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‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Church Leader, Soccer Coach Raped Girl Before Kidnapping Her To Mexico ‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Church Leader, Soccer Coach Raped Girl Before Kidnapping Her To Mexico
‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Church Leader, Soccer Coach Raped Girl Before Kidnapping Her To Mexico Kevin Esterly — the Pennsylvania man who ran off to Mexico with a teenage girl in 2018 — has now been convicted of repeatedly raping the same victim when she was a child, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, March 5. The disturbing allegations first emerged when the victim came forward to police in February 2025, saying Esterly had sexually abused her for years, beginning when she was a child. A jury convicted Esterly, now 53, of rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and endangering the welfare of children following a trial that began with jury selection on …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Prepaid Phone Leads To Arrest In Washington County Court Bomb Threat Case, Sheriff Says Prepaid Phone Leads To Arrest In Washington County Court Bomb Threat Case, Sheriff Says
Prepaid Phone Leads To Arrest In Washington County Court Bomb Threat Case, Sheriff Says A Baltimore man who made bomb threats targeting the Washington County Circuit Court has been arrested, authorities announced on Wednesday. Jamil Nicholas Gardner, 32, is facing charges following a swift investigation into threats targeting the court and a sitting Circuit Court judge, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Investigators say that between 7:30 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, two employees of the Circuit Court received telephone calls advising that there was a bomb inside the courthouse and that a judge was going to die. "Court security protocols were immed…

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by Zak Failla
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Beaten, Trapped, And Terrified: Maryland Man Jailed For Brutal Assault On Girlfriend Beaten, Trapped, And Terrified: Maryland Man Jailed For Brutal Assault On Girlfriend
Beaten, Trapped, And Terrified: Maryland Man Jailed For Brutal Assault On Girlfriend A 66-year-old Maryland man will spend years in prison after violently assaulting his then-girlfriend and holding her captive, authorities announced. Pasadena resident Robert Wallace Grim has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with all but nine years suspended after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend in August, according to the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said that shortly after 7:45 p.m. on Feb. 4, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to a home in the 7700 block of Queens Park Road in Pasadena to probe a previous ass…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Double Murder Suspect Who Stashed, Drove Mom’s Corpse Found Unfit For Trial: Reports Maryland Double Murder Suspect Who Stashed, Drove Mom’s Corpse Found Unfit For Trial: Reports
Maryland Double Murder Suspect Who Stashed, Drove Mom’s Corpse Found Unfit For Trial: Reports The Pennsylvania man accused of killing two people in Maryland and later driving his mother's corpse across state lines was ruled incompetent to stand trial, according to multiple reports. On Thursday, Sept. 11, a judge reportedly ruled Kevin Ahn, 31, was unfit to be tried following weeks of speculation about his mental health.  Ahn was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse in Lancaster County when police found his mother's body in a vehicle parked outside a home in Penn Township in March. It is believed that his mother had been dead for more than a day inside the vehicle b…

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by Zak Failla
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Federal Judge Blocks Return Of Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador Federal Judge Blocks Return Of Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador
Federal Judge Blocks Return Of Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador A federal judge has overruled a lower court’s order requiring the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Maryland by midnight Monday. The temporary order was issued hours before Abrego Garcia was scheduled to be returned home after the former MS-13-affiliated man was mistakenly shipped to a notorious El Salvadoran detention center. Top officials admitted the deportation was a mistake, but they’ve dragged their feet in reuniting him with his wife and family in Maryland. Abrego Garcia had previously been granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge back in 2019…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' And Fled To Maryland Learns Fate Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' And Fled To Maryland Learns Fate
Man Who Beat, Stomped Victim 'Until He Appeared Lifeless' And Fled To Maryland Learns Fate An Ashburn man who stomped another man to death during a brutal dog park fight in Loudoun County will now spend two decades behind bars. Ever Rafael Cruz, 26, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the death of Pedro Casalez Cala, Loudoun prosecutors announced. The deadly beating happened in the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, during a fight at a dog park inside an apartment complex in Ashburn. Prosecutors say Cruz hit Cala in the head and kept punching and stomping him even after he hit t…

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by Zak Failla
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Serial Metrobus Groper Learns Prison Fate In Maryland Serial Metrobus Groper Learns Prison Fate In Maryland
Serial Metrobus Groper Learns Prison Fate In Maryland A serial sex offender who repeatedly preyed on women riding public transit in Maryland and DC is now behind bars for good after a determined victim caught him in the act, officials said. Kokouvi Apetoh, 45, of Silver Spring, was sentenced to 26 years and 231 days in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree assault and admitting to violating his probation in a previous metrobus groping case, according to Montgomery County prosecutors. Authorities say Apetoh, a registered sex offender, was a repeat predator who systematically targeted unsuspecting women on their daily commu…

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by Zak Failla
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No Hung Jury This Time: Man Convicted Second Time Around For Killing Friend In Maryland No Hung Jury This Time: Man Convicted Second Time Around For Killing Friend In Maryland
No Hung Jury This Time: Man Convicted Second Time Around For Killing Friend In Maryland A man previously tried last year before being granted a temporary stay of execution by a hung jury was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the death of his 33-year-old friend in 2021, authorities announced on Monday. Rockville resident Jonathan Mohelski, 39, will face a decade in prison in connection to the death of Brandon Sutherland in November 2021 following multiple trials, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Brandon Sutherland Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office Mohelski was convicted following a 10-day trial after the jury wound up un…

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by Zak Failla