Child abuse victim sues Prince George’s County school system

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Prince George’s County elementary school student who was molested by a former teacher’s aide alleges the county negligently hired the employee despite his criminal record, which included charges of assault and sexual offenses.
The plaintiff, who is identified in the lawsuit as “J.G.,” was abused by Jason Jamar Howard, a teacher’s aide at Glenn Dale Elementary School, when she was in the first and second grades, according to the lawsuit, which was originally filed in February in Prince George’s County Circuit Court but was transferred Tuesday to U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. Howard pleaded guilty in 2013 to sexual abuse of a minor and was sentenced to 25 years in prison with all but 10 years suspended, according to court records...

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