Crime & Safety

DC Police Charge 2 MD Men With Child Sex Trafficking

D.C. Police detectives arrested two Maryland men Thursday in connection with child sex trafficking offenses.

D.C. Police detectives arrested two Maryland men Thursday in connection with child sex trafficking offenses.
D.C. Police detectives arrested two Maryland men Thursday in connection with child sex trafficking offenses. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)

WASHINGTON, DC — Metropolitan Police Department detectives from the Youth and Family Services Division – Internet Crimes Against Children Branch arrested two suspects Thursday and charged them with sex trafficking of children, according to a police release.

The first suspect, whom police identified as David Williams, 92, of Accokeek, Maryland, traveled to D.C. around 4:43 p.m. in order to engage in a commercial sex act knowing that the person was a child. When the Williams arrived on the scene, responding officers arrested him.

Later that same night, at 6:45 p.m., a second suspect, whom police identified as Richard Tounghui, 24, of Hyattsville, Maryland, traveled to D.C. to engage in a commercial sex act knowing that the person was a child. Responding officers arrested him.

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MPD charged both Williams and Tounghui with sex trafficking of children.

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