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Child Porn in Napa; Berkeley kid helps find missing man; Petaluma Woman Killed

Also, pink "mystery" puppy, police rescue threatened jumper, one lane open on Petrified Forest Road

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The big news around the region in Patch today comes from Napa Patch, where police are looking for the source of child pornography photos posted on Instagram. From the story:  

“Napa Police Department is seeking information on the source of images posted on a local website yesterday and today that could possibly be child porn.”

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“Police said they received numerous reports of images being posted on an Instagram site, ‘napahoezexxposed’.”

“It was determined that inappropriate images had been posted on this site.”

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"The Napa Police Department is currently investigating the site to determine if the images were posted without consent or if any of the images were child pornography," police said in a news release.”

"’Instagram was contacted and the site was taken down,’ police said.”

Other top headlines around Northern California include:


Berkeley Police Honor Boy, 10, Who Helped Find Missing Man


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