WASHINGTON - Linwood Barnhill, 59, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to sex trafficking a minor, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced.
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Barnhill, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer, recruited minor girls to engage in commercial sex acts, according to court documents. He reportedly collected over $10,000 in profits from one of the minors he exploited.
Barnhill also used his victims to recruit other minors to victimize, court documents say.
Judge Jia M. Cobb will sentence Barnhill, who is already a registered sex offender in the District of Columbia, on Dec. 12. His crimes carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.
This case was investigated by FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Burrell.
The Source: Information in this article came from the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia.