Criminal Arrest-Sexual Assault

DATE & TIME: January 2008 thru June 2011
Case # 11-142
LOCATION: 123 Branch Street, Berlin, Worcester County

CRIME: Sex Offense

VICTIM: white male, 25 years of age, Berlin, Maryland

ACCUSED: Jason Paul Carpenter, 30 years of age, W/M, 204 Broad Street, Berlin, MD

CHARGES: Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Assault 1st degree, Assault 2nd degree, Sex Offense 1st , 2nd, and 3rd degree, Sodomy, Perverted practice

NARRATIVE:
On June 8, 2011, the complainant and victim responded to the Berlin Police Department in reference to a reported a sexual offense. Due to the nature of the crime, the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) was contacted to continue the investigation.

The complainant entered the police department to report that her brother, the victim, had been sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, the suspect, Jason Carpenter. The victim has a mental capacity of a third grader.

The victim advised that the suspect had performed sexual acts on him on several occasions while living together in the residence.

The first assault was on or about January of 2008 and the last assault occurring in May of 2011. During the encounters, the suspect entered the victim's bedroom while he was asleep and performed the sexual acts.

Carpenter was served with an arrest warrant on June 10, 2011 charging him with numerous counts of sexual acts and abuse. Carpenter was held without bond pending his scheduled trial.