UPDATE 1/31/2018: On Tuesday, January 30, 2018, Anton Cortez Queen, 23, of Mechanicsville, was sentenced in Circuit Court by Judge David W. Densford to 20 years in prison, with 10 years suspended. Queen will also have five years of supervised probation upon release.
Queen was originally charged with three counts of rape and sex abuse of a minor, he pleaded guilty to one count of second degree rape.
The victim was a 12-year-old girl.
5/22/2017: On Friday, May 19, 2017, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into a report of a sex offense involving a juvenile female, after initially responding to a private residence in Mechanicsville for a reported disturbance.
Detectives and Crime Lab Technicians from the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) were contacted and continued the investigation.
As a result of their investigation, Anton Cortez Queen, 22, of Mechanicsville, was later arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Rape and Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
Cortez is being held at the Detention Center on a no bond status.
Anyone with additional information about this crime is asked to contact Detective Skyler LeFave at 301-475-4200, ext. *1983 or by email, [email protected].