UPDATE: According to new details, the incident involving the alleged child abuse was originally captured on a nanny cam in 2023. The child’s mother was alerted to the situation through her cellphone and immediately went to the residence to confront Emerson Carl Schaeffer and stop the assault. Although the original video was reported as “lost,” it was recently recovered from cloud storage. In court proceedings, the child’s mother was denied a protective order. However, a separate protective order was granted to an adult female who was the alleged victim in the March 28, 2025, assault case. 3/30/2025: Emerson Carl Schaeffer, 27, of St. Inigoes, is facing multiple criminal charges—including felony child abuse—after a graphic video and photos showing the alleged abuse of a child were posted on social media and reported to law enforcement. According to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, Emerson Schaeffer, was arrested on March 28 and March 29, 2025, in connection with two incidents. The charges came to light shortly after a widely shared social media post accused Schaeffer of abusing a young child. The post, which included disturbing images and video footage, identified Schaeffer as a youth soccer coach and […]
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