Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department Youth and Family Services Division’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force have announced an arrest has been made in a Sex Trafficking of Children and Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct offense that occurred on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Northwest, DC.
At approximately 5:22 pm, the suspect contacted an undercover officer online for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with a juvenile in the District of Columbia. The suspect was subsequently arrested by officers.
On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 48 year-old Makarand Manohar Dhavale, of Sterling, VA, was arrested and charged with Sex Trafficking of Children and Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct.