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Today's post was by Brandy "Bee" Cavalli. Brandy is an international marketer, freelance writer based in Atlanta, GA.

Missouri Couple Robbed Of Over $30K In Possessions By Scam Moving Company Hired On Craigslist 

  
A Missouri couple lost most of their things after they hired movers off Craigslist to take their belongings to North Carolina and got duped.

The couple hired a company that identified itself as “Robinson Moving LLC” after they saw an advertisement for the business on Craigslist, KTVI reported. They paid the movers $1,100 up front with an additional $300 promised once they delivered the items to the couple’s new home in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The U-Haul truck — and the couple’s estimated $30,000 worth of stuff — never made it to North Carolina, according to the news station.

One of the movers called to say the couple’s things needed to be moved onto a different truck but promised it would still arrive in Charlotte on time, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. After the couple got to Charlotte, they received their last call from the movers, who claimed the truck broke down on the highway a short distance from the couple’s new home, according to the paper.

The pair called police, who managed to track down a suspect using the phone number listed on the Craigslist ad. Authorities arrested Deandre M. Robinson, 33, but released him as they applied for charges, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Prison Teacher Accused Of Having Sexual Relationship With New Jersey Prisoner

 

Chong-Hwa Chang

According to Trentonian reports prosecutors were tipped off about Chang and Walker’s relationship and obtained a warrant to search Chang’s home in Delran, New Jersey home. It was there that they found a journal that revealed illicit details of the 20 some encounters between the pair. Chang also revealed Walker impregnated her twice however one pregnancy ended in a miscarriage while the other was aborted. Chang’s phone also yielded other details into the relationship, which had become serious enough that she was close with his family and had even given gifts to his relatives and attended a family wedding.
 
Born in Korea, but now a naturalized citizen, Chang received a master’s degree from Rutger’s University and landed her job (for which she received a 72,292 salary) in 2007 through connections made by her father, a retired corrections officer.

Walker was convicted in 2004 after fatally shooting a man while robbing him at gunpoint. His victim is named as 23-year-old Javid Patel, a business student who was also working as a manager in his family’s coin laundry business. He was sentenced to 60 years behind bars and will not be eligible for parole until 2053.

While Chang and Walker’s interactions were consensual, prosecutors explain that her supervisory role at the prison gives cause to bring the sexual assault charges. Walker was not one of her students.

Chang’s bail was reduced from $75,000 to $50,000 during a hearing on Thursday.