The Garrard County Coroner has identified the two people killed in a crash outside Lancaster Monday night.

The Coroner said 32 year old Stephanie Lunsford and 33 year old James Anthony Gaines were killed when they were ejected from their vehicle that was traveling east on Kentucky Highway 52.

Two other people were also ejected from the vehicle. They were taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries.

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The Coroner said the crash happened when the vehicle they were in crossed the center line, went up an embankment, went airborne, and rolled several times.

Autopsies have been scheduled for the two victims. Family members of Lunsford have established a gofundme page to help with funeral expenses.

A Las Vegas school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting children on his route has pleaded not guilty.

KSNV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1LhCHKi ) that Michael Ray Banco was arrested in May on 19 felony kidnapping, child abuse, child sex assault and lewdness with a child charges. Last week the Clark County District Attorney’s office filed an amended complaint listing 41 such charges.

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There were additional incidents reported involving the two girls already identified as possible victims, as well as charges involving a new child in the case. All are 3 years old.

Authorities had said that there could be more victims and that there is graphic school bus video of the crimes.

Banco’s attorney says he is overcharged with kidnapping counts that do not apply.

His trial is set for Sept. 28.

Data from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows ransomware continues to spread and is infecting devices around the globe. Recent IC3 reporting identifies CryptoWall as the most current and significant ransomware threat targeting U.S. individuals and businesses.1 CryptoWall and its variants have been used actively to target U.S. victims since April 2014. The financial impact to victims goes beyond the ransom fee itself, which is typically between $200 and $10,000. Many victims incur additional costs associated with network mitigation, network countermeasures, loss of productivity, legal fees, IT services, and/or the purchase of credit monitoring services for employees or customers. Between April 2014 and June 2015, the IC3 received 992 CryptoWall-related complaints, with victims reporting losses totaling over $18 million.

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These financial fraud schemes target both individuals and businesses, are usually very successful, and have a significant impact on victims. The problem begins when the victim clicks on an infected advertisement, email, or attachment, or visits an infected website. Once the victim’s device is infected with the ransomware variant, the victim’s files become encrypted. In most cases, once the victim pays a ransom fee, he or she regains access to the files that were encrypted. Most criminals involved in ransomware schemes demand payment in Bitcoin. Criminals prefer Bitcoin because it’s easy to use, fast, publicly available, decentralized, and provides a sense of heightened security/anonymity.

If you believe you have been a victim of this type of scam, you should reach out to your local FBI field office. You may also file a complaint with the IC3 at www.IC3.gov. Please provide any relevant information in your complaint.

Tips to protect yourself:

• Always use antivirus software and a firewall. It’s important to obtain and use antivirus software and firewalls from reputable companies. It’s also important to continually maintain both of these through automatic updates.
• Enable popup blockers. Popups are regularly used by criminals to spread malicious software. To avoid accidental clicks on or within popups, it’s best to prevent them from appearing in the first place.
• Always back up the content on your computer. If you back up, verify, and maintain offline copies of your personal and application data, ransomware scams will have limited impact on you. If you are targeted, instead of worrying about paying a ransom to get your data back, you can simply have your system wiped clean and then reload your files.
• Be skeptical. Don’t click on any emails or attachments you don’t recognize, and avoid suspicious websites altogether.

If you receive a ransomware popup or message on your device alerting you to an infection, immediately disconnect from the Internet to avoid any additional infections or data losses. Alert your local law enforcement personnel and file a complaint at www.IC3.gov.

1Ransomware is a type of malware (or malicious software) that blocks access to a computer system or files until a monetary amount is paid.

A Lexington man had a frightening experience early Tuesday morning, when he woke to find an unknown man standing over him.

Officers told LEX18 the incident happened on Arlington Avenue a little after 2:00 AM.

Investigators said the man was able to scare off the burglar, whom the victim described as a black man wearing a teal striped shirt, about six feet tall. The victim also stated the suspect had a thick African accent. They believe they have seen him in the neighborhood before.

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When the suspect ran away, they say he dropped a bag full of women’s underwear.

Police dogs were brought to the scene, but were unable to track a scent. Officers were unsure if anything was taken from the residence.

Officers ask anyone with information to call them at (859) 258-3600.

Human remains found in a car during a traffic stop in Hampton are those of the driver’s son, Va. State Police said Friday.

The Office of the Medical Examiner has confirmed the remains are those of 44-year-old Tonya Slaton’s biological son, Quincy Jamar Davis.

State police say there are no witnesses who have seen Davis since 2004 when he was in seventh-grade at Virginia Beach Middle School. Davis would have turned 25 on Tuesday.

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Slaton, who is from Richmond, was driving a Ford Mustang when she was pulled over on Interstate 64 near Exit 265 for Rip Rap Road in Hampton around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 6.

Her last known address was in the 100 block of Foushee Street in Richmond.

According to a search warrant obtained by WVEC-TV, the trooper noticed a large white spot on the floorboard behind the driver’s seat. Slaton said it was from bleach.

