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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: In New York, child therapist has been accused of sharing

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Speaker 1: sexually explicit videos involving infants on social media and allegedly

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Speaker 1: making inappropriate references to quote hands on touching in online

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Speaker 1: chat rooms. Renee Hoberman, thirty six, was taken into custody

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Speaker 1: in order to be held without bail during her appearance

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Speaker 1: in federal court. Following her arrest, authorities conducted a search

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Speaker 1: of her home in plane View, seizing multiple electronic devices,

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Speaker 1: including an iPhone. It's shocking, said a neighbor. There are

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Speaker 1: so many kids on our block, all wonderful kids, so

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Speaker 1: hearing something like this makes you realize you never know

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Speaker 1: what's happening behind closed doors. According to law enforcement, Hoberman's

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Speaker 1: iPhone contained numerous videos depicting child sexual abuse, all hidden

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Speaker 1: in a folder, as well as sexual images of miners

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Speaker 1: that she allegedly shared through a Telegram account. Known by

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Speaker 1: her first name, Rena Hoberman has been a part time

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Speaker 1: therapist at LifeStance Health in Melville since twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 1: where she marketed her services to children under the age

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Speaker 1: of seventeen. She has since been dismissed from her position.

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Speaker 1: A representative from Lifeestance Health issued a statement saying we

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Speaker 1: have been informed that Renee Hoberman, a part time provider

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Speaker 1: at our Melville, New York office, has been arrested on

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Speaker 1: charges of distributing child pornography. We take the situation with

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Speaker 1: seriousness and have terminated her employment. Hoberman previously offered youth

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Speaker 1: counseling services at South Oaks Hospital. She has also worked

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Speaker 1: in elementary schools and mental health clinics before becoming a

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Speaker 1: licensed social worker. According to her biography on Lifeestance website,

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Speaker 1: she is accused of using messaging apps to deliver sexually

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Speaker 1: abusive images of miners, including videos showing a man assaulting

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Speaker 1: babies under the age of one. I haven't seen her

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Speaker 1: since she was a little girl, and now she's grown up.

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Speaker 1: She's someone I don't recognize, said a friend. Barren Peace,

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Speaker 1: the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York,

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Speaker 1: along with William Walker, Special Agent in charge of Homeland

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Speaker 1: Security Investigations, and Patrick Ryder, Commissioner of the Nassau County

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Speaker 1: Police Department, announced the charges against Hoberman. As alleged Hoberman

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Speaker 1: distributed horrific and troubling child pornography, including videos of infants

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Speaker 1: being restrained and subjected to sexual assault. Furthermore, posing as

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Speaker 1: a male, Hoberman, a therapist for children, claimed to have

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Speaker 1: produced child pornography and invited others to engage in the

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Speaker 1: sexual abuse of miners, stated the US Attorney Peace. Our

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Speaker 1: investigation into Hoberman is ongoing, and we encourage anyone with

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Speaker 1: information to reach out to hsi's tip line. In collaboration

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Speaker 1: with our law enforcement partners, we will work tirelessly to

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Speaker 1: pursue those who exploit our children. If found guilty, Hoberman

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Speaker 1: could face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.

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Speaker 1: Anyone with information regarding potential sexual exploitation involving the defendant

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Speaker 1: is urged to contact HSI on their tip line at

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Speaker 1: eight sixty six three four seven two four two three

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Speaker 1: for crime and Justice news. After this, local authorities have

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Speaker 1: confirmed that a human lead bone discovered on May fourteen

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Speaker 1: near Taylor Swift's Rhode Island residence belongs to Eric Ween,

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Speaker 1: a thirty one year old man from Massachusetts who had

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Speaker 1: been reported missing since April. His car was found abandoned

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Speaker 1: on ocean Avenue in South Kingstown prior to his disappearance.

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Speaker 1: The remains were located in the affluent Watch Hill area,

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Speaker 1: and while the find is unsettling, police report there are

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Speaker 1: no indications of foul play. South Kingston Police Department announced

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Speaker 1: last week that the investigation has been officially closed. Officials

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Speaker 1: expressed their condolences, saying we extend our deepest sympathies to

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Speaker 1: mister Wayne's family and friends during this challenging time. Nicole Leeboff,

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Speaker 1: a close friend of Wayne's, shared with US Weekly that

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Speaker 1: despite the case being closed, true closure will remain elusive

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Speaker 1: for those who truly cared about him. She said, there

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Speaker 1: is no closure. We have no idea what happened to

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Speaker 1: the rest of him. We can only assume he is

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Speaker 1: no longer with us. Ween frequently visited Rhode Island to

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Speaker 1: see his brother and friends, and prior to his disappearance,

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Speaker 1: he had informed his employer of his plans to take

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Speaker 1: a week off due to quote unforeseen circumstances, promising to

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Speaker 1: return the following Sunday. However, he never came back. Even

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Speaker 1: if he walked a few miles, he wouldn't have walked

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Speaker 1: sixteen miles. At some point he ended up in the ocean.

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Speaker 1: But we don't know what happened, said the police. We're

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Speaker 1: still trying to piece it all together. The grim discovery,

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Speaker 1: located just three tenths of a mile from Swift's expansive

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Speaker 1: seaside home in one of Rhode Island's most exclusive neighborhoods,

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Speaker 1: has caused unease among the locals. Taylor Day, a Westerly

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Speaker 1: resident who witnessed police responding to the scene, described the

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Speaker 1: incident as highly unusual. This is definitely out of the

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Speaker 1: ordinary for us, she remarked, I would never expect something

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Speaker 1: like this to happen in watch Hell. Despite police assurances

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Speaker 1: that foul play is not suspected, they expressed her doubts,

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Speaker 1: saying finding a leg is very suspicious. I definitely disagree

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Speaker 1: that we shouldn't worry, she said. In recent months, there

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Speaker 1: have been at least thirteen reported cases of human remains

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Speaker 1: found across New England, leading residents to speculate about a

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Speaker 1: potential serial killer. However, authorities have consistently assured the public

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Speaker 1: that there is no connection between the cases. Taylor Swift

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Speaker 1: purchased her eleven thousand square foot home, known as Holiday House,

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Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen or seventeen million dollars. The Bad Blood

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Speaker 1: singer hosted a series of Instagram famous Fourth of July

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Speaker 1: parties at the home, including attendees and celebrities like Blake Lively.

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Speaker 1: Swift's twenty twenty album Folklore features the song The Last

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Speaker 1: Great American Dynasty, which draws connections between her life and

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Speaker 1: that of the house's former owner, Rebecca Harkness, both having

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Speaker 1: faced public scrutiny. Recent building permits indicate that Swift, to

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Speaker 1: his currently dating Kansas City Chief's tight End Travis Kelcey,

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Speaker 1: is undertaking a one point seven million dollar expansion project

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Speaker 1: to her home, which will include renovations to the kitchen,

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Speaker 1: an additional bedroom suite, and more bathrooms. For the latest

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Speaker 1: your favorite podcasting app with this Crime Alert. I'm Nico Hart.