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Maryland Man Convicted Of Sexual Assault At Graduation Party After Re-Trial Learns Prison Fate
A 27-year-old man who marred the college graduation celebration at a friend's home in Germantown and was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a second trial will spend time behind bars, authorities announced on Monday. Clarksburg resident Nelson Jones was found guilty by a jury of third-degree sex offense earlier this year and was sentenced to 10 years in prison suspending all but 12 months to serve. The judge ordered that he complete five years of probation upon release with multiple conditions including supervision by COMET (Collaborative Offender Management/Enforced Treatment).…
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Convicted Sex Offender In Maryland Gets Decades In Prison For Preying On Minors Online: Feds
A previously convicted sex offender in Maryland who targeted underage girls using online apps is going to spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced. Beltsville resident Brian Patrick Werth, 40, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison after being convicted by a jury at a three-day trial for producing child sexual abuse material. Werth was convicted of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and engaging with a minor as a registered sex offender. According to court documents, between January 2021 and June 2021, Werth communicated with unde…
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Former Maryland Teacher Learns Fate After Years-Old Sex Abuse Case With Student Comes to Light
A former middle school teacher in Maryland will have to register as a sex offender for 25 years once she completes her prison term for sexually abusing a student, authorities announced on Tuesday. Melissa Marie Curtis, 31, of Upper Marlboro, was sentenced to 30 years in prison with all suspended but 12 months to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation after pleading guilty in June to three counts of third-degree sex offense in connection to the abuse of a teen. In November 2023, police in Montgomery County launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse that ha…
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Second Trial Seals Fate: Man Convicted Of Sexual Assault At Maryland Graduation Party
A 27-year-old man who marred the college graduation celebration at a friend's home in Germantown has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a second trial, authorities announced on Thursday. Clarksburg resident Nelson Jones was found guilty by a jury of third-degree sex offense this week and will now face up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced next month, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. In May 2021, prosecutors say that the graduation celebration continued into the early morning hours, and a woman at the party went to a bedroom alone to slee…
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Predator Preying On Maryland Teens While Out On Bail Learns Prison Fate: Feds
The Maryland man who used multiple phones and online apps to target teens - even while he was out on bail and charges were pending - will spend years in prison for coercing and enticing minors, federal authorities announced. Michael Vance Culpepper, 56, of Walkersville, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being busted by an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl online, and then doubling down after being released by a judge. He had faced life in prison. According to his guilty plea, in April and May 2023, Culpepper used cellphones and online applications to "persuade…
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Pennsylvania Rapist Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Minor In Maryland Learns Fate
A man serving a sentence in Pennsylvania for forcible rape is facing decades behind bars in Maryland once he is released for sexually abusing a minor, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office announced. This week, Waynesboro resident Rory Littleton Sanders, 44, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, which must be served in the custody of the Maryland Department of Corrections, after admitting to sexually abusing a minor in Frederick County over the course of years. In July 2021, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into Sanders, following a report that was mad…
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Child Porn Producer In Maryland Sentenced; Ordered To Register As Sex Offender For Life
A "depraved" Maryland man who documented and produced child porn is set to spend decades in prison, according to the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office. North East resident James Shipley, 48, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the production of child pornography, the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office announced. In February, the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce received nearly three dozen tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reporting possible possession and distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM) on…
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Father Who Sexually, Physically Abused Daughters For Years In Maryland Gets Prison Time
A 59-year-old man who repeatedly sexually and physically abused his three daughters will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office announced. Mohammed Ali Hossain, 59, was sentenced on Monday to 90 years in prison for the continued sexual and physical abuse of his young daughters after being convicted by a jury over the summer on all charges. A months-long investigation was launched last year by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and Child Protective Services following tips that Hossain abused his daughters. That investigation determined tha…
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Sexual Abuser Gets Prison Time After Two Girls Come Forward In Maryland: State's Attorney
A 65-year-old man has been sentenced for allegedly sexually assaulting young girls after two came forward with claims of abuse, the Calvert County State's Attorney's Office announced. Lusby resident Theodore Frederick Harris received a term of 18 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year of two charges involving the sexual abuse of a minor. Prosecutors say that in February 2023, a child reported instances of abuse to her mother, who alerted the authorities, leading to a joint investigation by the Calvert County Sheriff's Office and Child Protective Services. Through that inve…
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Man Who Sexually Abused Teen Girl He Knew As An Infant Gets Prison Time In Maryland
A man who sexually abused a teen girl he had known since she was an infant has been sentenced to prison time, according to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office. Bryantown resident Pio Arnoldo Flores, 56, has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the sexual abuse of a minor, after pleading guilty in April to the offense. In November 2023, officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office made contact with a then-16-year-old victim after receiving a report from the Department of Human Services alleging child sexual abuse. The girl said that Flores began assaulting her in Ap…
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Man Sentenced To Double The Top Maryland Sentencing Guideline For Motel Rape: State's Attorney
The Maryland man who admitted to a motel rape earlier this year in Harford County, was handed a heavy prison term that exceeds the state's sentencing guidelines, prosecutors announced. In February, Whiteford resident Earl Samuel Jones, 44, pleaded guilty to the first-degree rape of a 36-year-old woman at a Red Roof Inn in Aberdeen in September 2022. According to the state's attorney's office, on Sept. 12, 2022, police were called to the motel when a woman reported being asleep in a room when she was awoken by a naked man she did not know after her boyfriend left the door open to use t…
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Man Emotionally, Sexually Abused Spouse During Harrowing Holiday In Maryland Home: Prosecutors
A harrowing Christmas Day assault in Charles County will land a 56-year-old man who terrorized his soon-to-be ex behind bars for several years, authorities announced. Waldorf resident Joseph John Bonaiuto was sentenced by a judge to eight years in prison after physically, mentally, and sexually abusing his significant other for hours, according to the state's attorney's office. On Dec. 26, 2023, officers were called to Bonaiuto's Waldorf residence to conduct a welfare check after receiving a call from his brother stating that he was holding a woman hostage, and upon arrival, she opened…
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Man Who Installed Hidden Camera In Teen Girl's Maryland Bedroom Gets 35 Years: Prosecutors
The man who planted a hidden camera in the bedroom of a 16-year-old girl in Charles County will spend decades in prison after copping to the crime earlier this year, authorities announced on Tuesday. Dustin Marcell Brown, 39, of Waldorf, was sentenced by a judge this week to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty in March to multiple child porn charges in March. In August 2023, prosecutors say that officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to a Waldorf home to investigate a reported suspicious item that was found inside the residence. While speaking with the girl's mo…
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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
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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Suspect Busted With Child Porn Also Touched Minor In Maryland: State's Attorney
The investigation into distribution of child porn in Maryland will land a 27-year-old man in Calvert County behind bars for years, the state's attorney's office announced. Hunter Lee Kirby was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the distribution of child porn and sex abuse of a minor following an investigation by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force last year. Beginning in July 2023, investigators have been probing people in possession of child pornography across Maryland, leading them to Kirby last year, according to officials last year. In Augus…
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Convicted Sex Offender Gets 30 Years For Sexually Exploiting, Abusing Minor In Maryland: Feds
A 47-year-old predator who preyed on minors will spend decades in prison for sexually exploiting children in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Hagerstown resident Matthew Molnar was sentenced to 30 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a child. According to prosecutors, in 2015, Molnar was convicted of possession of child pornography, and between 2020 and 2021, he was in touch with a minor in Florida, who he coerced into producing sexually explicit videos for him. He later traveled to visit the minor, claiming that he was 17 years…
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