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
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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