Church Teacher Charged with Sexually Abusing Minors
Police said a Germantown man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing minors at a Derwood church. Ervin Jeovany Alfaro Lopez, 33, was arrested on Monday, according to the… Read More
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Former MCPS Middle School Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse of Student
A former Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) teacher has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual offenses for engaging in sexual acts with a minor per Montgomery County Police. The… Read More
Teacher’s Union President to Board of Education: ‘You So Far Have Failed Us’
Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Jennifer Martin reiterated the teacher union’s strong desire to remove the Jackson Lewis law firm from an investigation surrounding reported sexual harassment allegations levied… Read More
New Trial Granted to Former MCPS Teacher Previously Convicted for Sexually Abusing Students
A new trial has been granted for a former Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) elementary school teacher previously convicted of sexually abusing several students. In 2017, John Vigna, of Silver… Read More
Whitman Rowing Coach Sentenced to 3 Years for Sexual Abuse
Kirk Shipley, the former teacher and girls’ rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and two years of probation for… Read More
40 Years Later, Rockville Man Arrested for Molesting Minor
Montgomery County Police have arrested and charged a Rockville man for molesting a minor four decades ago. David Wayne Brown, 70, is accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old from 1981… Read More
Silver Spring Man Guilty of Sexually Abusing 2 Vulnerable Adults
Macdoff Oghenejabo Okah, 46, of Silver Spring, pled guilty Thursday to charges of sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult and sexual offense in the third degree. His plea followed a… Read More
Sexual Victims React to Former Whitman HS Rowing Coach Guilty Plea
After learning that former Walt Whitman High School teacher and rowing coach had pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a former student and athlete, the Network for Victim Recovery of… Read More
Former Whitman Teacher, Rowing Coach Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of Minor
Kirkland Shipley, a former teacher and girls’ rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, pled guilty Friday to sexually abusing a high school student and possessing sexually explicit… Read More
Whitman High School Cancels Fundraiser Student Newspaper Called ‘Night of Casual Hookups’
After its own high school newspaper called out Walt Whitman’s Vike-A-Thon, a fundraiser that student journalist Eliana Joftus wrote has evolved into a night of casual hook ups with alcohol… Read More
Number of Residents Using Victim Services Nearly Doubled Compared to 2019
Montgomery County resident use of domestic and sexual violence victim services under the county Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) nearly doubled this year compared to 2019 data. Intakes… Read More
Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy After Lawsuits, Montgomery County Troops Unaffected
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy Tuesday in the midst of hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits from former scouts who say they were abused by leaders. This… Read More