On Friday, February 15, 2008 at approximately 1 pm members of the Metropolitan Police Department Youth Investigations Branch arrested and charged 23-year-old Tyrell Powell, of the 2100 block of I Street, NE,  in connection with the Kidnapping and Sexual Assault of a District juvenile female on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. He was arrested without incident in northwest Washington, DC.

He is expected to be arraigned on Saturday, February 16, 2008.

The case remains under active investigation.