LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan lawmakers brought forth a package of bills they’ve dubbed “Jordan D’s Law”. The bill is named after Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old from Marquette who took his own life in ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Two men from Nigeria who were charged in a sextortion case that led to a Michigan teen's death have been sentenced to 17 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced on ...

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill package designed to bolster sextortion laws in Michigan. Sextortion occurs when someone uses explicit images of another person as blackmail, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Five people in the United States are facing charges for allegedly receiving and laundering more than $178,000 from victims in a sextortion scheme, including one ...

Help is available 24/7 by calling or texting the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. With proper treatment and support, it is possible to get help for suicidal thoughts. LANSING, Mich. – Lawmakers ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Three Michigan state representatives have introduced a package of bills to combat the growing threat of online “sextortion” of minors and other vulnerable people. They’re ...

Among the victims targeted by the brothers was 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, a high school student who committed suicide on March 25, 2022. The brothers targeted DeMay by pretending to be a teenage girl ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) — Two years after her son’s death, Jordan DeMay’s mother sat in a Grand Rapids courtroom and listened as two men pleaded guilty to their role in the online blackmail scheme ...

(WLUK) -- Two Nigerian men have been convicted for sexually extorting young men and teenage boys across the U.S., including a Marquette teen. WLUC reports, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi pleaded guilty in ...

FILE - This Sept. 2021 image provided by Jennifer Buta shows Jordan DeMay, who was 17 years old when he killed himself after being targeted in an online extortion scheme in March 2022. (Jennifer Buta ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers from Nigeria were sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the U.S., ...