WASHINGTON (DC)
Patch
By DEB BELT (Patch Staff)
May 5, 2015
A Washington, D.C., police officer from Prince George’s County – who is also a pastor — faces charges of sexually assaulting teenage girls at a church and at police headquarters.
Metro Officer Darrell L. Best, 45, of Upper Marlboro, was arrested in March and is being held without bond on four charges, including first-degree sexual abuse while armed and sexual abuse of a minor. Authorities allege he abused two teenage girls who attend his church, God Of A Second Chance Ministry, in Southeast DC.
Since his arrest, a third girl has contacted authorities to report she was also abused by Best, NBC Washington reports.
Best was scheduled to appear in court May 5, but online court records show the conference was rescheduled for June 2. An earlier request that he be released from jail on bond was denied.
Prosecutors say Best reportedly sexually abused a 16-year-old parishioner three times at the church beginning in December.
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