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13-04-2025
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Fox Valley-based non-profit looks to raise awareness & combat trafficking ahead of NFL Draft
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – As excitement builds for the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, a local nonprofit is urging the community to remember the dangers that large-scale events could bring. Damascus Road, an anti-human trafficking organization based in the Fox Valley, launched a region-wide outreach effort Friday called 'Blitz the Draft,' a campaign aimed at raising awareness and preventing trafficking ahead of the event. 'Focal point of the draft': Construction crews raise NFL Draft Stage roof Volunteers gathered in Oshkosh at Damascus Road's office for training before fanning out to gas stations and hotels across the Fox Valley, from Oshkosh up to Kaukauna. Armed with missing children posters, trafficking awareness cards, and hotline numbers, they spoke with staff at businesses and left materials in high-traffic areas. 'Today we are blitzing the Fox Valley before the draft with information about missing kids and human trafficking awareness,' said Terra Koslowski, Education and Engagement Director at Damascus Road. 'Anytime there is an event that brings a large number of people to an area, there's always a potential for increased crime—and human trafficking is one of those risks.' The goal is simple: make more people aware of what trafficking looks like, and how they can help stop it. 'We're hoping businesses will put up our posters and maybe even give us some tips if they've seen any of the kids we're looking for,' Koslowski added. 'If a child who's been trafficked ends up in this area, someone might recognize them.' Among the volunteers was Dennis Tegrootenhuis of Winneconne, who says the issue is personal for him. 'I just look at the most vulnerable in our society,' he said. 'We have a responsibility as a community to keep people safe. This kind of outreach is crucial—it opens people's eyes.' Tegrootenhuis said he's become more alert to the signs of trafficking, especially while traveling. 'Every truck stop I stop at, I just look for something that doesn't belong,' he said. 'You see a guy walking into a hotel with a young girl who's not smiling, not bubbly—say something.' More roads to close around Lambeau as NFL Draft construction ramps up Since 2017, Damascus Road has helped more than 700 survivors of human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation through jail outreach, victim services, and community education. The organization encourages anyone who suspects human trafficking to report it to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
Baton Rouge drug bust seizes over 9,000 lethal doses of fentanyl
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Baton Rouge deputies arrested a man and a woman after over 9,000 lethal doses of fentanyl and large amounts of other drugs were seized. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said accused poly-drug trafficker Rashee Scruggs, 42, was arrested after a drug bust. Search warrants were conducted on Peerless and Paige streets on April 10, where investigators found several drugs. Agents seized the following: 2.13 pounds of powder fentanyl (9,662 lethal doses) 23,715 dosage units of MDMA pills 3.51 pounds of powder cocaine 1.65 pounds crack cocaine 2.99 ounces pounds of marijuana 10 dosage units of hydrocodone prescription pills 2 dosage units of oxycodone prescription pills 1 dosage units of dextroamphetamine prescription pills 4 digital scales (cocaine and fentanyl residue) Glass measuring container with cocaine residue Money counter Boxes of plastic bags and narcotics cutting agent $82,591 (PENDING seizure) Firearm (1) Taurus, G2C semiauto 9mm handgun (Stolen through BRPD File #24-201668) Bersa, Thunder semiauto .380 caliber handgun FN, Five-7 semiauto 5.7×28 caliber handgun Scruggs faces charges of drug distribution, possession with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. Cynthia Gross, 20, faces charges of possession with intent to distribute drugs, possession of a stolen firearm, operation of a clandestine lab, possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of possession of a firearm with CDS. 3 men arrested after riding horses inside Walmart in Baker White House responds to Supreme Court ruling on mistaken deportation U.S. and China locked in trade war Black Power Ranger actor disagrees with writer on his casting 'Focal point of the draft': Construction crews raise NFL Draft Stage roof Witkoff meets Putin as Trump tells Russia 'to get moving' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
U.S. Marshals on the search for Indiana fugitive in Tangipahoa Parish
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The U.S. Marshals service has asked for the public's help tracking down a fugitive from Indiana. Agents are currently searching for Antonio Lewis, Jr., who is wanted in Allen County in counts of alleged rape and child sex trafficking charges. School bus hits, kills child in St. Claude neighborhood: New Orleans police According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Facebook post, Lewis is believed to be hiding out with family in Hammond. Additionally, agents are also searching for his wife, Checole Janea Stewart-Lewis, who is believed to have 'critical information that can help find him.' Agents say Lewis, who at one point had dreadlocks, may have cut his hair. They also believe the couple may be traveling with his mother and father. Arrest made in Tammany Trace-area shooting investigation Anyone with information on where Lewis could be can call the Criminal Investigations Office at 985-902-2088 or Crimestoppers of Tangipahoa at and Slidell post big district wins over rivals Thursday 'Focal point of the draft': Construction crews raise NFL Draft Stage roof Witkoff meets Putin as Trump tells Russia 'to get moving' Mick Jagger's longtime girlfriend Melanie Hamrick says he gave her an engagement ring Greenland space base commander removed after Vance criticism Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
