Portsmouth Police responded to a home on Mabert Road after a shaken resident reported that someone was trying to extort him over text message. The man told officers he’d received threatening messages claiming that “illicit photos” of him would be posted online unless he sent money. He had no idea who the sender was, didn’t recognize the number, and didn’t believe anyone close to him would be […]
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