Advocates Fighting Child Abuse Say Sandusky Verdict Brings Issue To Light
Jerry Sandusky's guilty verdict in his child sex abuse trial is shining a light on child molestation across the country, including here in Maryland.
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Jerry Sandusky's guilty verdict in his child sex abuse trial is shining a light on child molestation across the country, including here in Maryland.
A Frederick woman is charged with child abuse in the November death of her 3-month-old son.
Police say a six-month-old girl has died as a result of injuries from being beaten. The girl, Olivia, had been in the hospital since May 22.
A St. Mary's County man has been indicted on six counts of sexually exploiting minors to produce child pornography.
A Boonsboro man faces up to 55 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a 5-year-old Tennessee girl whose mother he met online.
A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally beating his 2-year-old daughter with a leather belt.
The sex abuse scandal at Penn State has legislators around the country looking to strengthen their laws. Here in Maryland, the changes include possible jail time for those who fail to report the sexual or physical abuse of children.
Howard County police have charged a Columbia woman with abusing her toddler son in 2010. The boy died last year in an unrelated homicide.
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office says a man left his two young children, including an infant, in a car while he went shopping.
Prosecutors are seeking an 18-year prison term for a Frederick man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 1-year-old boy.
A Berlin man convicted of animal cruelty has pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing child pornography.
The Senate has scheduled the first congressional hearing in the wake of the Penn State child abuse scandal.
There are new sex abuse allegations involving another coach on another campus. A Syracuse University assistant basketball coach is now accused of molesting two boys.
The alleged cover-up at Penn State could lead to tougher laws here in Maryland. Right now, failing to report child abuse is only punishable by a fine.
What legal issues may now be in the fired coach's future?
A Howard County barber is arrested after police say he sexually assaulted one of his 13-year-old customers.
The mother of a baby girl who was fatally abused by the child's father faces sentencing in Frederick for failing to protect her daughter.
Customs agents at Dulles Airport have arrested a Maryland man wanted on charges of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
A Hagerstown man is serving a 10-year prison term for abusing a blind baby.
The mother of a 2-month-old girl who was fatally beaten at her home in Brunswick has pleaded guilty to second-degree child abuse for failing to protect her daughter from the girl's father.
Child abuse is what police say killed a 4-year-old Baltimore girl. While investigators are calling it a homicide, they haven't named a suspect.
A Brunswick man charged with murdering his 2-month-old daughter is due in court in Frederick for what prosecutors are calling a status conference.
The Harford County State's Attorney's office says a child psychologist has pleaded guilty to charges of abusing three young patients.
Federal prosecutors say a Frederick man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor.
