A Nampa woman who was reported missing was killed by her boyfriend with a hammer, stuffed into a trunk and then buried in a cornfield with the help of three other men, according to police.

The boyfriend, Alfredo M. Martinez, 39, has been arrested on an unrelated parole violation but prosecutors have not charged him in the death of Selena Dawn Thomas, 37.

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Prosecutors, however, charged three other people with crimes Thursday, including aiding and abetting murder and failure to notify authorities of a death. In court documents filed in those cases, police contend that Martinez told them he struck his girlfriend in the head with a blue hammer and then buried her body.

Police said they haven’t found Thomas’ body.

No contact information was immediately available for any of the suspects’ attorneys.

Martinez’s Idaho arrest record includes aggravated assault and aggravated battery convictions.

In 2010, Martinez walked away from his assigned work at the South Idaho Correctional Institution Community Work Center south of Boise. He was caught 13 hours later.

Thomas was reported missing Monday and was last seen Aug. 14.

Thomas’ mother, Lori Moon, was the one who filed the missing person report. She told officers that Thomas did not have a good relationship with Martinez and her car and items that she normally carried with her were still at her home.

Later, officers found all the carpet from Thomas’ car had been removed and there were blood smears on the left hinge of the trunk.

Officials said Wednesday at a news conference that they were working to collect evidence at a handful of crime scenes. The investigation included Nampa Police and Canyon County deputies spending the night in a cornfield south of Nampa.

At the news conference, Moon urged women to seek help if they are victims of domestic violence.

“If anyone starts anything with you — maybe a push, maybe a slap — get away,” Moon said

A man walked away from deaf facility where he was living sometime Wednesday night and his family is asking for the public’s help in finding him.

Scott Allen, 51, of Gresham, went missing between the hours of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. on Thursday (Aug. 20, 21), according to Gresham Police.

Allen’s cousin, Jennifer Russell, wrote to KATU News asking if the station could help spread the word on social media.

He was living at an assisted living community for the deaf and mute called Chestnut Lane, located on the corner of NE Sixth St. and NE Cleavland Ave. in Gresham.

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Allen is not familiar with the area and has only lived in Gresham for a month. He has a previous brain injury which has left him with no short-term memory. He also takes medication for seizures which he does not have with him, the family told KATU.

He is described as 5’10” weighing around 175 pounds with brown hair that is balding on top, and has a brown and gray beard. He wears large glasses and was last seen wearing a green or blue baseball cap and dark blue jeans. Allen communicates with American Sign Language and staff members at the care facility do not think that he can read lips.

Anyone who has information on Allen’s location is asked to call the non-emergency police line at 503-823-3333.

A three-day operation by Tallmadge police and the Cuyahoga County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force ended Aug. 15 with the arrest of four men on sexual misconduct charges.

According to Tallmadge police, investigators responded to several instances of people soliciting sex with children on various social media outlets. Those arrested arranged a meeting for sex with what they thought was a 14-year-old child, and then appeared at the stated location. An undercover officer was used as a decoy and all were arrested without incident.

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Arrested were:

Dustin L. Bowers, 27, of Tallmadge, was charged with two counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, both fifth-degree felonies; attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony; and importuning, a fifth-degree felony. Bond was set at 10 percent of $25,000 during an arraignment Aug. 14, and he had a felony status hearing via video from jail Aug. 21. He remains incarcerated.

Brian H. Brown, 38, of Cuyahoga Falls, was charged with disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, a fifth-degree felony; attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony; and importuning, a fifth-degree felony. Bond was set at 10 percent of $50,000, and he had a felony status hearing Aug. 21. He is scheduled to be arraigned in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas Sept. 5. He remains in jail.

Brown is a registered Tier III sex offender who allegedly left a meeting with his probation officer to meet with the decoy. He was convicted of sexual battery in Cuyahoga County earlier this year.

Kevin J. Smith, 23, of Cleveland, was charged with one count each of the fifth-degree felonies of attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning. Bond has been set at 10 percent of $20,000, and he is scheduled to be arraigned in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 5. He is still incarcerated.

Smith is employed at a day care center in the Cleveland area.

Daniel D. Miller Jr., 28, of Apple Creek in Wayne County, was is charged with one count of fourth-degree felony attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and one count of fifth-degree felony importuning. After posting a $25,000 surety bond and being released from jail Aug. 19, he is scheduled for a felony status hearing in Stow Municipal Court on Aug. 26.

