Jury convicts Ovideo Flores-Lemus of first-degree sexual abuse in D.C

Jeanine Ferris Pirro, interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Jeanine Ferris Pirro, interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Ovideo Flores-Lemus was found guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse following a jury trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

The verdict came after several days of testimony and evidence. Sentencing is scheduled for November 14, 2025, before Judge Danya Dayson.

According to information presented at trial, Flores-Lemus was the supervisor of the victim at a commercial custodial company. Between 2020 and 2021, he assaulted the victim in a bathroom during her cleaning shift on three occasions. The jury convicted him for two of those incidents.

Flores-Lemus faces up to thirty years in prison for each count. If released, he will be required to register as a sex offender for life.

Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department joined in announcing the conviction. The Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys LaVater Massie-Banks and Sarah Folse.



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