Alliance Police arrested a Cuyahoga Falls man after he tried to purchase a 10-year-old girl for sex from an undercover police officer Saturday night.

Robert W. Thomas Jr., 36, was arrested in the 2300 block of W. State Street at about 5:15 p.m. following a week-long investigation.

An Alliance officer working with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force responded to Thomas’s alleged online post seeking anyone willing to arrange a “marriage” of their daughter to him, police said.

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Police say Thomas requested a child in the 5- to 8-year-old range, offering to pay $400 in cash for her. The man told the undercover officer that he wished to keep the child permanently at his home to engage in sexual conduct and, police say, to “train her to please him.”

After a brief conversation with cash in hand Saturday, Thomas was led to a van where he thought he would obtain the child, but instead was met by a team of officers who arrested him.

Alliance Detectives also executed a search warrant at Thomas’s Cuyahoga Falls home. They found a computer, electronic storage devices, sexual paraphernalia, videos and several firearms, such as handguns and assault rifles — including a rifle with a grenade launcher mounted on it.

Thomas is charged with trafficking in persons, attempted kidnapping, attempted rape and possessing criminal tools.

He is being held in Stark County Jail on a $2 million bond. Thomas will be arraigned in Alliance Municipal Court Monday.

Monica Helberg’s family says police tell them that Miles “Logan” Moncada was spotted at a hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday.

According to information provided by a hotel clerk, Moncada checked in and stayed for just over an hour. The clerk did not see Helberg, the missing teen.

Police searched the vacant room and found razors and hair dye in the hotel sink. The color is unknown at this time.

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The family believes that they may be on their way to Texas where Moncada has family.

They say the Amber Alert first issued had the license plate listed incorrectly. The pair are believed to be traveling in a yellow 2014 Ford Focus with plate number ANR8440.

Helberg’s family want the public to know that she is in danger.

An Amber alert issued on Saturday was changed to an “endangered missing person advisory”. According to officials, Helberg was not reported missing until after the first 4 hours of her disappearing, which is why they changed the alert.

A message on Facebook from Moncada’s parents says they are doing the best they can to assist authorities and the Helberg family in locating the pair.

Federal prosecutors say a metro Atlanta woman has been sentenced in an identity theft scheme.

Officials say 55-year-old Cora Cadia Ford of Stone Mountain prepared fraudulent tax returns between 2007 and 2011 by using the names and social security numbers of the poor, homeless and disabled.

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Authorities say Ford convinced victims to give their personal information so she could apply on their behalf for nonexistent government grant programs. Prosecutors say some of the identity theft victims saw their social security benefits temporarily reduced or eliminated.

Officials say Ford also operated a church, and told victims that tax returns she’d file on their behalf would be “a gift from God.”

Ford has been sentenced to nine years and three months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

Police are still looking for 16-year-old Monica Helberg. She was taken Thursday from road “E” in royal city.

An Amber Alert was revised to be called a “missing person advisory.”
The difference a person has to be reported missing within four hours of being gone with clear evidence of an abduction. Officials renamed the search based on this.

Monica is 5’7″ and 140 pounds. She may be with 22-year-old Miles Moncada. He’s 6’1″ and 165 pounds. Miles, who may also go by ‘Logan,’ has brown eyes and brown hair.

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There is a restraining order against Moncada. The pair may be in a yellow 2010 Ford Focus. It’s a four-door with California plate #7AME520. They may be en route to California.

Police believe Monica was taken against her will and is missing her asthma medication.

“We’re feeling very, very afraid. We’re feeling very scared, very worried. She’s been gone now for, it’s the third day, and we don’t know where she is, we haven’t heard from her, not a call, not a text, not anything. We have no idea where she is,” said Monica’s mother Lisa Helberg.

Officials tell us there isn’t firm evidence she’s not a runaway. Another reason why the alert was switched to an advisory. If you have any information, call 911.

Phoenix police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man whose body was found on a canal bank late Tuesday night.

Police said the body was discovered just south of 47th Avenue and Cholla Street shortly before midnight. Detectives were able to identify the victim as Isaiah Orantes.

Detectives have identified the suspect as Robert Patrick Nicolai, 20.

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Sgt. Tommy Thompson said it appears that the two men were involved in an illegal drug transaction when Nicolai shot Orantes.

Nicolai was arrested and booked into the Maricopa County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Police are looking for 19-year-old Jeremiah Kimble, who was reported missing on Jan. 9.

According to Cpl. Mary Shackelford with the Hampton Police Division, a missing person’s report was initiated for Kimble on Jan. 9, and he had last been seen on Jan. 4.

Shackelford said the Police Division received information that Kimble was in Newport News on Monday.

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Kimble does not require any medication, and does not suffer from any medical conditions, according to police.

Shackelford said the Hampton Police Division has contacted the Newport News Police Department to help spread the word.

If you have any information about Kimble’s whereabouts, call Hampton Police.

An endangered missing person advisory has been issued for a missing 16-year-old.

Authorities initially issued an Amber Alert Saturday for 16-year-old Monica Helberg, but it was canceled and changed to an endangered missing person advisory.

The Washington State Patrol tells KING 5 Helberg was last seen at 8254 Road E SW in Royal City, Wash.

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She may be with Miles Moncada, 22. There is reportedly a restraining order against Moncada.

They may be traveling in a yellow Ford Focus with license plate: CA #7AME520.

A missing person’s case in the Lacy Lakeview-Chalk Bluff area has turned into a homicide investigation.

75-year-old Albert Kilgo of Waco, was reported missing by family members Friday, January 10.

McLennan County Sheriff’s found an abandoned vehicle, matching that of Kilgo’s, on New Dallas Hwy East of Waco.

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Deputies, in search of Kilgo, visited his residence at the 200 block of RiverRidge Dr, but did not enter the premises.

Family, concerned about his whereabouts, called a locksmith to enter the residence and found Kilgo inside dead from what authorities believe to be blunt force trauma.

Investigators believe Kilgo was killed three to four days before he was found because the body showed signs of decomposition.

An autopsy has been ordered.

This case is under investigation by the McLennan County Sheriff’s department.

An AMBER Alert was issued Friday after a six-month-old was taken from his great grandfather’s apartment by his own parents.

Mitchell Farris was in the custody of his great grandfather by the Division of Family Services when 34-year-old Preston Farris — his father — took him. Preston Farris is believed to be traveling with Anastasia McDaniel, Mitchell’s mother.

The Anderson Police Department heard about the disappearance from the Missouri Division of Family Services on Friday afternoon.

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Preston Farris and McDaniel were last seen driving a red 2004 Ford Freestar with Missouri license plate UH7D2R. The has decals on the back window of a stick-figure family.

Anyone who has seen the victim, the suspects or the vehicle should immediately dial 911 or contact the Anderson Police Department at (417)-845-2681.

We’re working on getting more information about the circumstances of the disappearance, and will have updates on KSDK.com and NewsChannel 5 as they become available.

The Osage Beach Police Department has issued a Missing Person Advisory for 17-year-old Jessica “Jessy” Ambrocio Vasquez.

Vasquez has reportedly been missing since 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, when her mother saw her leaving the residence. The police department says Vasquez left her Osage Beach residence voluntarily but took no personal belongings other than the clothes she was wearing and her cell phone.

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Vasquez is described as being 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighing approximately 120 pounds. She has long brown hair with blond highlights and has brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a grey hooded sweater and black boots.

Anyone with information as to her whereabouts should contact the Osage Beach Police Department at 573-302-2010 or dial 911.