Update: Former D.C. police officer Charles Johnson has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing a child who was 9 and 10-years-old at the time of the assaults, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. announced. Johnson was convicted of the crimes in July after a five-day trial.

Johnson, who maintains his innocence, was officially terminated from the Metropolitan Police Department last month, the Washington Post reported.

Original:

A D.C. police officer was arrested Thursday and charged with child sex abuse.

Charles Johnson II, a sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department since 2019 assigned to the city’s first police district, allegedly sexually abused a young girl on “multiple occasions” in the District.

The girl was younger than 16 years old, according to the police report, and the alleged sexual abuse took place in Southeast D.C. between January of 2020 and September of 2021.

Johnson’s police powers have been revoked and he has been placed on administrative leave, according to the department.