Crime & Safety
Gaithersburg Man Charged in Sex Assault
Police investigating whether other young men were assaulted by the same man over past 10 years
Montgomery County police are investigating whether a Gaithersburg man arrested on a sex offense charge last month may have sexually assaulted a series of young men over the past decade.
Joey Poindexter, 38, was charged with second-degree sex offense and was being held on $500,000 bond, according to court records accessed online.
Police accused Poindexter of sexually assaulting a person he met at a College Park bar Oct. 3. He was arrested Oct. 10, police said in a statement Monday night.
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Police now claim he may have victimized others and said further details would be made public during a press conference Tuesday.
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