Man Charged With Rape After Child Porn Found In Storage Locker

SEVERN, MD — Child pornography found in a storage locker in Anne Arundel County led to the arrest of a Severn man, Maryland State Police announced Thursday. Glenn D. Ranger, 55, is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and a young boy.

A citizen who bought the storage locker during an auction discovered the pornography and contacted police in March, police said. State police obtained a search warrant and recovered thousands of photographs of child pornography and numerous electronic devices that included hard drives, DVDs and VHS tapes, police said.

Police traced the storage locker back to Ranger, who previously rented it.

Ranger was charged with three counts each of second degree rape, second degree sex offense, third degree sex offense and fourth degree sex offense. He is also charged with one count each of sexual abuse of a minor, sexual abuse of a minor with a continuing course of conduct, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Additional charges are pending.

Detectives recovered nude photos of a teenager and VHS tapes that showed a man sexually assaulting her, police said. The man in the tape was identified as Ranger.

It is believed that the assaults began when the teenager was 16 and continued for six to eight years, police said.

The tapes also show a male victim, about 6 to 8-years-old, being sexually accused by Ranger.

Police believe Ranger filmed the assaults with a camera hidden in the bedroom of an Anne Arundel County home where he previously lived.

Ranger moved to a residence in Dundalk in Baltimore County within the past month, police said.

Investigators have identified and contacted the female victim, who is now an adult. They are working to identify and contact other victims.

Anyone who has information about Ranger or who may have been a victim, is urged to contact Maryland State Police at 410-819-4780.

This investigation is ongoing.

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