Bad Bad Teacher

(08/05/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Aaron Burroughs, 37, a former volunteer football coach at Bowie High School in Bowie, Maryland has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for engaging in a sexual relationship with then 14-year-old girl and using her as a prostitute.

Burroughs, arrested in August 2006, pleaded guilty last year to transporting the girl to a former Capitol Police sergeant’s house in Charles County, then making a video recording of the officer and the girl having sex. That former officer, Michael Malloy, received a 15-year-sentence earlier this year for his conviction on a charge of sexually exploiting a juvenile to create child pornography.

Burroughs came to the attention of police when Takoma Park police took the girl into custody early in the morning when they found her in a deserted parking lot performing oral sex for pay on a man. Reportedly the girl told officers that Burroughs was her “pimp”. During questioning Burroughs gave police a statement that he had had sex on numerous occasions with the girl and taken her from Maryland to the District to work “the strip” along New York Avenue as a prostitute.

Burroughs met the victim when he was a volunteer coach at Bowie High School and she was a manager for the team.

At sentencing Burroughs asked the judge for mercy and the prosecutor acknowledged that Burroughs had been cooperative and forthright and recommend a sentence less than the mandatory minimum. The judge was having none of it and said that Burroughs deserved a greater sentence than Malloy. The judge then sentenced Burroughs to 16 years in prison.

References:

Burroughs gets 16 years in sex case (08/05/08)

Crofton Man Gets Prison For Exploiting Girl, 14 (08/05/08)

Former coach gets 16 years for exploiting girl, 14 (08/05/08)

Girl Testifies In Capitol Police Officer Child Porn Trial (09/19/07)

Coach Indicted on Child Sex Trafficking Charges (10/21/06)

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