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Predator Preying On Maryland Teens While Out On Bail Facing Life In Prison: Feds Predator Preying On Maryland Teens While Out On Bail Facing Life In Prison: Feds
Predator Preying On Maryland Teens While Out On Bail Facing Life In Prison: Feds A Maryland man who used multiple phones and online apps to target teens - including while he was out on bail and charges were pending - admitted to coercing and enticing minors, federal authorities announced. Michael Vance Culpepper, 56, of Walkersville, is facing life in prison after being busted by an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl online, then doubling down. According to his guilty plea, in April and May 2023, Culpepper used mobile phones and online applications to persuade, induce, entice and coerce two victims whom he believed to be 13- and 14-year-old to engage in sex…

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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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Former Substitute Teacher, Coach In Maryland Admits To Preying On Children Online: Feds Former Substitute Teacher, Coach In Maryland Admits To Preying On Children Online: Feds
Former Substitute Teacher, Coach In Maryland Admits To Preying On Children Online: Feds The Maryland volleyball coach who posed as underage boys and girls to entice minors through social media copped to the crime and will spend more than a decade in prison. Evan Thomas Harris Frock, 34, a substitute teacher and volleyball coach in Carroll County, pleaded guilty this week to sexual exploitation of a child after targeting at least eight minors between the age of 9 and 17, federal authorities announced. According to prosecutors, the Taneytown man used social media accounts to meet and communicate with children and to encourage them to produce and send him images and videos o…

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Sex Trafficker In Maryland Sentenced For Recruiting Teen To Engage In Commerical Sex Acts Sex Trafficker In Maryland Sentenced For Recruiting Teen To Engage In Commerical Sex Acts
Sex Trafficker In Maryland Sentenced For Recruiting Teen To Engage In Commerical Sex Acts A sex trafficker in Maryland has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for recruiting a teenager to engage in commercial sex acts, according to federal prosecutors. Baltimore resident Kyle David Robinson, 29, has been sentenced to 126 months in federal prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, for sex trafficking a minor. As part of his plea agreement, Robinson admitted to knowingly recruiting, enticing, transporting, and advertising a 14-year-old to engage in commercial sex acts for his own financial benefits. In May 2021, prosecutors said that Robinson approached t…

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