Posted on 10/22/2015 6:09:54 PM PDT by markomalley
A former D.C. police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing two teenage girls who attended the Southeast Washington church where he served as pastor, prosecutors said.
Darrell Best, 46, a 25-year D.C. police department veteran, admitted to one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor and one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Best also pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge.
If approved by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, the plea agreement calls for Best to be sentenced to 18 years in prison, with a hearing date set for Feb. 26, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the District.
The girls, ages 16 and 17, attended God-A Second Chance Ministry Church. Best admitted abusing one girl at his office at D.C. police headquarters and the other at his church, prosecutors said. One teen’s parents alerted police after the girl was confronted by Best’s fiancee, who found pictures on his phone, according to charging documents.
He’s gonna like prison.
The one place crooked cops fear worse than hell.
Is this a real church? Looks like a dilapidated storefront in a bad neighborhood.
Looks like a pawn shop.
Could be in the Anacostia section of D.C. - very bad area.
Betcha this is not an isolated occurrence. Probably alot more of this going on than ever happened in the catholic church.
Much more prevalent but there's no money involved so you'll never hear it...
Darrell Best
You’ll never hear it — its racist.
Cop charged with raping teens at church and police HQ
Best is also a youth minister at God of the Second Chance church in D.C. where he is accused of assaulting one of his victims. The victim, who is an unidentified 16-year-old female, claims that on three different occasions Best had her leave choir practice to have sex with her. These incidents took place from December 2014 until as recently as this month. The second teen victim claims she was sexually assaulted by Best at police headquarters. Supporting her claim was her detailed description of the office and pictures on the wall where the assault took place. Neither a police spokesman or a police union representative will comment on the case because it is deemed a “personnel matter” and as such no public statement can be made. Best is currently awaiting a hearing and is in custody.
http://rollingout.com/2015/03/23/cop-charged-raping-teens-church-police-hq/
Shouldn’t that be, ‘The Reverend Dr. Darrell Best’?
Big difference...This guy's going to jail...There's no bishop to send him to another church in another town to molest more kids
Nice try tho...
Yeah, and the kid gets nothing because he doesn't have any money....
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