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Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Yahoo
TBI: Johnson City man received child sex abuse materials on Discord from across country
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Johnson City man was arrested on Thursday after authorities learned that he was allegedly receiving explicit child materials from victims across the United States. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), detectives in Newport, New Hampshire learned in March that a minor was sending 'child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) to an adult male online via the social media platform Discord.' Bristol man sentenced to 31+ years for carjacking The man was identified as Jacob Isaia Haun, 20, of Johnson City. The TBI reports that its agents in the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Squad were alerted and starting working with New Hampshire authorities to investigate Haun. 'Upon further review of Haun's Discord account, agents discovered that he received numerous CSAM images and videos from victims across the country,' the TBI stated in a news release. Warrants charging Haun with especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and solicitation of a minor via electronic means were obtained. The TBI reports Haun was arrested on Thursday with the help of the Johnson City Police Department. Haun was booked into the Washington County Detention Center. As of Thursday, the investigation remains ongoing while agents continue to identify the children Haun allegedly targeted. Anyone who might have had contact with the Discord username @IMPERATED and the display name 'biti' should call 1-800-TBI-FIND. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Haun Ventures Targets $1 Billion for New Crypto Funds, Expects Oversubscription
Haun Ventures, a venture capital firm led by former federal prosecutor Katie Haun, is aiming to raise $1 billion to invest in the cryptocurrency sector. The funds, expected to close by June 2025, will be split equally between early-stage and late-stage investments, with $500 million allocated to each. The goal of $1 billion is lower than the $1.5 billion Haun Ventures raised in 2022, which was deployed during the crypto market downturn, largely after the collapse of FTX. However, the firm anticipates the new round will be oversubscribed, despite the smaller target. Haun Ventures, founded by Haun in 2022, is positioned to benefit from changing market conditions compared to the 2022 funding round. The firm was part of a wave of large venture capital investments in the crypto space, with major firms like Andreessen Horowitz backing its formation. Haun, who has a background as a Coinbase board member and a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, launched Haun Ventures to make significant investments in blockchain startups. The firm's focus on the crypto sector has led to some notable investments, including in Bitwise's $70 million funding round, alongside investors such as Electric Capital and MassMutual. Haun Ventures' strategy remains to target both early-stage and more established blockchain projects. While the precise focus of the upcoming funds has not been publicly detailed, industry experts have suggested that stablecoins could continue to be a key area of interest in 2025, with stablecoin use having grown as a strong case for crypto in 2024. Haun Ventures' first fund, raised in 2022, was deployed cautiously following the collapse of FTX and the overall downturn in the cryptocurrency market. Despite these challenges, the firm's capital was mostly kept in reserve until 2023, with about 60% of the funds unspent by the middle of the year. Some of Haun Ventures' key investments include NFT platform Zora and stablecoin protocol Bridge, which was recently acquired by Stripe for $1.1 billion. Other venture capital firms, such as Paradigm and Pantera Capital, are also aiming to raise substantial funds in 2024. Paradigm closed an $850 million investment fund in June 2024, while Pantera Capital is looking to raise over $1 billion for a new blockchain-focused fund. Industry analysts predict that while crypto VC investment in 2025 may surpass 2024's funding levels, it will not reach the peak levels seen in the 2021 bull market when $33.8 billion was raised. Despite the shifting landscape, Haun Ventures is optimistic about the future of the crypto market. The upcoming fundraising round is expected to be one of the largest in recent years, signaling strong confidence in the sector's long-term growth.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Downtown Joplin sees new growth in 2025
JOPLIN, Mo. — The Downtown Joplin Alliance says Main Street is starting off 2025 strong, building on growth trends from last year. 'Just kind of cleaning it up, securing it, kind of figuring out what the what the steps are to kind of get it underway,' said Lori Haun, DJA exec. dir. The historic Carnegie Library in downtown Joplin. The property had fallen into disuse and disrepair in recent years, but work is already underway to fix that. 'Lori Anderson is the purchaser of that. She is from the Bentonville area and does a lot of event planning with her job. And so she's actually looking at possibly doing the rehabbing the Carnegie to be kind of an event space,' said Haun. Downtown Joplin sees new growth in 2025 MSSU students explore opportunities at spring career fair NWACC students can now transfer easily to Missouri Southern State University Carthage man pleads guilty in 2024 murder case Joplin High School introduces cell phone lockers aimed to boost student focus But it isn't just history on tap in downtown Joplin this year. The Downtown Joplin Alliance is also excited about a brand new building set to open on Main, the Moss-De Graff building near 9th and Main. 'It's the first time we've had new construction in downtown Main Street in decades, probably the eighties. And so that's really neat to see that – you know it's a location that had a beautiful building before. It had been neglected. It caught on fire, you know same old story kind of thing. But it took an empty lot on Main Street and now there's a building there,' said Haun. The Empire Market is opening for its 8th season, after hitting half a million dollars in sales in 2024. They're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding to improve the building. 'We will have five brand new bathrooms, kind of more within the market hall. We're getting new roofing on part of this facility and doing paving out front. So it's going to be create a really, much more accessible facility and a much more comfortable facility to use,' said Haun. The 'Third Thursday' series is set to kick off its 2025 season in just a few days – the 18th year for the Main Street festival. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Yahoo
Salem man menaced Hispanic family with shotgun, police say
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Authorities arrested a man Sunday afternoon after he was seen menacing a Hispanic family with a shotgun, according to Salem police. Officers responded to the area of 2100 Coral Avenue NE after hearing of a man who 'brandished a shotgun at two adults and a young girl' while they were waiting for a tow truck around 5 p.m., police said. Late-week snow, freezing rain possible in Portland. Here's what we know. The man, 27-year-old Jonathan Mauris Haun, had reportedly 'approached the Hispanic family with the weapon in hand and shouted racially-charged remarks,' according to investigators. Haun was arrested and charged with three counts of menacing, three counts of first-degree bias crime, and three counts of unlawfully using a weapon. 'We encourage Salem residents to report bias-motivated incidents to police,' Salem police said. 'Whether threats to personal safety or hate speech, either verbal or in the form of graffiti, these incidents should be reported immediately so that an officers [sic] can investigate.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
