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Queens Man Admits Supplying Social Security Numbers to Fraud Ring NEWARK—A Queens, N.Y. man pleaded guilty today to supplying Social Security numbers to members of an identity fraud ring, acting United States Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced. Yomi Jagunna, 44, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to one count of conspiracy to commit identity theft. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12. Jagunna, whose bail is set at $1 million, was returned to custody, where he has been since his arrest on a criminal Complaint in New York on Oct. 28. A one-count Indictment charging him in...

In testimony Friday at her sexual harassment trial, a former Hooters waitress recalled feeling uncomfortable as she heard laughter while she undressed alone in a changing room in April 2001 at the Chicago restaurant where she worked. "It was weird," said Joanna Ciesielski, who worked at the Hooters of O'Hare at 8225 W. Higgins Rd. "I felt something was wrong." A few days later, Ciesielski said she discovered a peephole in a wall separating the changing room from a break room. Soon after, Ciesielski said she complained about the hole and other alleged harassment to her boss. "I just came...

This story gets increasingly more curious. When it broke two days ago the common comment was - this 23 year old teacher must have had severe emotional or psychological problems to be chasing 14 year old boys down to have sex with in their cousin's car. She was also newly married to a handsome husband and supposedly was a dedicated teacher. The Tampa Bay Tribune has the first of any background stories I have seen on LaFave. From initial appearances it does not seem readily obvious that she was someone who had suffered from some sort of pattern of abuse....