Miguel Navarro | MCPD
A 61-year-old Germantown man remains jailed after he was charged in connection with child sex offenses, a Montgomery County police statement said.
Miguel Angel De Jesus Navarro, 61, of the 12500 block of Great Park Circle in Germantown, is being held without bail at the Montgomery County Detention Center, according to online court records.
The Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) — Child Exploitation Unit began investigating Navarro in November. Detectives learned that in March or April 2019, the victim, a 14-year-old girl, and her mother left the Salvation Army at 18705 N. Frederick Ave. in Gaithersburg.
A vehicle approached them and the driver, later identified as Navarro, offered them a ride home. Navarro spoke to them in Spanish but appeared to be fluent in Spanish and English. The mother accepted the offer and when Navarro arrived at the home, he asked the victim how old she was to which she replied that she was 14. Navarro obtained the victim’s phone number before he left.
That evening, the victim received a phone call from Navarro. Navarro offered to give the victim money in exchange for engaging in sexual intercourse, police said. 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 victim to send him inappropriate photographs of herself and soliciting sexual acts, police said.
Navarro was arrested on Dec. 30 in Germantown on the strength of a Montgomery County criminal warrant.
Navarro has been charged with:
- Sexual solicitation of a minor, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison;
- Solicitation of a minor for child pornography, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for first offenses; and
- Attempted sex trafficking of a minor, a common law offense.
The maximum penalties for common law offenses are subject to the cruel-and-unusual punishment provision of the U.S. Constitution.
Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 240-773-5400.
