Sex Abuse
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Mother charged with trading sex with daughter to pay off debt
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Montgomery County prosecutors say a mother and a Gaithersburg man are charged with trading sex with her daughter to pay off a debt. The alleged arrangement ended when the 15-year-old daughter told a relative and the two went to police.
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Timothy Vincent Krupica in court for accusations of sexually abusing students
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Sixth grade Meadow Hall Elementary School teacher Timothy Krupica won't be in class Friday, instead he'll be in court. The 30-year old is facing charges of sexual abuse of a minor.
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Charles Vasser sentenced to 35 years
A soccer coach at Riverdale Baptist School in Landover was sentenced Friday to 35 years behind bars for sexually abusing a 15-year-old student.
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Rick Curl to plead guilty to child sex abuse
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The Washington Post is reporting that swim coach Rick Curl will plead guilty to sexually abusing a child.
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Nathaniel Morales charged with molesting boys
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Authorities say Nathaniel Morales was a member during those years of Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, which is named in a lawsuit alleging a cover-up of sex abuse allegations.
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Sovereign Grace: More allege church hid sex abuse
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New plaintiffs have joined three women who filed a Maryland civil lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries in October.
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Bruno Michael Tucci charged with sex offense and child abuse
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Seventy-year-old Bruno Michael Tucci of Salisbury was charged last month with fourth-degree sex offense and child abuse: custodian. Police announced the charges on Wednesday.
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Kevin Clash faces fourth sex abuse allegation
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The alleged victim is now the fourth to accuse Kevin Clash, who resigned from "Sesame Street" last month after 28 years. The three legal actions filed so far have been civil cases.
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Genrich Sretenski, skating coach, released
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A Maryland judge ruled that a skating coach charged with sex abuse can go free on the condition he surrender to New York authorities within 72 hours.
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Mark K. Kleinsorge, longtime NASA staffer, indicted on sex abuse charges
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Mark K. Kleinsorge is accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old relative for years, The Washington Post reports. The abuse allegedly started when the alleged victim was a toddler.
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Jerry Sandusky trial begins: Opening statements in Penn State sex abuse case
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The man dubbed Victim 4 in court papers for the Jerry Sandusky trial left nothing to the imagination as he told the jury about the abuse he said he endured for five years beginning when he was a teenager in the late 1990s.
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Steffon Rodney Christian, former Manassas teacher's aide, pleads to sex abuse charges
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A former Manassas teacher’s aide accused of sexually abusing students pleaded guilty to 22 charges Monday in a sex abuse case.
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Michael Gardner trial: Gardner testifies
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Michael Gardner, on trial for allegedly sexually abusing girls during a sleepover, adamantly professed his innocence.
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Scott Spear, Montgomery County high school coach accused of teen sex abuse, speaks out
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A Montgomery County teacher and coach suspended after accusations of sex with a 16-year old tells ABC7 he wants his job back now that charges have been dropped.
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AG: Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky abused boys ages 8 to 17
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Prosecutors claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys ranging in age from 8 to 17, eight of whom were molested on the Penn State campus, according to a document with new details about the case filed Thursday.
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Stefon Christian should be held without bond, authorities say
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Stefon Christian, a former Manassas school library assistant, is charged with child sexual abuse. He's facing the prospect of many more charges from other victims who have spoken to police in just the past few weeks.
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New accuser sues Sandusky, Penn State, Second Mile in abuse case
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The lawsuit claims Sandusky abused the boy from 1992, when the boy was 10, until 1996 and threatened to harm his family to keep the boy quiet.
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Penn State scandal causes re-examination of laws for reporting child abuse
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The child sex abuse scandal at Penn State has prompted several politicians to call for another look at the requirements for reporting abuse.
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