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Members of a sexual predator network on Telegram tried to hide their crimes with code words
Summary by The Pearland Editorial Desk Kirsten Grieshaber, Stefanie Dazio And Huizhong Wu, Associated Press , as published by KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)
· July 8, 2026
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They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them.In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, the...
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