Swim Instructor Charged with Assaulting Two Children

Tyler Wang’Ombe-Gichuru, a 25-year-old from Silver Spring, Maryland, has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual offenses, including two counts of second-degree rape, after allegedly sexually assaulting a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl during a private swim lesson at the BeechTree Community Center in Upper Marlboro on July 22, 2025. Wang’Ombe-Gichuru, who was hired privately after meeting the family at a trampoline park, is not an employee of the community center. Charging documents state the assaults occurred in the pool and, for the boy, also in a bathroom, and allege Wang’Ombe-Gichuru told the children to keep the incidents secret. He was arrested on July 23 after the children's father tried to confront him and then reported the allegations to police. Authorities are investigating whether there are additional victims due to Wang’Ombe-Gichuru’s regular access to children. He remains in custody without bond, and police urge anyone with information or who may be a victim to come forward.