SNOW HILL — A Salisbury martial arts instructor, indicted last fall on dozens of counts of sexual solicitation and sex abuse of a minor in both Worcester and Wicomico counties, pleaded guilty this week and now faces a maximum of 75 years in jail and a lifetime on the sex offender registry.
Last October, Zachariah Bennett, 26, was indicted by a Wicomico County grand jury on 29 total counts including first-degree rape for his alleged illicit activities involving minors while employed as an instructor at Mitchell’s Mixed Martial Arts in Salisbury. In November, a Worcester County grand jury indicted Bennett on five counts ranging from sexual abuse of a minor sexual abuse of a minor to second-, third- and fourth-degree sex offenses.
In Worcester County Circuit Court on Tuesday, Bennett pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a minor and a pre-sentence investigation and mental health assessment were ordered.
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ReplyDeleteno way in this world I would send my child to mitchells but i saw a van loaded up with kids the other day
ReplyDeleteOne of those vans he taped The13-year-old girl on a field trip in Ocean City. No way in the world I would allow one of my kids to be on those vans just knowing my child could be riding on the van it took place.
DeleteI hope all them career criminalsin jail give him martial art love daily
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