JURY FINDS MONROVIA MAN GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT, SECOND DEGREE CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT

 

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

JURY FINDS MONROVIA MAN GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT, SECOND DEGREE CHILD ABUSE,

NEGLECT AND TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT

 

Frederick, MD – On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, a jury in Frederick County Circuit Court found 46-year old Christopher Kraft, of Monrovia, MD, guilty of First Degree Assault, Second Degree Child Abuse, Neglect of a Child, and two counts of Second Degree Assault.  The Honorable Judge Scott Rolle presided over the three-day jury trial.

On Sunday, March 3, 2024, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a request for a welfare check on a child.  Deputies made contact with the witness, the child, and the Defendant.  Deputies learned that just prior to their arrival, Kraft struck the child in the face, pulled the child to the ground and stood on the child’s stomach, threatening to crush the child.  Kraft also placed a lock on the outside of a door in order to lock the child in a room and failed to provide for the needs of the child.  Further investigation revealed that in a prior incident, the Defendant threw water on the child and then pointed a firearm at the child, threatening to shoot.

Kraft will be held without bond at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center until his November 26, 2024, sentencing date.

The State was represented by Erin Pearl, an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Special Victims Unit.

Press Contact:

Jacqueline Rottmann

Court Media Relations Officer

301-600-2972

100 West Patrick Street

Frederick, Maryland  21701

 

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