Salisbury man sentenced for sexually abusing two minors

SALISBURY, Md. – A Salisbury man has been sentenced to over two decades incarceration for sexually abusing two minors.

35-year-old John Mumford pleaded guilty in February to two separate counts of sexual abuse of a minor, and last week, a Wicomico County judge sentenced him to 22 years behind bars. Following his sentence, Mumford will be on five years of supervised probation under specialized sexual offender supervision and management, and will also be supervised under Lifetime Sexual Offender Supervision. He will also be required to register as a Tier III sexual offender for life, and if he should violate his probation, he will be subject to an additional 28 years behind bars.

The investigation began in 2022, when it was determined that Mumford sexually abused a minor child. It was later learned that in 2018, Mumford sexually abused a separate minor child. Although the child immediately notified adults in the home, the abuse was not reported to law enforcement when it happened in 2018. We’re told both victims were under the age of 12.