Crime & Safety
Report: Silver Spring Man Accused of Sexual Abuse of 5 Children
A 55-count indictment details charges involving children under age 12.
By Sean R. Sedam
A toddler’s examination by doctors in April turned up injuries consistent with abuse and, this week, a 55-count indictment accusing a Silver Spring man of sexually abusing five children, The Washington Post reported.
Adderli Jose Cruz-Rosario, 20, is charged with abusing a 19-month-old girl and her four older siblings—three girls and one boy, none of them older than 11, The Post reported.
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The indictment was filed Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville, according to court records accessed online.
Cruz-Rosario was arrested April 26 and is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Center in Boyds on two bonds totaling $1 million, The Post reported.
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