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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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MD Sex Assault Victim's Mom Leads Cops To Concerning Social Media Post, Officials Say
A man will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life following a near two-decade prison term for sexually assaulting a minor, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office announced on Monday afternoon. Nicholas Wayne Summers has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, with all but 19 suspended, after admitting to two counts of second-degree rape following an investigation that was launched last year, officials say. In May 2023, investigators from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office received a report of a sexual assault of a minor that had previously taken place. Accordi…
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Sex-Seeking Man Busted By Agent Posing As Teen Girl Sentenced For Solicitation In Maryland
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-…
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Child Erotica Found In Notes Section Of Maryland Predator's Phone: Court Documents
A man who was caught with child porn depicting men sexually abusing prepubescent girls will spend years in prison, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday. Germantown resident Hummad Siddiqui, 35, was sentenced on Friday, April 5 to 64 years in prison, with all but 18 years suspended, after being caught in 2022 with dozens of troubling photos and videos featuring underage girls. Siddiqui became the center of an investigation following cyber tips from Google to the Montgomery County Police Department, they said. Siddiqui’s internet activity that were reported…
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'Father-Figure' From MD Who Repeatedly Raped, Abused Girl Under His Care Gets Life In Prison
A man who repeatedly raped and sexually abused a young girl he helped raise in Maryland has been sentenced to life in prison, federal authorities in DC announced on Wednesday. Waldorf resident Charles Clark, 67, was sentenced on April 3 for sexually abusing a child who was entrusted to his care hundreds of times over the course of several years. According to court documents, beginning in June 2017, Clark targeted a child under the age of 17, subjecting the girl to repeated rape and sexual abuse for five years. Despite being a “father-figure” to this girl, and despite having helped ra…
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Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds
A 42-year-old Maryland woman is facing life in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life for sexually abusing the 8-year-old child of what federal prosecutors described as a "close family friend." Griselda Martinez-Moz was convicted on Thursday on multiple counts of first-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances following a seven-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Prosecutors say that "on two occasions in 2015 and 2016, Martinez-Moz sexually abused a child who was eight years old at the time. A close friend of …
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Man Who Raped Young Girl In MD Gets Prison Time, Must Register As Lifetime Sex Offender: Judge
A Frederick man will spend years in prison for raping a 12-year-old child who ran away from home, the State's Attorney's Office announced. Jonatan Daniel Corado-Moscoso was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison, with all but seven suspended, and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life following the investigation into a sexual assault in 2022. In January 2022, officials say that the child ran away from home, and when located by Frederick Police investigators, it was disclosed that she was being sexually abused by Corado-Moscoso. A forensic investigation con…
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Man Who Climbed Into Child's Bed In Maryland To Get New Bunkmates In Prison: Feds
Jose Alexander Diaz-Rodriguez will spend years in prison after he admitted to breaking into his neighbor’s Frederick County home and climbing into bed with an 8-year-old girl. The 23-year-old Thurmont resident has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to sexual exploitation of a child for taking explicit photographs with his neighbor’s daughter, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, in July 2021, Diaz-Rodriguez broke into the home and went into a bedroom where two young girls were sleeping. He then got into bed …
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DC Sex Offender Uploaded Self-Made Child Porn To Google: Feds
A 41-year-old convicted sex offender from Washington DC was indicted after he was caught uploading footage of himself sexually abusing a young girl to Google, federal authorities said. Michael Humphrey was indicted Tuesday, Sept. 5, in U.S. District Court on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, first degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances, and transportation and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said. Google LLC told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that two Google accounts, later identified as Humphre…
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Rapist Who Lured Teen With Booze To MD Home Gets Time For Sexual Assault: State's Attorney
The 40-year-old Maryland man who lured his teen neighbor to his Harford County home and plied her with alcohol before sexually assaulting her will spend years behind bars, authorities announced. Forest Hill resident Steven Jay Friedman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with all but 18 suspended after being convicted earlier this year on rape and other charges in January. A jury found Friedman complicit in supplying a 16-year-old girl with alcohol before sexually assaulting her in February last year. Specifically, Friedman was convicted of and sentenced for: Second-degre…
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Pervy Passenger Gets Life For Raping, Robbing Woman Who Gave Him A Ride In MD: State's Attorney
The man who raped and tortured a driver during a harrowing ride in Maryland will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Devon Allen Odell Scott, 40, of Edgewood, was sentenced to life plus 50 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year on rape and robbery charges, the Harford County State’s Attorney announced. The traumatic trip played out when Scott flagged down his 28-year-old victim - who sometimes worked as an unlicensed taxi driver for extra cash - in Baltimore and asked for a ride to the Edgewood area in August 2019, though he would not commit to a specific h…
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'Where's My Gun?' Felon In Maryland Sentenced For Possessing Weapon, Producing Child Porn: DOJ
A convicted felon in Maryland will spend years behind bars after being caught with an illegal handgun and child pornography that was produced without his victim’s knowledge, federal officials announced. US District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Edgewood resident Travis Joseph Crawford, 34, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. According to the plea agreement, in November 2020, Harford County Sheriff’s deputies responde…
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Sexual Abuser Sentenced For Raping Stepdaughter In Maryland: State's Attorney
A 37-year-old man will spend more than a decade in prison and must register as a sex offender for life in Maryland for sexually abusing a family member in Calvert County, the state's attorney announced. Lusby resident Ryan Christopher Carpenter has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following his conviction of second-degree rape involving his stepdaughter. In November 2021, Carpenter’s victim came forward to her school guidance counselor that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather, prosecutors said. The subsequent investigation by Child Protective Services (CPS) and the Calvert C…
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Convicted Sex Offender Admits To New Federal Child Porn Charges In Maryland
A 34-year-old convicted sex offender in Maryland will spend at least a decade behind bars after being busted on federal charges for possession of child pornography. August Candeloro III - also known as “Nick” - who was previously convicted of a sex offense involving a 13-year-old victim in Howard County, pleaded guilty in federal court to the new child porn charge, prosecutors announced. Beginning in 2019, Candeloro began using a messaging application to send images depicting the sexual abuse of children, officials said. After additional investigation, law enforcement agents executed …
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Maryland Man Admits Paying Social Media Users In Philippines To Produce Child Porn, Feds Say
A man from Maryland has pleaded guilty to helping produce child pornography that was made overseas, federal officials announced. Patrick Wood, 35, of Silver Spring, admitted to using social media to pay social media users in the Philippines to collect pornographic images of children, U.S. District Attorney of Maryland Erek Barron said. The images and videos depict at least five children, male and female, under the age of 12 engaging in sexually explicit behavior per Wood’s request, court documents say. In addition, more content was found depicting at least eight minor male victims…
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Ex-Movie Lawyer From MD Sentenced For Raping Woman He Met On 'Sugar Daddy' Website
The former top lawyer for the Motion Picture Association of America has been sentenced to about a year in prison for sexually abusing and blackmailing a woman he met through a "sugar daddy" dating website, according to Reuters. Steven Fabrizio, 58, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, pleaded guilty on July 30, 2021, to one count each of blackmail and third-degree sexual abuse, according to Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). He was sentenced to a total of 30 months behind bars on Jan. 7 by a Washington DC Superior Court judge. H…
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