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Monday, July 31, 2023

Outrage in Olney over rape suspect's previous record


Parents complain rape suspect Joshua Black roamed the community virtually unsupervised despite convictions and escalating behavior

OLNEY, Md. — Accused rapist Joshua Black, 31, of Olney, Maryland, was ordered held without bail in Montgomery County Monday after prosecutors outlined Black's extensive record of sex crimes and allegedly sexually motivated stalking, trespassing and harassments.

Black is accused of raping a 14-year old girl in a wooded area of the Hallowell subdivision in Olney Thursday in what District Court Judge Sheri Koch described as a pattern of escalating criminal behavior...


..."We really should not have gotten to this point with this individual. He was never added to the sex offender registry. We have a registry for a reason," Stoddard said.

Stoddard said police were called to the Hallowell Community Pool on May 27 after teens, including his daughter, reported a man apparently masturbating while covered by a towel.

Black was cited for trespassing and banned from the pool, but did not face any sex crime charge under Maryland law, according to Stoddard, who complained that Black remained free to continue roaming the neighborhood on his bicycle despite his extensive record...


Olney community outraged over rape suspect's previous record | wusa9.com

2 comments:

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/2019/07/29/metro-police-inform-another-woman-that-men-masturbating-metro-is-legal/?utm_term=.ae0484c9ba09
    “Even if the alleged conduct falls outside the legal requirements of indecent exposure, it could fall within another criminal offense, such as disorderly conduct, said Ramon Korionoff, spokesman for the Montgomery County state’s attorney’s office." Even though there is conspicuity It would take rare legal ingenuity To prove an intent of promiscuity Beyond any reasonable ambiguity.

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  2. Deja Vu:
    "I remain very concerned that the perpetrator still has regular access to minors."

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