LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Monday, February 26, 2024, Malcolm Fluellyn, 27, of Bryans Road, entered a guilty plea to two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and six counts of Fourth-Degree Sexual Offense.

 

On February 10, 2023, a school resource officer at General Smallwood Middle School contacted the Charles County Sheriff’s Office to report a possible sexual assault between Fluellyn and multiple students.

 

An investigation revealed that Fluellyn was working as a permanent substitute teacher at General Smallwood Middle School from December 2022 through February 2023. Fluellyn inappropriately touched the victims, some on numerous occasions, at the school while he worked there. Additionally, Fluellyn reached out to some of the victims on Instagram and made inappropriate sexual comments about their bodies.  

 

The eight victims ranged in age between 12 and 13 years old. Fluellyn was immediately fired from the school when school officials learned of the assaults.

 

A sentencing date has been set for April 15, 2024. Fluellyn faces 50 years in prison.