Arbutus youth baseball coach charged with rape and sexual abuse of a child (Video)
On July 1, detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department reported arresting a former youth baseball coach working in Arbutus, Maryland, on a total of six charges, including second-degree rape and sexual abuse of a minor.
According to the young victim, the abuse occurred roughly two years ago, while 33-year-old Melvin Tucker III was coaching baseball with the Arbutus Recreational League, an organization that registers area youth ages three to 17 for enrollment in a variety of youth sports and educational opportunities.
The young athletes in the youth baseball league knew Tucker as “Coach Joe.”
Detectives with the Baltimore County Crimes Against Children’s Unit have reason to believe there are other children Tucker may have targeted and sexually abused.
Anyone with information can contact detectives at 410-307-2020. If you have been a victim of a sexual assault, there is help available for you 24-hours a day.
You can call the police non-emergency line at 410-887-2222 or contact any one of these resources:
- Turn Around 24-hour hotline: 443-279-0379
- Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County: 410-828-6390
- Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center SAFE – nurse: 443-849-3323
For more on Tucker’s arrest, see the video accompanying this article.
(Source: Baltimore County Police)
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