WASHINGTON — A 48-year-old D.C. man is charged with second-degree child abuse for an offense that occurred on Thursday.
At 8:08 p.m., detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department say the suspect engaged in unwanted sexual contact with a juvenile victim in the 700 block of 14th Street in Northwest D.C.
Investigators identified the suspect as 28-year-old Alberto Jovel of Washington, D.C.
Jovel was arrested and charged with second-degree child abuse on Thursday.
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