Ex Wrestling Coach Sentenced In Child Pornography Case: Report

GAITHERSBURG, MD — A former volunteer wrestling coach at Gaithersburg's Quince Orchard High School was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation and six days in jail on a child pornography charge, according to Bethesda Beat.

Dake Williams, 28, of Potomac, was arrested on Sept. 9, 2019 after authorities found more than a thousand videos and images of child pornography on his electronic devices.

Law enforcement officials were first alerted of Williams on Oct. 16, 2017, charging documents show. At about 1:05 a.m., officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at JFK Airport in New York found a package addressed to Williams that contained an illegal, synthetic drug called MDMA.

Three days later, members of the Metropolitan Area Drug Task Force and a U.S. Postal inspector visited Williams' home to learn out more about the drug-laden parcel, officials said. Inside Williams' residence, officers said they found a white, powdery substance in glass vials, in Ziploc bags, and on a scale.

Authorities obtained a search warrant of Williams' home that same day and seized "numerous items of contraband, evidence and electronic devices," court documents state.

Officials said they found more than a thousand videos and images of child pornography.

Following a two-year police investigation, Williams was arrested on Sept. 9, 2019 and released on bond four days later, court records show.

The 28-year-old Potomac resident was a volunteer wrestling coach at Quince Orchard High School from 2015 to 2018. The school's principal, Elizabeth L. Thomas, sent a letter to families about Williams shortly after he was arrested. She said the charges appeared to be "unrelated to his role as a volunteer coach."