Monthly Archives: October 2025

State Rep. Tina Pickett, R-110, urges area residents to attend an educational seminar for awareness about human trafficking this week. The seminar will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, according to a news release. READ MORE HERE      

Executive Director of Uprising Terri Markham and Uprising board member Mike Alzheimer appeared on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to encourage conversations between parents and children of all ages about the dangers of online exploitation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines sextortion as predators coercing children into sending explicit images or videos by threatening to expose [...]

A 34-year-old man who allegedly groomed and had sex with a 17-year-old girl who had been reported as a runaway is being accused of creating child pornography. Marlon Velasquez Aguirre, also known as Marlon Morales Aguirre, waived his preliminary hearing and was bound over to District Court Sept. 23 for one count of sexual exploitation [...]