High School Football Coach Accused Of Being Pimp For 15-Year Old Girl

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A police officer in Maryland heard a surprising story when he found a 15-year-old girl and an adult male engaged in a sex act at 3 a.m. in a car in Takoma Park: She was a prostitute, the girl said, and her pimp was a coach at a high school in Prince George's County.

Arron J. Burroughs, a junior varsity assistant football coach at Bowie High School, appeared yesterday in Superior Court in the District, where he was ordered held without bail on a charge of first-degree child sexual abuse, said Channing Phillips, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office.

According to a charging document, the girl told police that Burroughs -- who is also a Metrobus driver -- repeatedly took her to the District to engage in prostitution beginning in September. She said Burroughs, 35, also had sex with her, starting when she was 14, the document says.

The girl was a student at the high school, according to a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity because that information has not been revealed in public documents.

Told of the arrest, a spokesman for the Prince George's school system confirmed last night that Burroughs is a coach at Bowie High and said that school officials would investigate the matter. Burroughs, who lives in Crofton, was represented by the public defender's office. Messages left there late yesterday received no response.


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