State v. Pio Arnoldo Flores, C-08-CR-23-000929
LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, August 29, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Monise A. Brown sentenced Pio Arnoldo Flores, 56, of Bryantown, to 12 years in prison for the Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Flores will be on supervised probation for five years upon release from prison. Flores will also have to register as a Tier III sex offender after his release and comply with lifetime sexual offender supervision conditions.
On April 16, 2024, Flores pled guilty to the aforementioned charge.
On November 14, 2023, officers with Charles County Sheriff’s Office made contact with the then 16-year-old victim after receiving a report from the Department of Human Services alleging child sexual abuse. The victim reported that Flores began assaulting her in April 2020 when she was 13 years old. An investigation revealed that Flores began touching the victim inappropriately, which eventually progressed to sexual acts with the victim. The last incident was on October 29, 2023.
Flores knew the victim since she was an infant.
At sentencing, the Assistant State’s Attorney assigned to the case told the judge that Flores committed “the worst of the worst acts that constitute Sex Abuse of a Minor.” She also stated that “the psychological scars will affect this young lady for the rest of her life.”
Sentence
Count 1: Sex Abuse of a Minor
• 20 years with all but 12 years suspended
• Five years of supervised probation