Tuesday, February 19, 2013
John Andrew Blaes, 49, was sentenced in federal court to 27 years in prison after he admitted to transporting a 15-year-old girl from North Carolina to Parkville to engage in a BDSM relationship.
A Parkville man who pleaded guilty to transportation of a minor to engage in sex and conspiracy to produce child pornography has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. John Andrew Blaes, 49, of the 8600 block of Wendell Avenue was sentenced Tuesday afternoon by U.S. District Judge James K Bredar, according to a news release from the Office of the US Attorney for Maryland. Bredar also ordered that upon his release Blaes must register as a sex offender. Blaes and his then-girlfriend Margaret Ellen Jones both admitted in court that during July 2011 Blaes solicited a 15-year-old North Carolina girl to have sex with them, according to the news release. From July until November 2011, the girl lived with the couple in their Parkville home and was …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Margaret Ellen Jones, 37, pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to produce child pornography.
A Parkville woman has pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to charges that she conspired with her then-boyfriend to produce child pornography. Margaret Ellen Jones, 37, of the 8600 block of Wendell Avenue entered the plea in federal court before U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar. She faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in prison for conspiracy to produce child pornography, followed by up to a lifetime of supervised release, according to a news release from the office of Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. Jones is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11 of this year, the release states. Jones and her then-boyfriend John Andrew Blaes, 49, were indicted on federal charges in May 2012 after …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
John Andrew Blaes, 49, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to produce child pornography and transporting a minor to engage in sex.
A Parkville man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to charges stemming from an incident where he and a woman allegedly enslaved a teenage girl for sex. John Andrew Blaes, 49, of the 8600 block of Wendell Avenue in Parkville pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce child pornography and transporting a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced in a press release. Blaes faces a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 years in prison for the conspiracy charge and 10 years to life in prison for the transportation charge, followed by up to a lifetime of supervised release, the release states. A sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 19. Blaes and his alleged co-conspirator, 36-year-old Margaret …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A Parkville couple has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly abusing a 15-year-old North Carolina girl, authorities said.
UPDATE (3:16 p.m.)—A Parkville couple accused of treating a 15-year-old North Carolina girl as a sex slave faces more than a dozen state and federal charges, authorities said. A federal indictment, handed down May 9, charges John Andrew Blaes, 48, and Margaret Ellen Jones, 36, with transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes, as well as producing and distributing child pornography. Blaes and Jones, who lived together at Blaes' home in the 8600 block of Wendell Ave., at the time of the alleged crimes, met online in 2010 and became involved in a sexual relationship involving "bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism," according to the indictment. You can read the federal indictment in PDF format attached to this article. In …
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