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Hope for Prisoners founder Ponder arrested for sexual assault and more

Nevada Current and Las Vegas Review-Journal describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Hope for Prisoners founder Ponder arrested for sexual assault and more.

The headline split The left frames it as "Hope for Prisoners founder Ponder arrested for sexual assault and more". The right frames it as "Hope For Prisoners founder arrested on sex crime charges; police seek additional victims".

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Left / center-leftHope for Prisoners founder Ponder arrested for sexual assault and more

Nevada Current · Center-left · News report

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Right / center-rightHope For Prisoners founder arrested on sex crime charges; police seek additional victims

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Nevada CurrentNews report · Aug 19, 12:21 AM

Hope for Prisoners founder Ponder arrested for sexual assault and more

Jon Ponder, a three-time bank robber who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police on 20 charges, including sexual assault. Other charges...

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Las Vegas Review-JournalNews report · Aug 18, 11:49 PM

Hope For Prisoners founder arrested on sex crime charges; police seek additional victims

Hope for Prisoners founder Jon Ponder was arrested Tuesday on multiple sex crime charges, according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.

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Details66/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources

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Aug 18, 11:49 PM: Las Vegas Review-Journal joined the source map.

Aug 19, 12:21 AM: Nevada Current joined the source map.

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