A man registered as a sex offender was arrested by police for entering a school. Sex offender registration for this man indicates that he is not allowed to do this. In short, he violated his registration because he entered the school without expressed consent to do...
Former Baltimore police officer caught in prostitution sting
Baltimore-area residents may be familiar with reading about undercover police operations that lead to prostitution arrests. In an unusual twist, a former officer with the Baltimore police department has pled guilty to pimping charges.The 32-year-old man was arrested...
Call about alleged loitering leads to arrest for prostitution
Arrests for prostitution are often the result of undercover police officers pretending to be potential customers of a suspect. This appears to be what happened in a recent case involving a 38-year-old Baltimore woman.The allegations are that the woman was standing on...
Child pornography charges filed against church youth leader
Being accused of possession and distribution of child pornography is serious and can have life-changing consequences. The charges generally come after a search of a person’s home, where investigators seize a computer and allegedly find downloaded pornographic...
Strong representation can help avoid sex offender registration
Accusations of sexual assault are taken very seriously by prosecutors. Fortunately, anyone who has been accused of sexual misconduct and faces possible prison time and sex offender registration has an absolute right to be represented by an attorney.One recent case...
Child pornography charges require substantial evidence
Possession of child pornography is a serious charge, and being indicted on a related charge can be life-altering. However, an indictment is only a finding of probable cause and the government must present a much higher level of evidence to obtain a conviction. One...
Teenager gets 10-year sentence for molesting young girl
When people in Maryland are convicted of a crime such as child sexual abuse, it can have an impact on them for the rest of their lives. When that person is relatively young, it can mean that the shadow of being a convicted sex offender and having to register as such...
Maryland man gets 21 years for child prostitution conviction
A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Capitol Heights, Maryland, man to 21 years in prison after a plea deal was reached on charges related to child prostitution and sex trafficking. In addition to the prison term, the man was sentenced to a lifetime of supervised...
Man sees sex assault conviction vacated, charges dropped
We have talked frequently on our Baltimore sex offenses defense blog about how charged with a sexual offense can be damaging to an individual's credibility and livelihood in the community. This is doubly true for someone who is an immigrant to our country. A...
Baltimore man pleads guilty to multiple child pornography charges
A 43-year-old Baltimore man will likely spend at least the next 15 years in federal prison with the possibility of remaining there for the rest of his life. Following a joint investigation by local and federal authorities, the man pleaded guilty to child pornography...