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Press release from the Baltimore County Police Department:
July 01, 2021
ORIGINAL July 1, 2021 2:49 p.m.
Baltimore County detectives have arrested a former coach on charges of second-degree rape and sex abuse of a minor.
According to the young victim, the abuse occurred while 33-year-old Melvin Tucker III was coaching baseball with the Arbutus Recreational League. The young athletes 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
This press release was produced by the Baltimore County Police Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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