Howard U. Soccer Coach Held Without Bond
posted 4:36 pm Mon February 11, 2008 - Louisa, Va.
Authorities took 40-year-old Joseph E. Okoh into custody after police said he drove from his Arlington, Va. home to meet who he believed was a 13-year-old girl that he had been talking to over the internet.
Okoh was arrested on the side of the road at a predetermined location and charged him with one felony count of using a computer to solicit a person under 15-years-old with lascivious intent.
ABC 7/NewsChannel 8 uncovered Okoh is also a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Meridian Charter School on Florida Avenue in NW.
Howard University issued a statement saying Okoh has been suspended from all University activities and duties pending completion of the investigation and resolution of this matter.
Okoh faces up to 30 years in prison of which five is the mandatory minimum and the possibility of a $2,500 fine.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on March 6th.
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