On December 1, 2025, officials announced the outcome of a criminal case involving a Thurmont resident who had been charged with multiple counts of sexual solicitation of a minor. According to the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office, 28-year-old Travis Peters entered a guilty plea on Monday to one of the three charges initially filed against him. His plea resulted in a sentence of ten years in prison, though all but 18 months of that term were suspended. Court records also showed that Peters received credit for 116 days already served.
Following his release, Peters will be subject to five years of supervised probation through COMET — the Collaborative Offender Management/Enforced Treatment program. This specialized supervision requires strict compliance with several conditions that are standard for high-risk offenders. Under these requirements, Peters must complete a psycho-sexual evaluation and participate fully in sex-offender treatment programs. He will also be obligated to adhere to offender-specific therapeutic plans, medication directives, polygraph testing, computer-use monitoring, electronic tracking, and court-ordered curfew rules.
In addition to these restrictions, Peters will be required to register as a Tier III sex offender, the classification reserved for the category deemed most serious under Maryland law. As a result, he will be prohibited from having any unsupervised interaction with minors for the duration of his registration and supervision period.
Peters’ arrest occurred in August 2025 after an investigation conducted by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Authorities initiated the probe when they received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which had flagged suspicious online activity consistent with the sexual solicitation of minors.
The sentencing hearing took place at the Frederick County Courthouse, where Circuit Court Judge Joannie Raymond Brubaker presided over Monday’s proceedings. The case remains another example of how coordinated state and federal efforts aim to respond quickly to digital crimes involving vulnerable children.
