As part of the plea, federal prosecutors agreed to seek only a sentence of probation, without any prison time, though Then will have to register as a sex offender a period of time to be determined by a judge. According to prosecutors, Then could have faced a maximum of five years in prison had he been convicted after a trial.
Then’s attorney, Brian McDaniel, called the incident “a misunderstanding” and said his client was “pleased to put this matter behind him.” A D.C. police spokesperson Friday said Then, who joined the force in 2007 and was out under monitoring while he awaited trial, was on “indefinite suspension.”
Then is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Maribeth Raffinan on Aug. 30.