Md. corrections officer indicted on Va. felony sex assault charges

By Will Vitka
April 14, 2021 | 11:51 AM

A Charles County, Maryland, corrections officer has been suspended after being indicted by a King George County, Virginia, grand jury on charges of aggravated sexual battery and engaging in an indecent act with a child.

According to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation into Richard Dean was launched in August of 2020.

The sheriff’s office said that based on the nature of the allegations, he was immediately suspended without pay from the Charles County Detention Center, where he had worked for 14 years.

The investigation revealed that the incident happened in Virginia, and the case was turned over to the King George County Sheriff’s Office.

Dean was indicted by a Virginia grand jury April 9.

Washington crime stats system experienced a ‘systemic breakdown’ of internal controls, report says

By The Associated Press
July 28, 2026 | 4:55 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department's crime statistics collection experienced a “prolonged, systemic breakdown of its internal control system,” according to a report released Tuesday by the city’s inspector general, which reviewed the department's process after accusations by the federal government that figures were manipulated. The investigation, requested in December by Mayor Muriel Bowser, reviewed MPD crime data from 2015 through 2025. While the report did not indicate any fraud or intentionality in the flaws in the crime stats collection, it recommended a series of steps meant to ensure accuracy in the data gathering going forward.

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