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Complaint Leads To Rape Conviction For Maryland Man Involving Minor: State's Attorney Complaint Leads To Rape Conviction For Maryland Man Involving Minor: State's Attorney
Complaint Leads To Rape Conviction For Maryland Man Involving Minor: State's Attorney A 41-year-old man has been convicted of second-degree rape and sexual abuse of a child in St. Mary's County and now faces decades in prison, authorities announced. Members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office arrested Leonardtown resident Crosby Jay Dawson earlier this year following an investigation into a reported rape involving a juvenile, officials said. This week, the state's attorney's office announced that Dawson was found guilty of two counts of second-degree rape and sexual abuse of a minor. Dawson's January arrest followed an investigation by Child Protective Services and me…
Maryland Man Working At Virginia School Charged With Soliciting Sex From Student: Police Maryland Man Working At Virginia School Charged With Soliciting Sex From Student: Police
Maryland Man Working At Virginia School Charged With Soliciting Sex From Student: Police A Maryland man working for Arlington Public Schools has been arrested and charged with a sexually-based offense, authorities announced on Friday. Lanham resident Darryl Ramsey, Jr., 31, is facing charges in Virginia and now investigators are seeking possible additional victims.  According to the Arlington Police Department, last week, the agency launched an investigation after being tipped off that an Instructional Assistant assigned to Wakefield High School solicited sex from an underage student. The investigation led to Ramsey's arrest on Friday, Nov. 15, who was charged with taking…
Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese
Scathing New Report Details Sexual Abuse In Baltimore Archdiocese Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has released his office’s long-awaited investigative report into allegations of sexual abuse involving church leaders in Baltimore over the course of decades. On Wednesday, April 5, Brown released the redacted “Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore,” which represents the results of a four-year investigation into reports of sexual abuse and a subsequent coverup by Catholic Church officials. The report includes a list of abusers, a history of child abuse in Maryland, a summary of the cover-up, recommendations, and other informatio…
Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff
Grown Man Posing As Teen Online Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Sheriff Police say that an adult man from Prince George's County who posed as a teenager to seduce a 13-year-old girl he met online has been charged with rape in Charles County. Khordero Christian Hemphill, 25, is in custody on Wednesday, Feb. 22 following an investigation into a reported rape involving a teenager last week in Waldorf. According to investigators, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 13-year-old girl reported a rape that had happened days earlier in the 5300 block of Woodgate Lane in Waldorf involving an adult - later identified as Hemphill - she met on the Internet who claimed that purported…
Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends NSFW Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack
Seesaw App Used By Elementary Schools Sends Nsfw Photos To Parents In Apparent Nationwide Hack Elementary schools across the US are urging parents to not open the messages on the Seesaw app after an apparent hack sent out "inappropriate" images starting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.  "The platform was hacked and is experiencing a nationwide issue where some school district families and teachers were receiving links/URLs to inappropriate images," officials at a Schodock elementary school in New York said on its website.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seesaw (@seesawlearning) Most schools are simply asking parents and guard…
Six Men Busted For Soliciting Minors During Online Sting Operation: Fairfax County Police Six Men Busted For Soliciting Minors During Online Sting Operation: Fairfax County Police
Six Men Busted For Soliciting Minors During Online Sting Operation: Fairfax County Police On Tuesday, August 9, Fairfax police announced that six men were arrested for their attempt to solicit inappropriate behavior from minors, who were really police officers, on the internet, police said.  The six men would initiate explicit conversations or ask for sexual behavior from the police officers who were pretending to be juveniles, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. The men, who ranged in age between 26 to 43 years old, were charged with a combined 21 felonies and taken into custody, authorities reported. Police provided the following information about eac…
Maryland State Police Issues Warning Of Online Scam Involving The Sexual Extortion Of Minors Maryland State Police Issues Warning Of Online Scam Involving The Sexual Extortion Of Minors
Maryland State Police Issues Warning Of Online Scam Involving The Sexual Extortion Of Minors The rise of sexual predators targeting minors on social media has led Maryland State Police officials to issue a warning to parents. Authorities said that state police investigators have received multiple reports of minors being contacted by other social media users who began conversing with them over messaging services on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. “Investigators believe online predators may often give the impression they are romantically interested in the minor being targeted, to gain their trust,” they stated. “As the chats progress, the suspect user will request sexually illic…