Parents: Stop Shielding Juvenile Sex Crime Records
POSTED: 10:44 am EDT July 10,
2002
STEVENSVILLE, Md. -- Prompted by child sex abuse charges filed last month against a Kent Island karate instructor, a group of angry parents is targeting what they say is a loophole in Maryland law.
They say the current law allows adult sex offenders to conceal similar crimes that they committed as juveniles. Juvenile court records are sealed from prosecutors, police or employers who seek criminal background checks. William "Todd" Adams, 21, has been charged with abusing four girls between the ages 5-and-8. Police confirmed that Adams had been charged with sex offenses when he was 14 or 15.
Parents, activists and politicians who turned out for a news conference said the alleged abuse might never have happened if the law allowed access to records of sex offenses committed by juvenile offenders.Stay with TheWBALChannel.com and 11 News for the latest news updates.
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Previous Stories:
- June 24, 2002: Karate Instructor Formally Charged
- June 20, 2002: More Children Accuse Karate Instructor
- June 19, 2002: Karate Instructor Faces Child Abuse Charges
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