A former police officer, Sinmi Asomuyidem 33, has been found guilty of kidnapping and s3xually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while he was on duty and trying to cover up the assault.
The United States Department of Justice announced this in a press release on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
According to the statement, Asomuyidem who is Nigerian-American was convicted on federal charges for s3xually assaulting a minor, lying to investigators and obstruction of justice
A federal jury in the Southern District of Indiana on Friday found Asomuyidem guilty as charged following a five-day trial.
The former Kokomo Police Department officer faces up to life in prison at sentencing.
“Police officers are entrusted with extraordinary authority and responsibility to protect the public. The defendant’s reprehensible actions betrayed that trust,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
“This verdict sends a clear message: officials who abuse their power and violate the constitutional rights of children will be held accountable.”
“While this administration strongly supports the men and women of law enforcement who are steadfastly committed to making our communities safe, we will not tolerate those who abuse the powers entrusted to them,” said U.S. Attorney Thomas Wheeler II for the Southern District of Indiana.
“The defendant used those powers to s3xually abuse a 14-year-old girl and then lied and destroyed evidence to cover up his crimes. The jury saw through his lies and held him accountable for his crimes,”
“The defendant used his position of trust and the appearance of assistance to isolate and assault a child, then took steps to obstruct the investigation by destroying records and lying to law enforcement. These actions reflect a complete disregard for the law, the victim, and the public trust,” said Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’Malley of the FBI Indianapolis Field Office.
“The FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to aggressively pursue justice for victims and hold offenders fully accountable.”
In particular, jurors found Asomuyide guilty of willfully depriving the victim, who was then 14 years old, of her constitutional rights by s3xually assaulting her.
The jury found that the defendant’s conduct included kidnapping and abusive sexual contact of a child under the age of 16.
Jurors also found Asomuyide guilty of lying to the Indiana State Police in attempt to cover up the assault by denying having s3xual contact with the victim and lying about the presence of other corroborating evidence.
Jurors also found Asomuyide guilty of deleting a messaging application he had been using to communicate with the minor victim prior to the sexual assault in attempt to cover up the assault.
The case was investigated by the FBI.
U.S. Attorney Wheeler thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Blackett and Senior Sex Crimes Counsel Tara Allison who prosecuted the case.
