TRAVERSE CITY — A 73-year-old Traverse City woman recently lost $42,000 after being targeted by a phishing scam involving individuals impersonating Microsoft employees. The victim was coerced into purchasing $6,000 in gift cards and wiring the remaining balance after scammers falsely claimed her account was linked to illegal activity. The incident reflects a growing trend...Read More

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix-area father says he was wrongly barred from his daughter’s elementary school after an automated background check matched his middle name and physical characteristics to a Wisconsin sex offender registry entry. Jonathan Castillo went to Las Brisas Elementary School to enroll his daughter. School staff photographed him, which Castillo said he...Read More

An East Haven man is among eight people arrested in a New Jersey roundup of suspected child predators, a prosecutor said.  Kenneth Davis, 66, was charged with two counts of third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child and one count of fourth-degree attempted criminal sexual contact, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D....Read More