Slaton told the trooper she only had clothes in her trunk but when the trooper opened it he smelled “rotting flesh.” Slaton began throwing clothes on top of the spare tire, which is where the trooper found two plastic bags wrapped in duct tape full human remains, according to the document.

Among the other items seized from the car were an Apple iPhone, a white sweater that contained fibers and possibly hair, a YMCA card, carpet from the trunk and both sides of the back seat floor and a paper box.

Slaton was charged with concealment of a dead body and remains in jail without bond. Additional charges are pending.

This is not the first time Slaton faced charges in Hampton.

She pleaded guilty to shooting at, but not injuring, a man inside a home in 2007. According to a press release from the time of the shooting, Hampton police said they were searching for Slaton in a 2003 black Mustang convertible.

Slaton is due in Hampton court Monday, according to online court records.

A California woman arrested June 10 in Blue Ash is facing 66 charges related to identity theft, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters announced Monday.

Allison Spadafore, 30, was charged Monday with 45 counts of identity fraud, 15 counts of criminal tools, two counts of money laundering, two counts of misuse of credit card, one count of attempted misuse of credit card and one count of obstructing official business, Deters said in a Monday release.

Deters’ office alleges Spadafore used 40 stolen identities to open bank accounts and make purchases.

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The fraudulent activity is likely to cost affected banks and merchants at least $50,000, the release stated.

The indictments against Spadafore are based on the findings of an Evendale Police Department investigation launched after her June 10 arrest in Blue Ash.

Walgreens employees in Evendale discovered Spadafore’s attempt to purchase Pay-Pal gift cards with a fraudulent credit card, according to the release.

Spadafore ran from the Evendale Walgreens when employees became suspicious, the release said. Employees followed her out and collected license plate information that was passed along to authorities.

She traveled to the Walgreens in Blue Ash where authorities made the arrest.

Deters praised the work of the Walgreens employees in Evendale for detecting the fraudulent activity, saying, “If not for the quick action by the employees at Walgreens and the Evendale police department, who knows how long this criminal activity would have continued.

“The investigation is on-going and the total loss amount is difficult to estimate. She was apparently part of a network that had ties to a prison inmate currently serving time in a California prison. Identity theft is a growing problem in our community and our stores and banks are greatly harmed by this type of fraud.”

Galveston Police say 11 people thought they were going to a Galveston apartment to meet underage children for sex. Detectives say they’d actually been chatting online with police, and that’s was waiting behind the door for the suspects. Police Chief Henry Porretto said: “after assuring the perpetrators knew the victims were underage, after the same subjects described in detail what sexual acts they would like to do to them, they were told “I’m home alone by myself right now and were given an address where the child lived.”

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The three day sting was called “Operation on the Hook,” a multi-agency effort, in which federal and local law enforcement officers posed online as children.

Added the chief, “these officers would engage in conversations with both men and women who were clearly looking for sex with children.” It’s become a problem in Galveston. Not a single suspect was from the city, yet that’s where they allegedly went to have sex with a child. Here’s a sample of one online conversation:

Suspect: “where are you and how old”

Officer: “14 next week”

Suspect: “Ur thirteen??”

Officer “Yes.”

8 suspects were charged with felony solicitation of a minor online, while 3 others were charged with prostitution and engaging in organized criminal activity. The chief hopes that will send a message.

A Baton Rouge man who possessed child pornography and admitted to making plans to force an underage girl to engage in sex acts with him could serve 25 years in prison.

Pierre Moosebroker Jr., 46, entered plea deal Friday (June 19) with federal prosecutors following an investigation by the FBI and U.S. Attorney Walt Green’s office.

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As part of the deal, Moosebroker admitted to lying to the FBI about possessing images of prepubescent child pornography. Among other transgressions, he admitted to lying to the FBI about “having never planned to force a female child to engage in sexual activity with him.”

He pleaded guilty to charges of child porn possession and making false statements to the FBI. The plea agreement, which a judge must approve, proposes a 25-year prison sentence with a lifetime term of supervised release.

The body of an Orting mother of two, who went missing more than two weeks ago, has been found in the woods near Kapowsin.

The News Tribune reports search dogs led detectives Saturday to 28-year-old Nicole White’s body, which had been wrapped in a tarp.

White was last seen June 6 leaving a bar in Spanaway, south of Tacoma, with a man she met through an online dating service. Her mother reported her missing the following day.

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Her car was found over an embankment on a remote road near Graham, seven miles away from the bar, with the keys in the ignition shortly after she disappeared. Authorities said at the time they suspected she had been the victim of foul play.

Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman, Ed Troyer, says the man White met at Jeepers Country Bar and Grill remains a person of interest. He is in Pierce County Jail on unrelated federal weapons charges.

A 12-hour search was conducted at his home after a warrant was served there, reports CBS affiliate KIRO.

Her vehicle was discovered a mile from his home, reports the station. The man reportedly has a criminal record, and last served time in 2011 for malicious mischief and DUI.

White’s cause of death has yet to be determined.