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Saanich suspects used dating app Grindr to extort $2,

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Saanich police are trying to identify a pair of suspects in connection with a case where more than $2, was extorted from a victim using the dating app Grindr last month.

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    West Vancouver police speak arrest warrant issued over alleged Grindr fraud

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    An arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of defrauding two Metro Vancouver men he met through the online dating app Grindr.

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      How a murderer used Grindr to discover victims

      Duncan Hodgson

      BBC Radio Cumbria

      Cumbria Police

      Last October, dad-of-two Paul Taylor left his house and never returned. He was murdered by a dude he chatted to on Grindr. His year-old killer, Jack Crawley, attempted to murder another guy he also met on the app. As police motivate potential victims to come forward in an often-anonymous world, what is being done to maintain people safe?

      Army veteran Paul Taylor was a year-old "gentle and loving" dad.

      He lived in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, and worked at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.

      Unbeknown to his family, he was living a double life, something they only discovered through the most harrowing of circumstances.

      "I will never contain the opportunity to hear from Paul about his lifestyle choices," his widow Maria wrote in a victim impact statement, adding, "but I do not judge him".

      Paul was murdered by Jack Crawley.

      The pair had previously met for sex through the app Grindr.

      Last October, they went to a secluded area in Carlisle

      Man deemed unfit for trial in grisly killing of Grindr date

      CORUNNA, Mich. — A judge on Thursday deemed a Michigan man unfit for trial in the killing and mutilation of someone he met through the dating app Grindr.

      During a hearing, 66th District Court Judge Ward Clarkson also ordered defendant Mark Latunski to be transferred to a psychiatric facility.

      Latunski&#;s attorney, Douglas Corwin Jr., said this week that the state’s Center for Forensic Psychiatry determined that his client was “not presently competent.” He said the case will be put on hold while Latunski receives treatment to try to refine his mental competency.

      Latunski, 50, was charged in December with murder and other crimes in the killing of Kevin Bacon, 25, who lived in Swartz Creek, near Flint.

      Bacon&#;s body was establish Dec. 28 hanging from the ceiling of Latunski’s dwelling in Bennington Township, 90 miles ( kilometres) northwest of Detroit. Police said Latunski admitted to killing Bacon and eating parts of his body.

      Latunski’s brick home was auctioned off Wednesday during a sheriff’s sale with a adj bid of $, —