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Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Infant, Documenting It With Girls Mother In MD
The case is nearly closed on a creepy case of child sexual abuse. An infant-abusing man who preyed on a child for more than a year admitted to his role in a chilling conspiracy to document the molestation of a girl along with her mother in Cecil County, federal authorities announced. Elkton resident Lawrence Aquilla Colby, IV - also known as “Buddy” - pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection to his participation in a scheme to sexually abuse a child from the time she was approximately 4 months to 2 years old. Prosecutors say that Colby admitted that he and Summer McCrosky, 25, also …
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Former Mayor Indicted On 80 Child Porn Charges By Grand Jury In Maryland
Embattled College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn is facing even more charges than originally expected after being indicted on a total of 80 child pornography charges by a grand jury, officials announced. In early March, Wojahn was arrested and resigned from his position in shame after he was charged with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography by the Prince George's County Police Department's Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse - Internet Crimes Against Child Unit. This week, a grand jury returned an indictment charging the former politician with 80 charges, 40 each …
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No Bail For Former Mayor In Maryland Facing Dozens Of Child Porn Charges
Former College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn will stay behind bars after being ordered by a judge to be held on a no-bond status on Monday at his latest court appearance. On Monday, March 6, Wojahn was held on the no-bond status after he was hit by dozens of child pornography charges by the Prince George's County Police Department. The 47-year-old politician announced his resignation last week after he was charged with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography by the department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse - Internet Crimes Against Child Unit, authorities announced. P…
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Mayor In Maryland Busted On 56 Porn Charges, Resigns Amid Controversy
College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn has stepped down in Maryland as he was hit by dozens of child pornography charges by the Prince George’s County Police Department. The 47-year-old politician announced his resignation after he was charged with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography by the department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse - Internet Crimes Against Child Unit, authorities announced. Police say that on Friday, Feb. 17, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) advised the department that a social media account operating in the county was…
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Skype Tip Leads To Child Porn Charges For Frederick County Man: DOJ
A tip from an online video platform to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about child porn led police to bust a Frederick County man who targeted minors for the better part of a decade, federal authorities announced. Walkersville resident Paul Francis Blaisse, 63, is facing a 13-count indictment in Maryland charging him for his role in distributing and receiving images and video depicting the sexual abuse of children, including some pre-pubescent victims. According to court documents, between 2013 and 2019, Blaisse used Internet chat applications to engage in sex…
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Maryland Woman Admits To Documenting Sexual Abuse Of Infant: Feds
A Maryland mother will spend years behind bars after sexually abusing her infant until she became a toddler and sharing imagery of the molestation in Cecil County, the Department of Justice announced. Summer Nichole McCroskey, 25, of Elkton, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 2 to federal charges related to her participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child from the time she was approximately 4-months-old until she was 2-year-old, which was documented, produced, and distributed on the Internet. McCroskey admitted that she and a co-conspirator sexually abuse the child through at least…
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Maryland Man Facing 16 Sex Offense Charges Tied To Child Pornography, Frederick Police Say
More than a dozen charges have been filed against a Prince George’s County man who was caught soliciting minors for child pornography, according to the Frederick Police Department. Prince George’s County resident Evan John Cain, 36, of Riverdale, has been charged with 16 counts related to the possession of child pornography and the solicitation of child pornography from minors following an investigation that was launched in November last year. Police say that investigators with the department’s Major Crimes Unit were tipped off late last year that a man - later identified as Cain - had been…
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US Marine Home On Leave In Maryland Busted For Child Porn Possession, Sheriff Says
An active-duty member of the United States Marine Corps training in North Carolina was arrested while on leave in Maryland for a host of child pornography charges, authorities announced. Quinn Koch, 18, of Frederick, was arrested without incident at approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27 in the 200 block of Meadowdale Lane in his hometown by members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, following an investigation into the distribution and possession of child pornography. The arrest came after the sheriff received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited…
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Former Maryland SWAT Officer Admits To Setting Up 'Spy' Cameras In Bathroom To Peep At Minors
A former SWAT officer with the Baltimore Police Department could spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for sexually abusing a minor and producing child porn without his victims' knowledge or consent with hidden cameras, federal authorities announced. Donald Hildebrandt, 52, of Bel Air, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography. According to his plea agreement, Hildebrandt admitted that between 2018 and 2020, he purchased at least…
Schools
Middle School Art Teacher In Baltimore County On Leave After Child Porn Bust
A 49-year-old school employee in Baltimore County has been arrested after being busted on child porn charges, police announced. Craig Clontz, an employee with the Baltimore County Public Schools has been arrested by detectives from the Baltimore County Crimes Against Children Unit and charged with five counts of possession of child pornography following an investigation that was launched earlier this year. During the investigation, it was determined that Clontz was a school employee when he was busted with the child pornography, though officials noted that “at this point in their investiga…
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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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Rape, Incest Among Slew Of New Charges Filed Against Baltimore Jewish High School Teacher
Days after being released on bond following an arrest for child pornography offenses, Zev Steen was rearrested and slapped with new charges — among them, rape and incest. The former STEM teacher at the all-girls Orthodox Jewish day school Bnos Yisroel in Baltimore was terminated from that position and let go of others he held in the community after authorities busted him with child porn. Had that been all, Steen may have considered himself lucky, as authorities ultimately found out something he'd likely had known all along. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, officials announced Steen been rearrested for…
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