Maryland chiropractor charged with sexual assault of child in Texas

Posted at 12:43 PM, July 25, 2022 and last updated 2:00 AM, December 13, 2022

BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Maryland chiropractor Blake Kalkstein after he traveled to Texas to sexually assault a child he met through an online video gaming platform.

Kalkstein, 37, was arrested by deputies on July 6, 2022 in Stafford, Texas. He traveled from Baltimore to Fort Bend County to commit the crime.

Blake Edward Kalkstein (Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office)

The investigation showed that Kalkstein traveled to Fort Bend County in May and July of 2022.

According to deputies, he is a gamer on different gaming platforms and he used one of these to lure the victim.

Kalkstein has been booked in the Fort Bend County Jail on two second degree felony warrants.

He has been charged with sexual assault of a child with a $100,000 bond on each charge.

This story was originally published July 24, 2022 by WMAR in Baltimore, an E.W. Scripps Company.

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