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Sex Offender Who Raped, Groomed Minor In Virginia Gets Life In Prison: Police Sex Offender Who Raped, Groomed Minor In Virginia Gets Life In Prison: Police
Sex Offender Who Raped, Groomed Minor In Virginia Gets Life In Prison: Police A Virginia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted raping a minor he was reportedly in a relationship with, authorities in Culpeper County announced.  Christopher Craig, 38, was sentenced to life in prison by a judge after being found guilty of aggravated sexual battery and object sexual penetration at trial in November 2024. The Culpeper Police Department launched an investigation in May 2023, after receiving a credible report about an ongoing physical relationship between Craig and a juvenile victim in the Town of Culpeper, officials said. Detectives le…
DNA Links Armed Maryland Man To Woman’s Rape Near Metro: DOJ DNA Links Armed Maryland Man To Woman’s Rape Near Metro: DOJ
DNA Links Armed Maryland Man To Woman’s Rape Near Metro: DOJ A cold case has had a major breakthrough leading to the indictment of a Maryland man for a brutal armed rape, according to the US Department of Justice.  Cristian Josue Arteaga, 35, formerly of Hyattsville, was indicted on multiple counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed after investigators tied him to the 2012 attack of a woman walking home from the Ft. Totten Metro station, the US Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 27. The case had gone cold for over a decade until a DNA hit in late 2023 connected Arteaga to the crime, leading to his extradition to DC in January 20…
DC Man Convicted Of Murder, Child Abuse In Death Of GF’s Toddler In MD: 'Outrageously Sad Case' DC Man Convicted Of Murder, Child Abuse In Death Of GF’s Toddler In MD: 'Outrageously Sad Case'
DC Man Convicted Of Murder, Child Abuse In Death Of GF’s Toddler In MD: 'Outrageously Sad Case' A District man has been convicted of murder and child abuse in the horrific death of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old son, Montgomery County prosecutors announced. Marlon Adilson Melendez, 30, is facing life in prison, plus 65 years when he is sentenced in June in conection to the death of the boy in Silver Spring. The case began on March 11, 2023, when the child’s mother called 911, reporting that her son was not breathing after they had fallen asleep, police said. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital, and an autopsy revealed signs of child abuse, investigators said. While inte…