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Twice-Convicted Sex Offender From Baltimore Gets Life For Exploiting 16 Children: Feds Twice-Convicted Sex Offender From Baltimore Gets Life For Exploiting 16 Children: Feds
Twice-Convicted Sex Offender From Baltimore Gets Life For Exploiting 16 Children: Feds A twice-convicted sex offender in Maryland who sexually abused more than a dozen minors is set to spend the rest of his life in prison, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. Gary Rocky Jones, 43, of Baltimore, was sentenced by a judge to life in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for the sexual exploitation of 16 minors.  According to prosecutors, two times between 2014 and 2015, Jones produced images and videos of a young boy - who was between the ages of 14 and 15 at the time - to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Additionally, as detail…

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Ex-Defense Official Who Electrocuted Dogs Learns Fate For Role In Vicious DMV Dogfighting Ring Ex-Defense Official Who Electrocuted Dogs Learns Fate For Role In Vicious DMV Dogfighting Ring
Ex-Defense Official Who Electrocuted Dogs Learns Fate For Role In Vicious DMV Dogfighting Ring A Maryland man who used to serve as a Department of Defense deputy chief will spend time behind bars after admitting earlier this to his role in a violent dogfighting ring that involved him electrocuting animals who lost, federal authorities confirmed. Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr., 64, pleaded guilty in September to federal charges that include conspiracy to engage in animal fighting, specifically the fighting of dogs, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. On Friday, Dec. 13, officials announced that Moorefield has been sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison,…

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From Squad Car To Cell: Baltimore Carjacker Learns Fate In Court After Targeting Detective From Squad Car To Cell: Baltimore Carjacker Learns Fate In Court After Targeting Detective
From Squad Car To Cell: Baltimore Carjacker Learns Fate In Court After Targeting Detective A Baltimore man who carjacked a police detective at gunpoint and fled in his unmarked vehicle will spend the next 12 years in federal prison, authorities announced. Trevon Gardner, 23, was sentenced Friday, Dec. 6, by U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher to 12 years behind bars, followed by five years of supervised release, for the armed carjacking of Baltimore Police Department Detective Aaron Cain, according to the US Attorney’s Office. The incident occurred on May 3, 2022, at a 7-Eleven store on South Hanover Street in Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood.  Surveillance foota…

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First-Grade Teacher Left Classroom To Sell Drugs On School Property In Maryland: Complaint First-Grade Teacher Left Classroom To Sell Drugs On School Property In Maryland: Complaint
First-Grade Teacher Left Classroom To Sell Drugs On School Property In Maryland: Complaint A teacher in Maryland who allegedly left her classroom to sell drugs to people on school property is facing charges for distributing a fatal dose of fentanyl, according to federal authorities. Sarah Katherine Magid, 34, has been charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in serious bodily injury and the death of a victim, according to a criminal complaint that was unsealed this week in District Court. Magid, a first-grade teacher at a Montgomery County school was arrested in August following a search and seizure warrant by the DEA and local police at her Burtonsville home fo…

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Serial Bank Robber Who Made Multiple Murder Threats In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Feds Serial Bank Robber Who Made Multiple Murder Threats In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Feds
Serial Bank Robber Who Made Multiple Murder Threats In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Feds A 34-year-old man who terrorized banks and business owners over the course of several weeks in 2022 will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities announced. Baltimore resident Dexter Nikoe Eaton was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for armed bank robbery, related to a series of bank and armed commercial robberies. According to his plea agreement, Eaton admitted to committing six separate robberies between June 3, 2022, and July 30, 2022, during which he made several murder threats. The spree began at a bank in the…

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Former Private School Teacher From Baltimore Gets Prison Time For Sexual Exploitation: Feds Former Private School Teacher From Baltimore Gets Prison Time For Sexual Exploitation: Feds
Former Private School Teacher From Baltimore Gets Prison Time For Sexual Exploitation: Feds A former Baltimore high school educator who sexually abused a minor and filmed it is set to spend decades in federal prison, authorities announced on Tuesday, Oct. 1. William Zev Steen, 46, was sentenced to 23 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of release after pleading guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child. Steen has since been terminated from his position as a STEM teacher at the all-girls Orthodox Jewish day school Bnos Yisroel in Baltimore. He later let go of other positions he held in the community, too. According to his plea, 2005 to 2011, Steen sexually abused a min…

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Sex Offender Posing As Teen On Instagram To Entice Minors In Maryland Gets Prison Time: Feds Sex Offender Posing As Teen On Instagram To Entice Minors In Maryland Gets Prison Time: Feds
Sex Offender Posing As Teen On Instagram To Entice Minors In Maryland Gets Prison Time: Feds A convicted sex offender from Anne Arundel County received prison time in Maryland for child porn offenses after targeting minors on social media, federal authorities announced. Pasadena resident Jacob Joseph Muir was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child porn. According to his plea agreement, between July and August 2019, Muir pretended to be a teenage boy to entice minors to send him sexually explicit photos through Instagram. During the investigation into Muir, prosecutors say that it…

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Convicted Sex Offender In Maryland Gets 40 Years For Sexually Exploiting Minor With Wife: Feds Convicted Sex Offender In Maryland Gets 40 Years For Sexually Exploiting Minor With Wife: Feds
Convicted Sex Offender In Maryland Gets 40 Years For Sexually Exploiting Minor With Wife: Feds A man who repeatedly sexually abused a prepubescent minor with his wife in Maryland while documenting it will spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. Aberdeen resident Nicholas Paul Bryson, 41, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation by a minor. According to his plea agreement, between 2011 and 2013, Bryson and wife Heather Clark, "repeatedly sexually abused a prepubescent minor in their care and produced numerous sexually explicit videos and images of the abuse."  During a search by federal offic…

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