Blog: Sex Crimes
- Former schoolteacher, who is also a beauty pageant winner, sentenced for sex crimes
Jul 21, 2020
A beauty queen who admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was working as a schoolteacher has been sentenced to prison. The former Miss Kentucky was sentenced to two years in jail. She was also sentenced to an additional 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender for life. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing material depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct in...Read More - Maryland man convicted of sex crimes persuades court that sentence was illegal
Jul 16, 2020
A Maryland man convicted of the sexual abuse of a minor and sentenced to 50 years in jail recently convinced an appeals court that his sentence was illegal, although the convictions were upheld. The plaintiff was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County after a two-day trial for the sexual abuse of his 11-year-old stepdaughter, including rape. After a two-day trial in 2010, the jury convicted him of the sexual...Read More - Can someone convicted of a Maryland sex crime obtain a passport?
Jun 23, 2020
When Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges upon coming back to the United States from Paris, a local television station reported that one of its viewers asked if registered sex offenders are allowed to have passports. Yes. You can get a passport if you are a Maryland sex offender and you can keep your passport if you are a Maryland registered sex offender. However, in both instances, the passport will carry a...Read More - Sex Offenses in Maryland
Jun 16, 2020
The classification of sex crimes in Maryland is complicated, Rape is divided into two categories or degrees. The word “rape” is most often used to describe an unwanted sex act. However, modern day laws also use terms such as “sexual offense” and “sexual assault” to describe unwanted sex acts that do not include vaginal intercourse but include unwanted touching. Other sex offenses are divided into four classes or four degrees of offensive...Read More - Accused Child Sex Abuser’s Reputation for Good Dealings with Students Not Relevant, court says
Aug 9, 2019
In a Maryland child sex abuse case, the accused’s reputation for appropriate interactions with children under their care is not a pertinent character trait, Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has recently ruled. A man who was a long-time teacher at Cloverly Elementary, a public school in Montgomery County, Maryland, was convicted in 2016 of one count of child abuse, three counts of sex abuse of a minor and five counts of sex offense in...Read More - Maryland Bill to Lift Limits on Childhood Sexual Abuse Defeated
Apr 19, 2019
A last-minute maneuver by Maryland’s House of Representatives to save a bill that would have extended the statute of limitations for filing civil claims related to sexual abuse was defeated this month. In its first form, the measure would have allowed victims of child sexual abuse to file a civil lawsuit at anytime. In addition, the bill also provided a “two-year lookback” window that would have allowed Maryland sex abuse victims until October 2021...Read More - Man Who Failed to Register as a Sex Offender Faces Jail Time and Fines
Feb 8, 2019
A man in a nearby state admitted in court that he failed to register as a sex offender. He pleaded guilty to one count of failure to register from May to September of last year. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, according to the newspaper that reported the incident. It’s apparent from the above example that failing to register as a sex offender is a serious...Read More - Maryland Sex Crimes: Nuns
Jan 17, 2019
It’s tragic when a revered, global religious institution fails to protect those who come to it seeking spiritual aid and comfort. Yet, while the Catholic Church is facing widespread allegations of sexual abuse by priests, One woman said she was 15 years old when she reported alleged abuse by her uncle, a priest, to a sister at a convent in New Jersey. The woman said the priest started sexually abusing her when she was...Read More - New Law Makes It Illegal for Maryland Police Officers to Have Sex with People in Custody
Nov 21, 2018
A Prince George’s County police officer is facing rape and sexual assault charges after allegations surfaced that he ordered a woman in a car that he had pulled over for a traffic stop late one night to drive behind a nearby store for sexual purposes, the Baltimore Sun has reported. The officer was on duty in uniform and driving a police car. He left the scene after a woman who had been called by...Read More - What is the Age of Consent in Maryland?
Mar 28, 2018
When a former Alabama judge and would-be politician recently made a run for a seat in Congress, several women came forward with tales of being approached romantically by the man when they were teenagers. Among other conversations prompted by revelations of the women – most of whom said they were teenagers when they had been approached by the man at places including a nearby shopping mall — the nation was engaged in questions about the...Read More