Other agencies participating in the operation included the Akron Division of the U.S. Marshal’s Service Northeast Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and the U.S. Secret Service.

The Cuyahoga County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which is federally funded under the direction of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, is comprised of 340 Ohio police officers and federal agents.

A Tampa man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in an identity-theft scheme at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

Willie Streater, 24, was taken into custody by federal marshals on Wednesday on eight charges stemming from allegedly stealing Social Security numbers from at least 34 veterans treated at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in 2011 and 2012. He had been hired by a firm whose website warns no to “become a victim of identity theft” and was supposed to be shredding documents for the hospital.

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Instead, prosecutors claim, he kept the records and sold them to people who filed fraudulent tax returns. All told, authorities said, $1.1 million was stolen.

Streater is being held on $35,000 bail. It’s not known if he has an attorney. Prosecutors haven’t said if others are expected to be charged.

Streater was hired by Secure Waste Disposal Inc. of Orlando — a company under contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to shred documents at the North Tampa hospital — despite a criminal record. Since 2007, he has accepted plea deals on charges that included the sale and possession of cocaine, grand theft and burglary, court records show, though a judge withheld adjudication in the cases and Streater only received probation.

VA policy requires a criminal background check for employees, though it’s not clear if that policy extends to contractors.

Streater is charged with five counts of the wrongful disclosure of health information, two counts of credit card fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The aggravated identity theft charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison, while each of the other charges carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

The VA has been criticized for failing to safeguard the personal information of veterans, including an incident in 2006 when a thief stole a laptop containing personal data on 26 million veterans. The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/1oiUjWv ) a former Haley clerk was sentenced in March to six years in federal prison after he admitted stealing the Social Security numbers of 59 patients.

The defendant in that case said he often traded the information for drugs.

The Boston Police Department is seeking the public’s help in their efforts to locate 81 year-old Antonio Perez Recinos who was last seen in the area of 329 N. Harvard Street in Brighton early this morning (Friday, August 22, 2014) at approximately 6:00am. When last seen, Mr. Recinos was wearing a black cap with a red heart on it, green shirt, black slacks and brown shoes. Mr. Recinos is visiting from Guatemala and speaks limited to no English. He has a slim build, is approximately 5’6” tall and weighs 120 lbs. Anyone who sees Mr. Recinos is asked to call District D-14 detectives at (617) 343-4256. Community members preferring to provide information anonymously can do so by calling our CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).

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A Northern California man was sentenced Thursday to serve 100 months in a federal prison for his part in the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su.”

Makyl Haggerty, also known as “Wave” and “G5,” must also pay $50.5 million in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. attorney’s office.

Carder.su members trafficked in compromised credit card account data and counterfeit identifications, and committed money laundering, drug trafficking and various computer crimes.

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Haggerty pleaded guilty in February to one count of participating in a racketeer influenced corrupt organization.

He worked as a vendor on the organization’s websites and sold about 1,000 counterfeit identification documents and counterfeit credit cards to other Carder.su members. The 24-year-old Oakland resident made and sold counterfeit driver’s licenses for at least 15 states and British Columbia.

Fifty-six people were charged in four indictments in Operation Open Market, which targeted the Carder.su organization. So far 25 people have been convicted. The rest are either fugitives or awaiting trial.

Police have found missing teenager.

Richmond Police confirmed that Sierra Paige Butler is no longer missing. Until this afternoon, she had not been seen since around 3 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Madison Central High School.

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Police confirmed she is alive but have not confirmed her status, where she was missing or how she was found.

The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office has issued a missing person report for a woman who was last seen in the Burnt Mountain area, northeast of Thomasville.

Dorothy L. Jenkins, 57, of Aspen, walked away from her campsite shortly after 2 p.m. on Aug. 17 and never returned. A man who was camping with Jenkins described her as wearing a maroon tank top and khaki or light colored shorts. She did not have any hiking/camping equipment with her at the time, officials said.

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The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, Vail Mountain Rescue Group, Aspen Search and Rescue, Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office and the Western Eagle County Search and Rescue group searched the area surrounding the campsite. No signs of the woman were located.

The Sheriff’s Office asks that anyone with information about this incident or the missing person, please call the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office at (970) 328-8500 or Eagle County Crime Stoppers at 970-328-7007, 1-800-972-TIPS, submit your tip online at www.tipsubmit.com, or text a tip from your cell phone by texting STOPCRIME plus your message to CRIMES (274637).