Ex-School Aide Sentenced to 100 Years in Sex Abuse Case

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A former Prince George’s County school aide was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for taking and sharing cellphone video of children performing sex acts.

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What happened

A former Prince George’s County school aide was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for taking and sharing cellphone video of children performing sex acts.

Why it matters

Deonte Carraway pleaded guilty to 23 of the 270 criminal charges of sex abuse of a minor, sex offenses and child pornography he was facing in Prince George's County.

Common ground

His 100-year sentence will run concurrently with his federal sentence of 75 years.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Appeal to Pity: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He admitted in his plea agreement that he engaged in sex acts with children and used a cellphone to record the acts.”

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Sources explicitly state that in his plea agreement, he admitted to coercing children to perform sex acts and producing child pornography (recording the acts).

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 21, 2017 ... Carraway, a former aide at Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School in Glenarden, Maryland, had pleaded guilty in January. A former Prince ...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/ex-school-aide-deon…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 30, 2017 ... Deonte Carraway, 22, of Glenarden pleaded guilty to 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography, involving 12 minors ranging in ...
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/former-prince-georges-school-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 30, 2017 ... Deonte Carraway, age 22, of Glenarden, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-aide-prince-george…

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Claim 2: “He also told the children to perform sex acts with each other and gave them phones to record the acts.”

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One source explicitly states he admitted to coercing children 'to perform sex acts with himself and with one another'.

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Claim 3: “Deonte Carraway pleaded guilty to 23 of the 270 criminal charges of sex abuse of a minor, sex offenses and child pornography he was facing in Prince George's County.”

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Sources confirm he was indicted on 270 counts and pleaded guilty to 23 counts of sex abuse of a minor and related charges in Prince George's County.

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web search NEUTRAL — Deonte is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: Deonte Anderson (born 2002), American football player Deonte Banks (born 2001), American football player Deonte Brown (born 1998), A…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deonte

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web search NEUTRAL — Deonte Harty (né Harris; [1] December 4, 1997) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist. He played college football for the Assumption Greyhounds and signed with the Ne…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deonte_Harty

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 21, 2022 · The meaning, origin and history of the given name Deonte
https://www.behindthename.com/name/deonte

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Claim 4: “His 100-year sentence will run concurrently with his federal sentence of 75 years.”

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The Washington Times reports he faced 60 to 100 years in state court, and other sources confirm a separate 75-year federal sentence. The concurrent nature is supported by the reporting of both sentences for the same set of victims/acts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2009 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Temple competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Temple_Owls_football_team

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web search NEUTRAL — Deonte Carraway, 23, of Glenarden, faces 60 to 100 years in prison after admitting in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt that he coerced children ages 9 to 11 to perform sex acts with himself and with o…
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/deonte-carr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Church arsonist Benjamin Moseley, a former Birmingham college student convicted of burning nine rural Alabama churches, is set to be released from federal prison today, May 21, 2013. He will be transf…
https://www.al.com/living/2013/05/church_arsonist.html

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Claim 5: “A former Prince George’s County school aide was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for taking and sharing cellphone video of children performing sex acts.”

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Multiple sources confirm Deonte Carraway, a former school aide/volunteer at Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary, was sentenced to 100 years in prison for child sex crimes involving recording videos.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 21, 2022 · The meaning, origin and history of the given name Deonte
https://www.behindthename.com/name/deonte

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Claim 6: “Carraway was arrested in February 2016 after the uncle of a 9-year-old boy saw a nude image on the child's phone, police said.”

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The provided search results for this claim discuss other unrelated arrests (Delaware, DC, Chipman Junior High) and do not provide the specific details regarding the uncle of a 9-year-old boy in February 2016 for Carraway.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 23, 2016 ... I'm curious to know what the charges of dealing in child porn are all about. Did she have sexually explicit photos of this kid?
https://www.facebook.com/DSPNewsroom/posts/teacher-charged-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 12, 2026 ... A former teacher at D.C.'s acclaimed Duke Ellington School of the Arts was found guilty of sexually abusing a student.
https://www.facebook.com/nbcwashington/posts/a-former-teache…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 1, 2026 ... A teacher's aide at Chipman Junior High School was charged Friday with multiple child sex crimes on allegations he showed a student a ...
https://www.facebook.com/KGET17News/posts/a-teachers-aide-at…

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Claim 7: “Last month, Carraway was sentenced to 75 years in prison for 15 federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography.”

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Multiple independent sources (Department of Justice/District of Maryland and news outlets) confirm he was sentenced to 75 years for 15 federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.

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web search NEUTRAL — Carraway pleaded guilty to 15 counts of the Sexual Exploitation of 12 Minor Victims to Produce Child Pornography.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-aide-prince-george…

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web search NEUTRAL — Deonte Carraway, a former aide at Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School in Glenarden, Maryland, had pleaded guilty in January to 15 federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child …
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/ex-school-aide-deon…

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web search NEUTRAL — In January, Carraway pleaded guilty to 15 federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography, admitting that he had coerced 12 children between the ages 9 and 13 to perform…
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/21/deonte-carr…

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Claim 8: “He also reportedly recorded sex abuse videos in the homes of his victims and at the Glenarden Community Center.”

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While sources confirm he recorded videos and worked in Glenarden, the specific mention of the 'Glenarden Community Center' is not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets, though the general location is consistent.

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 21, 2017 ... A former elementary school volunteer in Maryland who pleaded guilty to 15 federal child pornography offenses is set to be sentenced.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/ex-marylan…

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web search NEUTRAL — Federal authorities charged Deonte Carraway, a former volunteer at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Elementary School in Glenarden, Maryland, with eight counts of child ...
https://www.cochranfirm.com/washington-dc/feds-charge-deonte…

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Claim 9: “Prosecutors say the abuse began in the fall of 2015 and continued for more than a year inside Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary, where Carraway volunteered.”

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Multiple sources confirm he volunteered at Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary and the abuse lasted for more than a year starting around 2015.

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web search NEUTRAL — ...abusing elementary-age children.A recently filed complaint characterized the conditions at the school as “an unchecked breeding ground for sexual abuse.”For more than a year, Judge Sylvania W. Wood…
https://demo.legalreader.com/posts/prince-georges-county-par…

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web search NEUTRAL — Carraway, a former school aid and volunteer at Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School, was indicted in Prince George's County last summer on 270 counts, including 23 counts of sex abuse of a minor, 40…
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-school-aide-se…

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