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Songwriter facing child porn charges
NEWARK, N.J. -- A music teacher and singer-songwriter who performs for children at synagogues, Jewish community centers, camps and conventions nationwide is facing child pornography charges.
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say Eric Komar was charged Tuesday with receiving and distributing images of child sexual abuse.
Prosecutors say Komar used a peer-to-peer file-sharing program to obtain and distribute images and videos of young children being sexually abused. The 46-year-old Hillsborough man was represented at his initial court appearance by a federal public defender. That office does not comment on cases.
Man charged with killing 13 geese
WATERBURY, Conn. -- Police in Connecticut have charged a man they say intentionally ran over and killed 13 Canada geese.
The Republican-American reports that Anthony Jackson, of Waterbury, faces 13 counts of animal cruelty and other charges in connection with the deaths on June 11 of two adult geese and 11 goslings. The deaths left blood and feathers spread across a Waterbury road.
Investigators found a rear bumper and license plate in the area the geese were killed. The car to which they belonged was found abandoned in a park days later. Police determined that the 27-year-old Jackson was driving when the geese were killed. Jackson, who is free on $25,000 bond, denies running over the geese, saying someone stole the car the night before they were killed.
Ohio man arrested in slaying
YOUNGSTOWN -- Authorities say a 61-year-old man has been arrested in Ohio after fatally shooting the father of his 3-week-old grandson while the father held the child.
The shooting occurred Monday night during a domestic dispute in Youngstown. Twenty-seven-year-old Charles Pargo died at the scene.
Louis Littlejohn, of Liberty Township, is charged with aggravated murder. He has a court hearing Wednesday afternoon.
WKBN-TV reports Youngstown police say the shooting occurred after an argument between the two men over custody of the infant. Police say the dispute appeared to have been resolved when Littlejohn went back into the home and shot Pargo as he held the baby, who wasn't injured.
Police search defacating jogger
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police in Colorado are looking for a jogger they say is repeatedly interrupting her runs to defecate in public in one neighborhood.
Cathy Budde says she was first alerted to the woman she's dubbed "The Mad Pooper" by her children, who caught the jogger in the act weeks ago. Budde tells KKTV-TV the woman apologized after she questioned her. But she says the jogger has left something behind on her runs at least once a week for the past seven weeks.
Police have asked Budde to take pictures of the woman so they can try to identify her. Budde has put up a sign asking the woman to stop. She says there are public restrooms in the area.
Fire official facing heroin charges
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. -- Authorities have charged a member of two fire departments in New York with selling heroin.
The Star-Gazette of Elmira reports that a Chemung County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Thomas Margeson on a felony count of criminal sale of a controlled substance.
The Horseheads resident was arrested Monday by the county sheriff's office after a 10-month investigation into the sale of heroin in his hometown, located near the Pennsylvania border 75 miles southwest of Syracuse.
Margeson is a lieutenant with the Corning Fire Department, which he joined in 1998. He's also a deputy chief with the Horseheads Fire Department, a volunteer organization.
By The Associated Press