Woman Charged With 28 Counts Of Sexual Child Abuse, Attempted Kidnapping And Extortion

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-06-14 21:26

Story here.

'Valerie Lianne Carlton, 40, of Joppa, Maryland, was indicted by the Grand Jury for Harford County on June 2, 2009 on 28 counts ranging from the Sexual Child Abuse of two young girls, ages five and six, to Attempted Child Kidnapping and Extortion. These offenses began on or about January 2008 and continued through April 2009. Carlton has been a resident of Joppa for the past fifteen years.

The case is being investigated by the Harford County Child Advocacy Center and anyone with any information concerning this case is urged to contact the Center at 410.638.3294. Please contact Joseph Cassilly, State’s Attorney for Harford County, at 410.638.3500 for further information regarding this release.'

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I have noticed that when women are suspects in horrific child abuse cases, the news coverage is 2 paragraphs long and buried somewhere in the back pages or you need to look for it on the web site. However if the suspect is male, it's all over the news for weeks, months, years.

Funny, that...

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Submitted by mcc99 on Mon, 2009-06-15 15:45

I've read classified ads that were longer.

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Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-06-15 20:16