Silver Spring swim teacher charged with assaulting kids throughout non-public classes

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A Silver Spring swim teacher is charged with sexually assaulting two kids throughout non-public swimming classes, in response to the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD).

Tyler Wang’Ombe-Gichuru, 25, faces two counts of second-degree rape, together with a number of expenses for sexual assaults and offenses, in response to PGPD.

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The two kids, each beneath the age of 10, have been assaulted by Wang’Ombe-Gichuru throughout non-public swim classes, in response to the company’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit (CVAA). Police mentioned the victims’ household employed the suspect to show the kids at a group middle in Upper Marlboro on July 22.

The father of a 7-year-old woman and 5-year-old boy instructed 7News that Gichuru, whom he’d employed to show his children to swim, as a substitute sexually assaulted them throughout and after a lesson because the dad sat close by.

“I think he was brazen and targeted because he wasn’t afraid that a parent was also present,” mentioned the daddy

7News shouldn’t be sharing the person’s identify to guard the id of his kids. But he selected to talk. He is offended and feels betrayed by Gichuru.

“This is not his first rodeo,” mentioned the person, “because he was trusting..he had the modus operandi. He knew how to get you to trust him.”

Police mentioned Wang’Ombe-Gichuru shouldn’t be an worker of the group middle; nevertheless, he works at a trampoline park in Laurel, the place he met the victims’ household. Police mentioned how they met fearful them, as a result of that job and one other job he had as a lifeguard and swim teacher with a pool administration firm gave Gichuru, who has a prison report together with jail time for a gun-related crime, entry to many kids.

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A relative of two kids reached out to PGPD to report the offenses, in response to police.

Lt. Michael Snyder, who instructions the PGPD little one abuse unit, mentioned he desires to ship a message to oldsters who’ve had contact with the suspect.

“Talk to their children to find out if anything inappropriate or anything even remotely inappropriate has happened, and please contact us, and we will have further conversations with them,” Snyder mentioned.

Maryland legislation doesn’t permit prison background checks earlier than somebody is conditionally provided a job. The lawyer for the pool administration firm wouldn’t inform 7News’ Brad Bell whether or not they did a background test on Gichuru. The proprietor of the trampoline park mentioned he didn’t do one.

Wang’Ombe-Gichuru is being held with out bond, and CVAA detectives want to converse with anybody with data on this investigation.

The father of the alleged victims mentioned he desires justice.

“He makes use of the belief from being a swim teacher to get nearer to children and the legislation ought to take him away,” the person mentioned.