally active on social media friends became concerned when her feet abruptly stopped
she lived alone and what initially was a welfare check turned into a missing person investigation
she had been last seen attending an outdoor concert in jensen beach on february 24th she
had attended the event with a group of friends who saw her leave in her 2015 jeep cherokee early on
in the evening when officers arrived at her house there was no signs of forced entry or anything
amiss in the home her cell phone was found in the home with a dead battery the only thing that
seemed to be missing was her jeep cherokee but it was later recovered abandoned on the highway
cynthia had a doorbell camera and when officers pulled the footage they saw something unusual
cynthia returned home a little bit after 8pm and on the doorbell camera they saw a man leaving her
residence half an hour after she got home and the man took her car on the cell phone they found a
contact that matched the physical description of the unknown man from the doorbell camera
thirty-four-year-old kiyoki hilo demik demek had a criminal history in fact he was required to
register as a sex offender he had been convicted in 2004 for burglary and assault of a minor
and the victim was 12. for several years demik had worked for cynthia on her property as a handyman
text messages between the two showed conversations about the work he was to do
as well as cash app transactions when demick had been brought in for questioning
investigators had caught him in several lies about the night cynthia went missing
initially he told law enforcement he didn't know her and then he said he did know her and that he
only did off jobs here and there when asked if he'd gone to her house that night he said no
and initially claimed to have not been at the house in days
he also was caught in several lies about his cell phone officers asked him to hand it over from the
investigation and he said it was lost cynthia's car had been abandoned a mile from his home and
when asked about that he first said he had no idea about the car when shown surveillance footage
clearly showing him at the house he claimed he'd gone by to collect money owed he first
said he walked home after that and then he later said miss cole had asked him to drive her car
the interrogation had done its job dismantling every lie that demich attempted
officers continued the investigation and in the search of the backyard they discovered something
unusual about the cover of the property septic tank further inspection prompted the discovery
of cynthia cole's body 57-year-old cynthia cole was the victim of a homicide she had blunt trauma
to her head and abdomen the medical examiner says cole was also the victim of manual strangulation
and asphyxia medical examiner cannot rule out that our victim was actually alive when she
was placed into that septic tank he's doing microscopic evidence now he submitted it for
evaluation so we'll know definitively if she was alive when she was placed into that septic tank
demik was arrested on march 4th officers have hypothesized based on the evidence that he had
gone into the home around 7 pm that night and waited until cynthia came home they estimated
that she died within 30 minutes of coming home and he had already prepared the septic
tank as storage for her body no specific motive for the crime has been released
it is also believed that she wasn't aware of demik's criminal history or that he was
a registered sex offender demisch is being held on a 750 000 bond while he awaits trial
it was 8 30 pm on march 10th in manhattan when barbara gustern stepped out of her building
she was heading out to see one of her students perform the 86 year old grandmother was a beloved
local coach to generations of broadway stars and was still very active in the musical community
she was just about to hail a cab when a woman walked past her shoved her to the ground and
swore at her it had been a violent shove and mescustern hit her head hard on the concrete
a person who witnessed the attack from inside the building as well as a passing cyclist helped ms
guster back into the building she had a severe head wound that was bleeding profusely but she
maintained consciousness police in an ambulance arrived within minutes and miss gusterin was able
to give a brief description of her attacker who she didn't know she was taken to the hospital but
days later unfortunately died of her injuries from the fall the death had been a shock to those who
knew her many described her as a tough cookie who still exercised daily and was seen often briskly
walking around the neighborhood the attacker was not found that evening but officers were
able to find surveillance footage and were able to get a clear picture of what she looked like
officers later determined that the woman had stuck around waiting nearby for nearly 20 minutes while
she watched the older woman get taken away in an ambulance before heading to the subway photos and
videos of the suspect were released to the media and a tip from the public brought investigators
to long island and gave them a name lauren pasienza a 26 year old woman who worked as a
designer in manhattan two weeks after the attack she was surrendered to law enforcement with her
lawyer in tow new details have emerged regarding the timeline of the days following the attack
which until the conviction are still allegations after the attack lauren stuck around nearby and
waited until after the ambulance left then according to surveillance she got into a
physical altercation with her fiance the two took the subway to their apartment where lauren
began the process of deleting her entire social media presence in the days following the attack
lauren left new york to stay with her parents in long island and left her cell phone with an aunt
when officers first arrived at her parents house in long island her father refused to
let officers in without a search warrant and said his daughter was not there and she surrendered
the next day lauren passienza is charged with manslaughter and is being held on a 500 000 cash
bail or 1 million dollar bond bail was set high because the judge deemed lauren a flight risk
she has had no previous criminal history she comes from a very privileged background according to a
former friend lauren's a poster child for white privilege she has never faced any consequences
in her life she was enabled by her parents who got her out of everything but she called them
stupid and basic she is continuing to maintain her innocence and has not revealed what prompted
the senseless attack on a stranger posienza's attorney continues to defend her character
she's a law-abiding citizen who has got a college education he's got a work job she's engaged she's
got a beautiful family she's never been in trouble in her life dealing with the loss of their loved
one barbara guster's family waits for answers i'd like to stress innocent until proven guilty
you know if she did do this then i would like answers but this woman deserves her day in court
more to follow on this case panzanza still might be offered a plea bargain but this
could also go to trial let me know if you want more updates and what you think about this case
tom eugene kaluchi called 9-1-1 on march 10th
because he had concerns that the illicit substances he purchased from a stranger
were not what they said they were the 41 year old florida man asked the officers to send an unmarked
vehicle to test his drugs the hernando county sheriff's office sent over deputies to provide
the service requested they arrived spoke to kaluchi for a few minutes and then he produced two
bags containing a white crystal-like substance and handed it over kaluchi seemed concerned with
the fact that he felt that he had been scammed by his drug dealer and he didn't want others to be
scammed did not provide the deputies with the name or contact information for the dealer in question
the deputies conducted a field test on a sample of the substance and confirmed that both bags
tested positive for methamphetamine caluchi was placed under arrest for
possession of methamphetamine and is being held on bond while he waits his court date
police are issuing warnings after new tick-tock trend went viral the trend involves taking orbeez
which are gel beads that expand in water and putting them into airsoft guns and shooting
them at people several teens have been arrested and charged with assault for injuring others law
enforcement are asking parents to be aware of the orbeez challenge and to discuss the dangers with
their children orbeez are larger than bb gun pellets and roughly half the size of a marble
they can cause serious damage to people when shot from bb guns paintball guns or anything that turns
these gel balls into projectiles one group of teens had used nerf guns and badly injured another
teen's eye tiktak is removing videos posted but several videos have gone beyond tick tock
and are being reposted onto other sites police chief brad flynn has been dealing with several
instances in shelby alabama and has said of the situation this is beyond stupid this is dangerous
you could seriously hurt somebody by doing this type of stuff we're just telling everybody to
be smart these social media challenges that cross the line like this have real world ramifications
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