{"id":30479,"date":"2025-12-12T08:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=30479"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:31:17","slug":"state-police-arrest-anne-arundel-county-man-for-sexual-solicitation-of-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2025\/12\/12\/state-police-arrest-anne-arundel-county-man-for-sexual-solicitation-of-a-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Arrest Anne Arundel County Man for Sexual Solicitation of a Minor \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(ANNAPOLIS, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested an Anne Arundel County man on Thursday after an investigation developed evidence of the solicitation of a child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is identified as Shawn Livingston, 38, of Annapolis, Maryland. He is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and knowingly permitting sexual solicitation of a minor. He was transported to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in April 2025, police began an investigation into an online child sex abuse material purchasing operation. Throughout the investigation, Livingston was identified as sexually soliciting a minor. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, yesterday, troopers from the Maryland State Police \u2013 Child Exploitation Unit and officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, served a search warrant at Livingston\u2019s residence in Annapolis. He was arrested on scene without incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit coordinates the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This is a combined law enforcement effort involving police departments across Maryland that is made possible in part due to grant funds provided by the Governor\u2019s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services and by a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Task force investigators focus on identifying those involved in child pornography via the Internet and other related crimes that victimize children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/Livingston-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30481\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/Livingston-1-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/Livingston-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/Livingston-1-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/Livingston-1-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/Livingston-1.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shawn Livingston<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Office of Media Communications, <a href=\"mailto:msp.media@maryland.gov\">msp.media@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ANNAPOLIS, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested an Anne Arundel County man on Thursday after an investigation developed evidence of the solicitation of a child pornography. The suspect is identified as Shawn Livingston, 38, of Annapolis, Maryland. He is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and knowingly permitting sexual solicitation of a minor. 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