[PR] Arrest Made in a Sex Trafficking of Children Offense

Friday, May 29, 2020

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Youth and Family Services Division – Internet Crimes Against Children Branch announced an arrest has been made in reference to a Sex Trafficking of Children offense that occurred on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington, DC.

At approximately 6:45 pm, the suspect traveled to Washington, D.C., to engage in a commercial sex act knowing the fact that the person was a child. Upon arrival, the suspect was apprehended by responding officers without incident.

On Thursday, May 28, 2020, 24 year-old Richard Tounghui, of Hyattsville, MD, was arrested and charged with Sex Trafficking of Children.