A former District police officer has admitted he provided security services for a woman who was giving women illegal silicone injections in their buttocks.
Court records show that 48-year-old Martin Freeman pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Baltimore to conspiracy to introduce a misbranded device into interstate commerce.
His partner in the conspiracy, Kimberly Smedley, pleaded guilty last month to administering the silicone injections to women who wanted to enlarge their buttocks from 2003 to 2011. She used commercial-grade silicone — not an approved medical-grade product — for the injections, which women received in hotel rooms in the District, Baltimore and other cities.
Freeman provided security at the hotel rooms from 2009 to 2011, according to his plea agreement. He was fired from the D.C. police in 2005.
Freeman was paid a total of about $5,000 for his services, the plea agreement says.
He could face up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on July 19.
Smedley was arrested in October at a hotel in downtown D.C. Freeman was charged by criminal information — a document that indicates he was working to reach a deal with prosecutors — last month.
An attorney for Freeman couldn’t immediately be reached Monday.
