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Coercion and enticement of a minor
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'Father-Figure' From MD Who Repeatedly Raped, Abused Girl Under His Care Gets Life In Prison
A man who repeatedly raped and sexually abused a young girl he helped raise in Maryland has been sentenced to life in prison, federal authorities in DC announced on Wednesday. Waldorf resident Charles Clark, 67, was sentenced on April 3 for sexually abusing a child who was entrusted to his care hundreds of times over the course of several years. According to court documents, beginning in June 2017, Clark targeted a child under the age of 17, subjecting the girl to repeated rape and sexual abuse for five years. Despite being a “father-figure” to this girl, and despite having helped ra…
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Maryland Man Sentenced After Paying For International Video Chats Exposing Young Children
Federal authorities announced that a Maryland man will spend years in prison after admitting to visiting chatrooms and having performers pose their prepubescent daughters for him while he pleasured himself. Steven Martin Bickling, 48, of Baltimore, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release for coercion and enticement of a minor to produce child pornography. It all began in 2018, when, according to his guilty plea, Bickling visited a website that offered live chat rooms with foreign women. After hearing children in the backgrou…
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Suspect Arrested For Trying To Sexually Coerce DC Juvenile: Police
A man was arrested for coercing a child, who he believed was nine years old, to engage in sexual acts, D.C. police said.At around 8 a.m. on August 2, Damien Sisca, 50, was arrested for attempting to entice a juvenile in sexual behavior in the 600 block of D Street, Northwest, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Sisca was charged with coercion and enticement of a minor, authorities said.
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Baltimore Man Charged With Paying For International Video Chats Exposing Young Children
A Baltimore man has admitted to and been charged with soliciting child pornographic videos and images from another country, authorities said. Steven Bickling, 48, pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor on Thursday, March 17, according to the US Attorney’s Office for Maryland. Bickling faces a minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison, followed by up to a lifetime of parole. Over the course of their investigation, authorities uncovered 21 images and 50 videos obtained by Bickling depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct. These often included pr…