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Thursday, may 16
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Sexual Solicitation of a Minor
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Scott Locastro Admits To Sexually Soliciting Minor
A 51-year-old Howard County man who sent salacious texts to an undercover officer posing as a teen girl in Frederick County has been sentenced after admitting to soliciting a minor online, authorities announced. Scott Paul Locastro, of West Friendship, has been ordered to serve two years behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of sexual solicitation of a minor dating back to an investigation earlier this year. According to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, a deputy from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation posing as a 13-…
Police & Fire
Second 'Traveler' Targeted Teen For Sex In Maryland Within One Week, Sheriff Says
Another sexual predator is behind bars in Frederick County after preying on a teenage girl online, authorities announced on Friday. Middle River resident Brian Williams, 37, is facing a host of charges after being caught by investigators after they were tipped off about a 15-year-old girl who was sexually involved with a grown man. During the investigation, members of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office uncovered multiple messages that showed Williams soliciting the teen for sexual acts, the two exchanging explicit images, and he had sex with the girl in Frederick County, according to off…
Police & Fire
Undercover Agent Busts Virginia Man Who Drove To Maryland For Sex With A Minor, Sheriff Says
A Virginia man who crossed over state lines for sexual acts with what he thought was a teen girl in Frederick County is behind bars. Brian Brooks, 43, of Stephens City, has been charged with multiple counts of sexual solicitation of a minor after being busted by an undercover officer he believed to be a teenager, a Frederick County Sheriff's spokesperson announced on Monday. In October, a detective performing an online investigation began posing as a 14-year-old girl, and the two began talking thorough a messaging apps, and despite being warned that he was speaking to a minor, Brooks allege…
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VA Man Who Traveled To MD For Sex With Teen Busted By Undercover Investigators: Sheriff
A Virginia man looking for some illicit love was instead met by law enforcement after he targeted what he believed to be a teen girl in Maryland, authorities announced. Sheriff’s deputies in Frederick County have apprehended a Leesburg man who was busted attempting to solicit sex from an undercover agent posing as a teenager online. Oleg Tatchin, 48, has been charged by members of the Frederick County’s Sheriff’s Office with 10 counts of sexual solicitation of a minor after he allegedly attempted to exploit a 14-year-old girl through the Internet. In May, a detective from the sheriff’s off…
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Family Friend Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl In Maryland: State's Attorney
A Maryland man has been convicted on multiple offenses stemming from an alleged illicit incident with an 8-year-old girl in Charles County. Waldorf resident Jose Eugenio Escobar-Argueta, 34, may spend more than a decade in prison after being found guilty of multiple sexual offenses involving the child, officials said. In January 2022, officers from the Charles County Police Department were called to a home in Fordington Place in Waldorf, where they met with the victim, according to the state's attorney's office. While interviewing the girl, prosecutors said that she stated she w…
Police & Fire
Predator Preying On 'Teen' Online Busted By Undercover MD State Police Investigators
Investigators from the US Army gave Maryland State Police a hand to apprehend a 55-year-old predator who targeted teens online, according to authorities. Walkersville resident Michael Vance Culpepper, 55, was arrested on Monday, May 8, after he agreed to meet with undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old girl with nefarious intentions. The probe into Culpepper was launched in April when the state police’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was conducting an undercover online investigation on a social networking site. It is alleged that Culpepper began engaging in an inappropria…
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Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff
Police say that an adult man from Prince George's County who posed as a teenager to seduce a 13-year-old girl he met online has been charged with rape in Charles County. Khordero Christian Hemphill, 25, is in custody on Wednesday, Feb. 22 following an investigation into a reported rape involving a teenager last week in Waldorf. According to investigators, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 13-year-old girl reported a rape that had happened days earlier in the 5300 block of Woodgate Lane in Waldorf involving an adult - later identified as Hemphill - she met on the Internet who claimed that purported…
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Predator Targeting Teen Online Convicted Of Planning To Meet Minor For Sex Near Maryland HS
An undercover agent in Maryland posing as a 15-year-old girl on social media busted a baddie from Virginia who was found guilty of the sexual solicitation of a minor, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Leesburg resident Adin Huezo Grandados, 28, was convicted this week by a jury and will face 10 years in prison when he is sentenced next month, officials said. Adin Huezo GrandadosMontgomery County State's Attorney Prosecutors said that Huezo communicated with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl through a social media profile created by an undercover officer…
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Rape, Solicitation Of A Minor Charges Filed Against Maryland Man: Police
Special Victims Unit detectives have charged an adult man with allegedly raping a minor in Maryland, a spokesperson for the Baltimore County Police Department announced. Evan Martin, 34, is facing a host of charges following his arrest by the Special Victims Unit on Wednesday, Nov. 16 for alleged sexual offenses involving a minor, officials say. Specifically, Martin was charged with: Second-degree rape; Sexual solicitation of a minor; Drug distribution; Various assault charges. The nature of the alleged rape and assault were not immediately disclosed by police investigators on Wednesday …
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Baltimore Man Arrested For Conspiring To Rape 13-Year-Old: Police
A Baltimore man has been arrested for multiple child sex offenses against a 13-year-old victim, according to police. Evidence relating to a child rape conspiracy at 21-year-old Christopher Allens' home was uncovered during the execution of a search warrant served by state police and Homeland Security the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 19, authorities said. An investigation that began in July 2021 revealed that Williams and another suspect conspired to sexually exploit a 13-year-old minor child. Williams and his unnamed co-conspirator, who has been arrested, attempted on multiple occasions …
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