A Manhattan architect intends to plead guilty to Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings. That's according to two people familiar with the case who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. They said Rex Heuermann plans to plead guilty at a court hearing on April 8. Heuermann was arrested in 2023. He is charged in the deaths of seven women. Several of them were found buried in the scrub by a beach highway. Prosecutors say DNA evidence, cellphone data and eyewitness accounts connect Heuermann to the victims. The victims were all young women involved in sex work. His lawyer and the district attorney declined to comment.
A federal jury has convicted Clifton H. Gibbs, 68, of Lewes on multiple counts of sex trafficking and forced labor, following a seven-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
A Dover City Council member was among six men arrested during a prostitution operation conducted by the Dover Police Department. That councilman resigned at the Dover Council meeting Monday.
The crackdown on illicit massage parlors in Delaware continues to yield results in the First State. The Delaware Department of Justice’s Human Trafficking Unit announced the closure of its 25th operation since it was first formed back in 2022. The announcement comes as January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, wraps up.
After a complaint was called in from a midtown hotel in Ocean City, police arrested Katherine Newsome, 33, of Washington D.C., for prostitution, drug possession, and other crimes.
