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Sex Offender On Probation Sentenced For Targeting Minors Online In Maryland: State's Attorney Sex Offender On Probation Sentenced For Targeting Minors Online In Maryland: State's Attorney
Sex Offender On Probation Sentenced For Targeting Minors Online In Maryland: State's Attorney A sexual offender who violated his probation in Charles County is set to spend decades in prison after being busted again on child porn-related offenses, according to the state's attorney's office. Johnny Darrell Hammonds, 54, was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison after admitting to violating his probation in a different case involving a minor, authorities say. Investigators said that in July last year, the Charles County Sheriff's Office received an anonymous tip that Hammonds was sexually harassing them and sending communications through the social media site Quora. The investiga…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police
DC Predator Targeting Children On Social Media Arrested For Soliciting Minor In VA: Police Police in Fairfax County are looking for additional victims after a DC man was arrested for soliciting a minor through social media. The Fairfax County Police Department received a report last week after a child was in touch with a grown man named "Alex" through Snapchat and received multiple illicit images from him as he attempted to convince the child to meet him at an area shopping center. Following that call, detectives from the department began investigating and reviewing digital evidence, officials said, which linked them to District resident Brian Dolan, whose identity was confirmed …

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Teacher Sought Inappropriate Photos From MS Student In Maryland, Police Say Teacher Sought Inappropriate Photos From MS Student In Maryland, Police Say
Teacher Sought Inappropriate Photos From MS Student In Maryland, Police Say A middle school teacher in Maryland is in custody for allegedly soliciting a student, Prince George’s County Police say. Jose Zuniga Orellana, 33, of Accokeek, a teacher at James Madison Middle School in Upper Marlboro, was taken into custody for allegedly seeking inappropriate photos from a student at the school. In June, the girl came forward and advised detectives that Orellana allegedly made inappropriate comments to her and requested illicit photos of her, to which she did not comply. Zuniga was taken into custody without any incident, the department announced on Wednesday, June 14, a…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Howard County Man Who Offered Teenage Girls Money For 'Sex Acts' Arrested Howard County Man Who Offered Teenage Girls Money For 'Sex Acts' Arrested
Howard County Man Who Offered Teenage Girls Money For 'Sex Acts' Arrested UPDATE: Howard County Police arrested Richard Morgan, 32, and charged him with two counts of solicitation of a minor, Friday evening.  The Howard County Police Department is alerting the community after a man approached two teenage girls and offered them money in exchange for sex acts, the department said on Twitter.  #HoCoPolice are alerting the public and releasing a photo of a man who approached two 14-year-old girls around 9 a.m. near the Swansfield Pool in Columbia and offered them money for sex acts. They were able to take a picture before calling police. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/bPu…

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by David Cifarelli