According to court records unsealed Thursday, Dalian Washington, 25, and Akeem Beazer, 21, waived their rights to preliminary hearings and are being detained pending trial.
Both men are charged with sex abuse of a minor. Washington also is charged with sex trafficking of a child. Attorneys for the two men did not immediately respond to email messages Thursday evening. According to court records, the investigation began after the girl told a social worker last month that she had stayed on the military base and had sex with service members.
According to court records, the detective knew the girl prior to the interview as a child with a troubled home life who often lived on the street. The girl reportedly told investigators that she ran away from home last fall, when she was 15, and told a man she knew that she needed a place to stay.
The man offered to hook her up with a friend but told her she would have to have sex with him. Washington allegedly went back to his barracks and had sex with the girl, who stayed in the barracks off and on for several months and was brought food from the dining hall, according to court records.
Investigators say Washington introduced the girl to Beazer, who also had sex with her on multiple occasions, both on and off the base. According to court records, the two men were interviewed by OSI agents on March Both waived their Miranda rights and agreed to talk to investigators.
