The number of calls made to Heartly House’s 24-hour hotline, which offers help for victims of intimate partner violence, sexual assault and child abuse, are drastically down. Domestic violence advocates worry that as incidents increase people cannot safely call for help. For the past week, the hotline received fewer than Read more…
The two attorneys were seated at their tables. The judge sat on the dais. Everything was set to proceed in the case of a former Frederick man charged with fraud, financial abuse of an elder and identity theft. All that was missing in the Berkeley County, West Virginia, courtroom was Read more…
A former Frederick resident has been indicted on eight counts related to identity theft, fraud and theft. Curtis Williamson, 53, the subject of a News-Post five-part investigation, was indicted on May 29 in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The charges all stem from his time with Stephanie Furr, his fifth wife. A Read more…
Curtis Williamson’s ex-wives and ex-girlfriend waited. They texted one another every day, trying to locate the man they say stole thousands of dollars from them. But there was no trace of the man. Even social media and dating apps — the ones he used to connect with many of them Read more…
Monica Gabriel sat before a judge in Frederick County Circuit Court for yet another contempt hearing in her divorce. On Dec. 18, 2018, she was in the courtroom because her ex-husband, Curtis Williamson, had failed to pay alimony. Monica was awarded indefinite alimony in their divorce six years ago. Williamson Read more…
Stephanie Furr sat in a jail cell as May turned to June in 2018. The charges against her included financially exploiting an elderly person, embezzlement by misuse of power of attorney, fraud, fraudulent schemes, identity theft and conspiracy, all stemming from an investigation into why her grandmother’s bank account was Read more…
Monica Gabriel picked up the phone. On the other line was a private investigator looking into her ex-husband, a man who had abused her, stolen thousands of dollars, caused her to lose her home and left her with $26 to her name. Monica had been waiting for the call. Years Read more…
The phone rang at Patricia Gabriel’s home. A creditor was on the other end. They called to say Gabriel’s daughter, Monica, was dead. Patricia Gabriel was in disbelief. Her daughter could not be dead. Monday marks eight years since Monica Gabriel’s death. No one knows what killed Monica on April Read more…
Witnessing intimate-partner violence as a child may have an intergenerational effect, a new article in journal Stress suggests. A set of four researchers at the E.P. Bradley Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, both affiliates of Brown University, looked at the effects of a mother witnessing domestic violence as a child and prenatal Read more…
By Heather Mongilio and Wyatt Massey Anne stood on one side of the courtroom, her ex-fiancé on the other. She wanted Nov. 2, 2018, to be the last time she would have to see him. Her ex-fiancé is serving a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to kidnapping in November Read more…