Man Arrested For Sexually Soliciting Girl, Police Seek Victims

GERMANTOWN, MD — A Germantown man who police say solicited sex acts and explicit photos from a 14-year-old girl for at least six months is now in jail on sexual exploitation charges. Montgomery County Police said they are concerned that there could be additional victims of Miguel Angel De Jesus Navarro, 61, of the 12500 block of Great Park Circle in Germantown. Navarro is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor, attempted sex trafficking of a minor, and the solicitation of a minor for child pornography.

In November 2019, detectives received a report of possible sexual solicitation of a minor. In March or April 2019, a 14-year-old girl and her mother were leaving the Salvation Army at 18705 N. Frederick Ave. in Gaithersburg. A vehicle approached them and the driver, later identified as Navarro, offered the pair a ride to their home. Navarro spoke to them in Spanish, but appeared to be fluent in English, too.

The mother accepted the offer and when Navarro arrived at the home, he asked the victim how old; she told him that she was 14. Navarro obtained the victim’s phone number before he left.

That evening, the victim received a phone call from Navarro. Police say he offered to give the girl money in exchange for sexual intercourse. The victim told Navarro that she was 14 and to leave her alone. Navarro continued to text the victim messages through November 2019 that included asking the teen to send him inappropriate photographs of herself and soliciting sexual acts, a police report said.

Navarro was arrested on Dec. 30 in Germantown on a Montgomery County criminal warrant. He was taken to the Central Processing Unit and is being held without bond.

Anyone who believes they were victimized by Navarro is asked to call investigators at 240-773-5400.