Reston Man Meets Kid Through Video App, Sexually Abuses Him: Cops

HOWARD COUNTY, MD -- Police in Maryland have arrested a Reston man who they say met a 13-year-old boy from Ellicott City, Md. over a video app and then sexually abused him for months.

Joseph Coffinberg, 32, of Royal Fern Court in Reston met the boy through a live-streaming video app, and for the next five months he sexually abused him by taking him to a motel once a week, according to a report from the Howard County Police Department.

"Detectives were notified this week that the boy disclosed to a parent that Coffinberger had been driving from Virginia to have sex with him at least once a week since January," the report states. "He reported that Coffinberger would pick him up near his home and often take him to a motel."

Officers were waiting to arrest Coffinberger when he arrived May 22 in Ellicott City to meet the boy, police say.

Police say they are concerned that Coffinberger may have victimized other children in Maryland or Virginia, and are asking anyone with information to call 410-313-2630 or email HCPDcrimetips@howardcountymd.gov.

Coffinberger faces charges of rape and sexual solicitation of a minor. He is being held without bond.

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