SEX CRIMES OFFICER ARRESTED IN PROSTITUTION STING

A Metropolitan Police Department officer, serving with the Sex Assaults Unit, was arrested for soliciting an undercover officer during a prostitution sting, according to police sources.

Police sources said Detective Elgin Wheeler was arrested around 2:30 Thursday morning when he approached the disguised female officer at the intersection of West Virginia Avenue and Neal Street.

Detective Wheeler has been the recipient of several awards and commendations for his service in the police department. He has been with the department since 1989. Police confirm that he was off-duty and in plainclothes at the time of the arrest……..READ FULL STORY http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0708/534940.html