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Apr 22, 2026

Former MD school social worker sentenced for child porn charge

A former social worker at a Maryland high school has been sentenced for the promotion/distribution of child pornography.

Washington, D.C. police vehicles (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)
Apr 17, 2026

DC police lieutenant arrested in MD, charged with seeking to have sex with a minor

A former head of the D.C. police union was arrested in Maryland after allegedly exchanging sexual messages and explicit images with an undercover detective posing as a teenage boy.

The Maryland Supreme Court (formerly the Court of Appeals) building is shown in Annapolis in 2004. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
Mar 8, 2023

Md. high court will weigh when consent to search can be withdrawn

The Maryland Supreme Court will consider whether a person’s consent to a warrantless search of their computer’s digital data can be withdrawn after a consented-to copy has been made by law enforcement.

R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case May 8, 2019, in Chicago. R. Kelly was sentenced on Feb. 23, 2023, to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
Feb 23, 2023

R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence

R. Kelly was sentenced to years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those simultaneously with another sentence.

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Dec 8, 2021

Investigation into sexual exploitation by judge ends with no further actions

An Eastern Shore judge under investigation for sexual exploitation and child pornography is not believed to have distributed photos he allegedly took.

A reporter interviews acting U.S. Attorney Jonathan Lenzner outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt on Sept. 15, 2021, after a judge sentenced Eric Eoin Marques to 27 years in prison. U.S. authorities have said Marques, 36, was the world's most prolific purveyor of child pornography when he was arrested in Ireland in 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)
Sep 15, 2021

Man called largest child porn purveyor gets 27-year sentence in Maryland

A man described by U.S. authorities as the world's most prolific purveyor of child pornography at the time of his arrest was sentenced in Maryland to 27 years.

May 17, 2021

Apple finds itself embroiled in Epic antitrust suit

Welcome to Monday, the 67th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Epic […]

The U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. (Capital News Service photo)
May 12, 2021

‘It’s too flawed’: Judge rejects plea deal for darknet child porn purveyor

COLLEGE PARK — A federal judge rejected a plea agreement on Wednesday that called for 15 to 21 years in prison for a man authorities described as the world’s largest […]

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Mar 9, 2021

Ex-Md. commerce official pleads guilty to distributing child porn

A former Maryland Department of Commerce official pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of distributing child pornography and could face at least five years in prison. According to the […]

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Dec 7, 2020

Justices decline Md. child pornographer’s appeal of 420-year sentence

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a Burtonsville man serving 420 years in federal prison for child pornography. Kyle Stephen Thompson had urged the […]

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Nov 5, 2020

Md. child pornographer urges justices to overturn 420-year sentence

A Burtonsville man serving 420 years in federal prison for child pornography is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn his conviction, stating through counsel that his videotaping […]

Robert Zirkin
Apr 9, 2019

Lawmakers hail bills barring cyberbullying, child porn, violence against pregnant women

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland General Assembly this year addressed the dangers posed by social media and increasingly realistic computer graphics in passing legislation to expand protections against on-line bullying of […]