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Virginia Man Who Sexually Abused Teen Girl He Impregnated Learns Fate In Court Virginia Man Who Sexually Abused Teen Girl He Impregnated Learns Fate In Court
Virginia Man Who Sexually Abused Teen Girl He Impregnated Learns Fate In Court An Alexandria man who picked up a teen girl at an area park and sexually assaulted her at a DC park will spend years in prison after getting her pregnant and continuing to abuse her. Francisco Flores-Lopez, 34, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old District resident, resulting in her getting pregnant, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, the girl met Flores-Lopez on social media, and the two met up for the first time in June 2022, the same month she was set to turn 14 years old. Flores-Lopez, who was 32 years old at the time, pi…

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by Zak Failla
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DNA Links Virginia Man To Decades-Old Sex Offenses, Police Say DNA Links Virginia Man To Decades-Old Sex Offenses, Police Say
DNA Links Virginia Man To Decades-Old Sex Offenses, Police Say The recovery of DNA evidence has linked a Loudoun County man to unsolved sex offenses dating back to the 1990s in Fairfax County, police announced. Edward Eugene Pottmyer, 58, of Chantilly, was arrested on charges of forcible sodomy and intent to defile on June 5, Fairfax County police said. The development in the cases is due to recovered forensic evidence from the scenes, which was submitted for analysis. Due to the advancement in DNA testing, detectives submitted the DNA to Othram Inc., a Texas-based company who utilized Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to develop a comprehensive profi…

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by Cecilia Levine