INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A former Kokomo Police Department officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and lying to state investigators to cover up the crime, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Justice says in a news release that a federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned an indictment against Sinmi Asomuyide. The indictment includes a count charging him with willfully depriving a 14-year-old girl of her constitutional rights by sexually assaulting her, which also involved kidnapping, when he was 31 years old. A second count accused him of lying to the Indiana State Police by denying the assault and the presence of his semen in his squad car.
If convicted, Asomuyide could face a maximum sentence of life in prison, the release said.
Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the FBI at 800-2255-324.
I-Team 8 reported a year ago that Asomuyide, a probationary officer, had been taken into custody. He started working with the department in July 2023 and graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in December 2023.
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