Man Charged with Soliciting Sex from Minor

An Illinois man is facing four felony charges after detectives from our Child Exploitation Unit caught him soliciting sex online from someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl. The 13-year-old was actually one of our detectives. The first contact was in July, and led to a multijurisdictional operation. During multiple conversations, 54-year-old Martin Bollhorst solicited sex numerous times. Bollhorst was arrested yesterday in

Man Charged with 20 Counts of Possession of Child Pornography; Detectives Seeking Additional Information

Mount Vernon Police District – A man was arrested yesterday afternoon on 20 counts of felony possession of child pornography. The images were discovered on a device traced back to 29-year-old Jaeyoung Lee, who resides in the Fairfax County section of Alexandria. Detectives from our Child Exploitation Unit assisted by the Computer Forensics Unit conducted this investigation which led to

Maryland Middle School Teacher Caught in Online Sting

  A 39-year-old Maryland Middle School teacher is facing charges on four counts of Solicitation of a Minor in connection with an online chat investigation that began on August 31 by our Major Crime Bureau, Child Exploitation Unit. A detective posing as a 14-year-old boy, was contacted by a stranger through a geo-social cell phone application. The suspect initiated a

Substitute Teacher Charged with Arranging to Have Sex with a Minor

Reston Police District – A 22-year-old substitute teacher is facing charges of solicitation of a minor and attempted indecent liberties. Detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit arrested Hatim Khalid Abdelrahman of Reston last night. Abdelrahman arranged to meet a young girl with the apparent intent of having sex. Detectives arrested him in the Herndon area around 6 last evening. Abdelrahman

UPDATE: Anonymous Tip Leads to an Arrest of “Upskirting” Suspect at Walmart

West Springfield District –A Crime Solvers tip led to the arrest of Guy Joseph Parsons, 53, of Fairfax, earlier this morning. Detectives from our Major Crimes Division followed up on an anonymous tip received through a Crime Solvers text-a-tip. Through the investigation, a strong lead was developed and Parsons was taken into custody near his home in the 4900 block

UPDATE: Missing Girl Located

West Springfield Police District – Earlier today, detectives were notified that Sofia Cuellar Barrientos had been found in Charles County, Maryland. She will soon be reunited with her family. (Original Release May 24, 2017)      Help Us Find a Missing/Endangered Young Girl Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old, Sofia Cuellar Barrientos. She was last seen in

Multiple Arrests Made in Child Exploitation Operation

Major Crimes Division detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit recently conducted a three-day operation targeting online sexual predators. Detectives, posing as juveniles, went online and within a very short period of time, received solicitations and sexually explicit images from men wanting to meet the “child” for the purpose of engaging in inappropriate sexual activity. The suspect and “child” would arrange a time and