A 16-year-old who texted a video of herself engaging in a consensual sexual act with an adult was “involved” in distributing child pornography and not protected by the constitutional right to free speech, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled this week.

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A Maryland State Police news release says a Secret Service employee has been arrested on child porn related charges.

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Warrants for an illicit collection of images suspected of being stored on a computer never expire, as the photos can always be retrieved, Maryland court holds.

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The parents of one of the victims of a Howard County substitute teacher serving a 16-year sentence for possession of child pornography is seeking statutory damages in federal court. The victim, identified as Jane Doe, was one of Jeremy Sykes’ students ...

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GLENARDEN — A grand jury has indicted a former elementary school volunteer in Prince George’s County on 270 counts of child pornography and related charges. The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office announced the indictment against 22-year-old Deonte Carraway on ...

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GREENBELT — A volunteer school aide accused of shooting videos of children having sex with him and each other has pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of producing child pornography. Twenty-two-year-old Deonte Carraway entered the pleas in federal court in ...

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INDIANAPOLIS  — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on Thursday for trading in child pornography and having sex with underage prostitutes, with the judge describing his “perversion and lawlessness” ...

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DOVER, Del. — A former Navy chaplain and Catholic priest who sexually assaulted a Naval Academy midshipman years ago is facing up to 50 years in prison for child pornography. John Thomas Matthew Lee of Millsboro pleaded guilty Monday in ...

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GREENBELT — A former special education teacher has sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for possessing child pornography. Sixty-one-year-old Peter Flynn of Silver Spring was sentenced Monday in federal court in Greenbelt. According to his plea agreement, Flynn, a ...

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  — When authorities discovered that a high school couple had sent each other nude selfies, the two 16-year-olds were plunged into a legal morass with the potential to be branded sex offenders for life. The Fayetteville teens were ...

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