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Code Seclion18 U.S,C. S 2251(a)

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:

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Case: 1:'15-mj-0029.1Assigned To : Magistrate Judge Alan KayAssign. Date : StSDl,lSDescription: Criminal Complaint & Arrest

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CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

I, the complainant in this case, state that the follo\Ying is true to the best ofmy knowledge and belief.On or about the date(s) of belween 1212 14-2t 1412015 in the county of

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did knowingly employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, and coerce any minor,to engage in sexually expliclt conduct for the purpose of producing any visualdepiction of such conduct by any means and facllity of interstate and forelgncommerce,

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I, Vincent Manning (hereinafter "Your Affiant"), being duly swom, depose and state asfollows:

Your Affiant is an investigator with the Metropolitan Police Department and, as such' Iam charged with enforcing all laws in the District of Columbia. Your affiant has been a memberofthe Metropotitan Police Department since February 2007. Your affiant has been assigned asan Investigator since July of20l4, Your afliant has drafted affidavits in support ofboth arrestand search wanants that have led to the recovery of crucial evidence resulting in the arrest andconvictions of multiple felons. Your affiant is currently assigned to investigate sexual andphysical abuse cases involving children. Your af'fiant has investigated other violent offensesthroughout my career with the Metropolitan Police Department. These investigations haveresuited in arrests and convictions ofsuspects in the District of Columbia Superior Court. I haveincluded in this affidavit facts which I believe are sufficient to support a probable cause {indingfor the issuance ofthe requested arrest warrant.

This affidavit is submitted in support of a complaint charging Darrell Best withProduction of Child Pomography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a).

The facts and information contained in this affidavit are based upon my personalkrlowledge of the investigation and observations ofother law enforcement offrcers involved inthe investigation. This affidavit contains informalion necessary to support probable cause forthis complaint. It is not intended to include each and every fact and matter observed by me orknown to the Govemment.

Based on the investigation thus far, there is probable cause to believe that Danell Bestdid knowingly employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, and coerce C-1, a minor female l6 years ofage, to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose ofproducing any visual depiction ofsuch conduct, knowing and having reason to know that such visual depiction: would betranspo*ed using any means and facility of interstate commerce or transported in or affectinginterstate commerce; or was produced using materials that have been mailed, shipped, ortransported in and affecting interstate or foreign commerce; or was transported using any meansand fbcility of interstate commerce or in and aft'ecting interstate commerce.

On Saturday, March 14,2015, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's YouthInvestiga tions Division were assi to investi gate allegations of sexual abuse involving twojuvenile females who were the time of the sexual abuse. Through thecourse of the investigation, your Affrant has leamed the following information: Bothcomplainants reported that the defendant, who was their pastor, sexually abused them. Thedefendant was the head pastor at God of Second Chance Ministry, located at 4410 SouthemAvenue, S.8., in Washington, D.C. The defendant is also employed as a police officer with theMetropolitan Police Department.

Case. 't :15-mj-00291Assigned To : Magistrate Judge Alan KayAssign. Date : 51512O15Description: Criminal Complaint & Arrest

C-l) reported that the det'endant took sexually explicitphotographs of her with his cellular telephone and sexually assaulted her numerous timesbetween December 23,2014 and February 14,2015. Specifically,

All olthe sexual abuse took place at the defendant's church, located at 4410 Southem AYenue,S.E,, in Washington, D.C. According to C-1, the defendant's fiancie later found someorall ofthe sexually explicit photographs ofC-l on the defendant's cellular phone and sent themelectronically to her own cellular phone (the fianc6e's phone). The defendant's fianc6e thenshowed the photographs to C-1 who acknowledged that the defendant had been sexually abusingher. C-l then disclosed the abuse to her parents who reported it to law enforcement.

On March 16,2015, the defendant was arrested and charged in Superior Court of theDistrict of Columbia with First Degree Sexual Abuse While Armed, Iirst Degree Sexual Abuseof a Minor in a Significant Relationship, Second Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor in aSignificant Relationship, and Third Degree Sexual Abuse.

Following the defendant's arrest, investigators obtained a search and seizure warrantfrom the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the defendant's T-Mobile Samsung Note2 cellular phone that was seized from the defendant's person, A forensic examination ofthedefendant's phone revealed seven images depicting child pomography. The file names ofeachimage indicate that they were taken using the defendant's T-Mobile Samsung Note 2 cellularphone. An analysis of these images suggests that some of the images were resized

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indicating that they may have been trarsferred ftom the device. This conoborates C- 1's accountthat the defendant's fianc6e was able to electronically transfer the images to the fiancde's ownphone. Your affiant knows that Samsung Note 2 cellular phones are not manufactured in theDistlict of Columbia.

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On April 23,2015, the sevenlaw enforcement. C-1 identified

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C-1 further stated that the defendant took all ofthe photographs describedabove and that they were taken at the defendant's church in the area next to his offrce.

Based on the above facts, Your Affiant submits that there is probable cause to believe thatbetween on or ab o$ 2n3/2014 and on or about 02/l4l2ol5, within the District oicolumbia andelsewhere, Darrell Best committed the offense ofProduction of Child Pornography, in violationof Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a).

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