Enrique Carbajal, 25, of Wheaton, Md., is going away for 90 months after pleading guilty to first-degree sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl in Northwest Washington. The sentence, handed down today in D.C. Superior Court, marks the end of a grotesque chapter that began with a lunch invitation and spiraled into a multi-jurisdictional nightmare of sexual predation.
Carbajal admitted in court in September 2016 that he traveled to the child’s home on March 26, 2016, after contacting the victim’s mother under false pretenses. Despite being told the girl would not be home, he arrived anyway. At approximately noon, the child opened the door and let him inside. He then led her into her parents’ bedroom and sexually assaulted her — an act that launched a chain of depravity investigators are still untangling.
After the initial assault, Carbajal didn’t stop. He took the girl to his apartment in Wheaton, where he introduced her to his roommate, referring to her as “a piece of new meat.” That roommate, whose name has not been released pending sentencing, proceeded to sexually assault the child — first in the apartment, then again later that night at a party in Alexandria, Va., where the girl was dragged into another bedroom and abused a second time.
Both men were arrested June 3, 2016, in Montgomery County, Md., and have remained in custody since. The roommate pleaded guilty on August 17, 2016, in Montgomery County Circuit Court to one count of second-degree rape. His sentencing is scheduled for December 7, 2016, before Judge Mary McCormick. Prosecutors say evidence, including witness statements and digital forensics, painted a horrifying picture of coordination and callousness.
U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, who announced the sentence, praised the relentless work of federal and local investigators. The FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Youth Division, and the Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigation Division all played critical roles. The Office of the Commonwealth Attorney in Alexandria, Va., also assisted in piecing together the timeline of abuse.
Upon release, Carbajal will serve five years of supervised probation, must register as a sex offender for ten years, and pay $1,000 in restitution to the victim. The case underscores the brutal reality of child sexual abuse networks — and the urgent need for cross-jurisdictional cooperation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lindsay Suttenberg and Danny Nguyen led the prosecution, backed by Victim/Witness Advocate Yvonne Bryant and Computer Forensic Examiner John Marsh, whose digital evidence work proved pivotal.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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