After-School Counselor Charged With Sexually Abusing 5-Year-Old Girl

A counselor for a private after-school program in Montgomery County has been charged for inappropriately touching a 5-year-old girl, police say.

Raul Alejandro Ramos, 21, of Silver Spring, Maryland, has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of third-degree sexual offense, police said.

Ramos worked for the "Kids After Hours" program at Flower Valley Elementary School on Sunflower Drive in Rockville.

Police said between Aug. 29 and Oct. 31, Ramos inappropriately touched the young girl more than once while playing tag. The incidents happened on the playground and inside the school, police said.

It is not known at this time if Ramos has been fired from his job as a counselor.

Police are asking anyone who has concerns about other children enrolled in the Kids After Hours program to call police at (240) 773-5400.

The after-school program is not run by Montgomery County Public Schools.

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