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> Another Pete Buttfag pal goes down. Your day is coming, Pete.
A former Maryland mayor and well known LGBTQ activist, convicted earlier
this year in a heinous child pornography case, was sentenced to 30 years
in prison on Monday.
Patrick Wojahn, who resigned as mayor of College Park, Maryland, on March
2 before his arrest, pleaded guilty to 140 charges related to child
pornography as part of a deal struck with prosecutors. He was sentenced to
150 years total, with all but 30 years suspended, but still will be
eligible for parole in 7.5 years under state law, The Washington Post
reported. The conviction came after investigators linked an account
sharing illicit images to his government email address.
"I do sense the remorsefulness," Prince George's County Circuit Court
Judge Karen Mason said of Wojahn on Monday during an emotional hearing
when prosecutors read hours of victim impact statements. "And I do know
you take responsibility."
Authorities say the 48-year-old uploaded and shared dozens of photos and
videos depicting explicit child sex abuse, including the rape of
prepubescent boys by adults, to social media apps in January, The Post
reported. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified
Prince George’s County Police Department of the social media activity in
mid-February.
MONTANA MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES LINKED TO
MISSING ARIZONA TEEN
Through their investigation, police determined a social media account with
the screen name "skippy_md" belonged to Wojahn, FOX 5 DC reported.
By means of a subpoena, investigators found that Wojahn's College Park
government email address was listed as the recovery email for the Kik
account. Wojahn's phone number and home IP address were linked to the
account, according to authorities, who say the ex-mayor used a virtual
private network to mask his location when accessing the account.
More explicit images were also found on the social media app Telegram.
Court records show Wojahn was indicted in March by a grand jury on 80
counts of possessing and intent to distribute child pornography, which
were amplified to 140 counts in May through a superseding indictment. He
pleaded guilty in August to all 60 counts of distribution of child
pornography, 40 of possession of child pornography and 40 of possessing
child pornography with the intent to distribute. Of those kids depicted in
the hundreds of photos and videos Wojahn possessed and shared, law
enforcement identified 52 child victims, some of whom are now adults, in
collaboration with the Justice Department’s Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force Program and the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children.
Their victim impact statements read in court detailed struggles with
extreme anxiety, paranoia, poor sleep, trust issues and a sense of safety,
and some said they have been stalked and forced to move their current
families and children of their own after being exposed as victims of
online child exploitation.
The judge cited Wojahn's own past as a victim of sexual abuse and also
heard declarations of support from 16 people in the courtroom who spoke
about Wojahn’s history of public service before deciding to refer the
former mayor to the Patuxent Institution, a treatment-oriented maximum-
security prison in Maryland.
Wojahn himself addressed the courtroom Monday to apologize.
"I know I contributed to that, and I’m deeply, deeply sorry … I recognize
the damage I have caused," he said, according to the Post.
"I want to be the person they know me to be," he said to the community,
before addressing his husband, "I love you, too, very much."
Wojahn, a staunch LGBTQ advocate and graduate of Georgetown University Law
School who joined a lawsuit with his now-husband against the state of
Maryland in 2006 to make marriage a right for same-sex couples in the
state, had served on the College Park City Council for eight years until
he was elected mayor in November 2015. He served in that role for seven
years until his resignation earlier this year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-maryland-mayor-known-lgbtq-134743419.html
news:ucm6pp$2j2cd$7...@dont-email.me:
> Another Pete Buttfag pal goes down. Your day is coming, Pete.
A former Maryland mayor and well known LGBTQ activist, convicted earlier
this year in a heinous child pornography case, was sentenced to 30 years
in prison on Monday.
Patrick Wojahn, who resigned as mayor of College Park, Maryland, on March
2 before his arrest, pleaded guilty to 140 charges related to child
pornography as part of a deal struck with prosecutors. He was sentenced to
150 years total, with all but 30 years suspended, but still will be
eligible for parole in 7.5 years under state law, The Washington Post
reported. The conviction came after investigators linked an account
sharing illicit images to his government email address.
"I do sense the remorsefulness," Prince George's County Circuit Court
Judge Karen Mason said of Wojahn on Monday during an emotional hearing
when prosecutors read hours of victim impact statements. "And I do know
you take responsibility."
Authorities say the 48-year-old uploaded and shared dozens of photos and
videos depicting explicit child sex abuse, including the rape of
prepubescent boys by adults, to social media apps in January, The Post
reported. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified
Prince George’s County Police Department of the social media activity in
mid-February.
MONTANA MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES LINKED TO
MISSING ARIZONA TEEN
Through their investigation, police determined a social media account with
the screen name "skippy_md" belonged to Wojahn, FOX 5 DC reported.
By means of a subpoena, investigators found that Wojahn's College Park
government email address was listed as the recovery email for the Kik
account. Wojahn's phone number and home IP address were linked to the
account, according to authorities, who say the ex-mayor used a virtual
private network to mask his location when accessing the account.
More explicit images were also found on the social media app Telegram.
Court records show Wojahn was indicted in March by a grand jury on 80
counts of possessing and intent to distribute child pornography, which
were amplified to 140 counts in May through a superseding indictment. He
pleaded guilty in August to all 60 counts of distribution of child
pornography, 40 of possession of child pornography and 40 of possessing
child pornography with the intent to distribute. Of those kids depicted in
the hundreds of photos and videos Wojahn possessed and shared, law
enforcement identified 52 child victims, some of whom are now adults, in
collaboration with the Justice Department’s Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force Program and the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children.
Their victim impact statements read in court detailed struggles with
extreme anxiety, paranoia, poor sleep, trust issues and a sense of safety,
and some said they have been stalked and forced to move their current
families and children of their own after being exposed as victims of
online child exploitation.
The judge cited Wojahn's own past as a victim of sexual abuse and also
heard declarations of support from 16 people in the courtroom who spoke
about Wojahn’s history of public service before deciding to refer the
former mayor to the Patuxent Institution, a treatment-oriented maximum-
security prison in Maryland.
Wojahn himself addressed the courtroom Monday to apologize.
"I know I contributed to that, and I’m deeply, deeply sorry … I recognize
the damage I have caused," he said, according to the Post.
"I want to be the person they know me to be," he said to the community,
before addressing his husband, "I love you, too, very much."
Wojahn, a staunch LGBTQ advocate and graduate of Georgetown University Law
School who joined a lawsuit with his now-husband against the state of
Maryland in 2006 to make marriage a right for same-sex couples in the
state, had served on the College Park City Council for eight years until
he was elected mayor in November 2015. He served in that role for seven
years until his resignation earlier this year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-maryland-mayor-known-lgbtq-134743419.html
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