From the Harford County Child Advocacy Center: A Baltimore man was arrested and charged last Monday after a Harford County Child Advocacy Center investigation developed evidence supporting charges of sexual solicitation of a minor. The suspect is identified as Luke Brooks, 39, of Parkville, MD. He is charged with one count of sexual solicitation of […]
Former Bel Air High School Inclusion Helper Pleads Guilty to Sex Offense
A former Bel Air High School staff member pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of fourth-degree sex abuse in connection with his relationship with a 16-year-old student, with sentencing scheduled for November. Anthony Leon Farris Jr., 24, of the 1000 block of Pirates Court in Edgewood was charged with the sexual abuse of a minor, […]
Jury Finds Fallston Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 4-Yr-Old Boy; Could Receive 35 Years in Prison
From the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office: A Harford County jury has found James Thomas Starr of Fallston, guilty of sexual child abuse and third degree sexual offense. The verdict came after over ten hours of deliberation over two days and was announced 7 February 2013. The charges stemmed from acts committed against a 4 […]
Joppa Man Pleads Guilty to Enticing a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity; Offered “Free Babysitting Services for Young Children” Online
From the United States Attorney’s Office in Baltimore: Larry W. Warner, Jr., age 33, of Joppa, Maryland, pleaded guilty late yesterday to enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of […]
Fallston Child Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse; State Seeks 6-Year Sentence
From the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office: David Wayne Schrumpf, a licensed child psychologist who maintained a practice in Harford County, entered guilty pleas today, August 22,2011, to one count of child sex abuse and two counts of second degree assault of three young girls whom he had been treating in his office. The charges […]
Baltimore Teacher Charged with Sexual Abuse of 15-Year-Old Bel Air Boy
A Baltimore City elementary school teacher faces multiple sex abuse charges after Harford County Sheriff’s deputies discovered him with a 15-year-old boy in a parked car in a Bel Air residential community early Saturday morning. Mark A. Hyzer, 25, of Baltimore, a fourth-grade teacher at Beechfield Elementary Middle School, is charged with third degree sex […]
Sen. Jacobs’ Property Tax Credit and Jessica’s Law Enhancement Bills Advance
Sen. Nancy Jacobs’ SB622 emerged from the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee this week by a unanimous vote. SB622 changed the penalties for 2nd degree rape and 2nd degree sex offenses against a victim younger than 13 from the current mandatory minimum of 5 years to 20 years. The bill came out after Jacobs began circulating […]
Additional Indictment Of Fallston Middle Teacher/Coach Charged With Child Sex Offenses
Jonathan Stewart Dick, age 43, of Bel Air, Maryland, a physical education teacher at Fallston Middle School and high school lacrosse coach was indicted by a Harford County Grand Jury on July 28, 2009 on 18 counts involving Third Degree Sex Offense, Sodomy and Unnatural and Perverted Sex Practices involving a 14 year old male. […]
