"This does my heart and my soul good," Grammy-winning singer, 70, said at the opening. "This is real."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aerosmith-s-steven-tyler-opens-home-tennessee-abused-women-n968356
The Grammy-winning singer, known for tying scarves around his microphone stand, attended a "scarf-cutting" ceremony Monday at the house he helped fund.
The house and its name were inspired by Aerosmith's 1989 hit, "Janie's Got a Gun," written by Tyler and bassist Tom Hamilton, about a young girl who uses drugs to mask the pain of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.
Tyler, 70, said he was exposed to the realities of young victims of abuse whom he met at a treatment center.
"While I was there, all the girls I met had been abused either physically, mentally or verbally, or at least 90 percent of them all," he said. "So when I got out of there, I laid it all on Janie. I said, what are you going to do?"
Tyler's foundation, Janie's Fund, which he launched in 2015, donated almost $500,000 to the new project.
From 2014 to 2016, nationwide violent crime increased by seven percent, and murders spiked by 21 percent.
There was an 11 percent increase in the murder rate in 2015 alone—the largest annual increase since 1968.
It is no coincidence that our pursuit of violent gangs and cartels helped us begin to reduce drug overdose deaths at last.
From 2012 to 2017, drug overdose deaths per year increased by nearly 70 percent.
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-violent-crime-and-announces-new
United States and International Law Enforcement Dismantle Online Organized Crime Ring Operating out of Romania that Victimized Thousands of U.S. Residents
Twelve Foreign Nationals Extradited to the United States
According to court documents unsealed today, 20 people, including 16 foreign nationals, have been charged for their roles in an international organized crime group that defrauded American victims through online auction fraud causing millions of dollars in losses.
Nedelcu persuaded victims to send money for the advertised goods by creating fictitious but legitimate sounding entities through which he purported to sell vehicles. For example, he used email address, foiaol2015@gmail.com, belonging to Aol Autos, to communicate with victims by email with subject lines like, “America Online Autos Financial Department [Order # 099106592090].” The email would contain messages appearing to be legitimate invoices for payment for the advertised item purported to be sold.
Ciobanu and his coconspirators used the email address judithlane82@gmail.com to communicate with victims about the sale of vehicles, signing the emails as “Sgt. Judith Lane,” and created a Facebook profile for Judith Lane, who was depicted as a member of the Air Force. Ciobanu, acting as “Judith Lane,” also posted two Facebook advertisements for the sale of automobiles.
Cernat and his coconspirators sent victims invoices that appeared to be from eBay Motors and provided an eBay Motors Support Department phone number and email address of ebay@processing-secure.com. These invoices provided instructions for payment and included reassuring language for secure transactions, such as, “Through OneVanilla Prepaid Visa services we can guarantee you 100 percent protection and insurance in this transaction. eBay Payments will secure the payment until the buyer receives, inspects, and accepts the item. Or, if it will be the case, eBay will refund the payment to the buyer.”
Păiuşi also convinced victims to send money for the advertised goods by sending them invoices for payment that appeared legitimate. … [One such] invoice appeared to be sent from “eBayTM Buyer Protection,” provided the victim with an email address for questions, described the seller as a “certified eBayTM third-party seller,” and explained that the buyer will be refunded if he or she refuses the merchandise.
The coconspirators then communicated with the victims via email, often signing their emails by posing as a member of the military, like “Sgt. Logan Burdick.” Other emails purported to be from the online auction company, like eBay. The emails often communicated convincing information about the item being sold and the reason payment was required before shipping or viewing the item.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-and-international-law-enforcement-dismantle-online-organized-crime-ring