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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Chukwuemeka Ekwonna of Glenn Dale, Maryland pled guilty in Baltimore on Tuesday to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Former DC Police officer Ekwonna, 29, admitted he paid a pair of teen girls for sex</span></strong></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Ekwonna was a metropolitan cop when he exchanged more than 250 text messages and social media messages on the app &#8216;Tagged&#8217; with two girls, ages 14 and 15, and paid both for sex </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>After 15-year-old victim provided services for Ekwonna in his car, he first paid her before pulling a gun on her and demanding his money back </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He was arrested in April 2017, and faced charges of armed robbery, firearm use in a felony crime of violence, first-degree assault, second-degree assault</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He was also charged with two counts of third-degree sex offenses , reckless endangerment, handgun in a vehicle, and handgun on a person and prostitution.<br />
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine, under his plea agreement </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Sentencing is scheduled for May 10</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><img class="media-library__list-item-centered" draggable="false" src="https://i2.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Chukwuemeka-Ekwonna-1.jpg?ssl=1&;w=450" alt="Chukwuemeka Ekwonna 1" width="1029" height="576" /><strong>Former DC cop Chukwuemeka Ekwonna [photo], faces min 10 years and max 20 years in prison, after admitting he paid teens for sex</strong></h6>
<p>A former law enforcement officer from Maryland has <a title="https://wjla.com/news/crime/former-dc-cop-indicted-on-charges-including-sex-trafficking-of-minors" href="https://wjla.com/news/crime/former-dc-cop-indicted-on-charges-including-sex-trafficking-of-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pled guilty to federal charges that he paid two teenage girls for sex </a>while he was employed as a police officer in the nation&#8217;s capital.<br />
The former Washington D.C. metro cop had been indicted in August 2017 on charges including sex trafficking of minors.<br />
Chukwuemeka Ekwonna, 29, of Glenn Dale, in PG County Tuesday pled guilty in Baltimore on two counts of sex trafficking of a minor.<br />
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The former officer faces a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 20 years in prison under his plea agreement with prosecutors. Ekwonna’s sentencing is scheduled for May 10.<br />
U.S. Attorney Robert Hur’s office said in a statement that Ekwonna worked as a Metropolitan Police Department officer in Washington when he exchanged more than 250 text messages and social media messages with two girls, ages 14 and 15, and paid both for sex.<br />
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In April 2017, the former officer was arrested on a warrant by the Anne Arundel County Police and faced charges of armed robbery, firearm use in a felony crime of violence, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, two counts of third-degree sex offenses , reckless endangerment, handgun in a vehicle, and handgun on a person and prostitution.<br />
<a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-police-officer-arrested-in-maryland-facing-multiple-charges-including-armed-robbery">WJLA</a> reported that On Jan. 9, 2017, a 15-year-old girl communicated with Ekwonna through a social media app called &#8220;Tagged&#8221; and agreed to meet with him to have sex in exchange for money.<br />
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Authorities said the girl was receiving services from the Department of Social Services when she revealed that she met Ekwonna on the app.<br />
Sexual activity occurred between Ekwonna and the teen in his car, and he gave her money for it. Moments later he pulled out a gun and demanded his money back.<br />
Investigators said the teen gave Ekwonna the money back and left his car.<br />
Ekwonna was an MPD officer for 14 months and was assigned to the Second District, according to police.</p>
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Troubled former DC Police officer pleads guilty to charges he allegedly paid 2 teen girls for sex – Ex-cop Chukwuemeka Ekwonna paid his teen victim, then robbed her
