OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – A Detroit man who was charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at a West Bloomfield park in August is also accused of sexually exploiting more children, according to court records.

A criminal complaint was filed by a special agent from the Department of Homeland Security on October 29, 2024.

Joshua Brown-Hill, 25, he was arrested on August 15, 2024in a West Bloomfield park and was charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.

Details of the arrest

A West Bloomfield officer conducted a check at Pine Lake Park and saw a black car parked in three parking spaces.

The officer approached the car and found a shirtless man, later identified as Brown-Hill.

Brown-Hill told the officer that another person was with him and that she was a “major.” When the officer asked how old the person was, he said he was 18.

As Brown-Hill waited near the patrol car, the officer found a girl inside the car lying on a blanket with a towel covering her waist. The girl told police she didn’t have a driver’s license and was 12 years old. She also said she met Brown-Hill through Snapchat.

The 12-year-old victim also said she told Brown-Hill her age verbally and through text messages.

Further investigation revealed that Brown-Hill allegedly sexually assaulted the 12-year-old girl in the park.

Brown-Hill was arrested and taken to the West Bloomfield Police Department. The police took the girl home to her parents, who confirmed her age.

Brown-Hill talked to the 12-year-old victim for about two years

Days later, investigators learned the 12-year-old met Brown-Hill on Snapchat when she was about 10 years old.

Brown-Hill sent the 12-year-old a friend request, she accepted and they started messaging each other.

Brown-Hill had taken her from home twice when she was about 10 years old. During those meetings, they went to the park and talked. She later blocked Brown-Hill’s Snapchat account.

In June or July 2024, the 12-year-old and Brown-Hill began texting each other. During their exchanges, Brown-Hill sent her sexually explicit photos and videos. The 12-year-old did the same. Investigators said Brown-Hill knew the victim’s age. Around the same time, Brown-Hill went to the girl’s home and sexually assaulted her.

West Bloomfield police and Homeland Security agents investigated Brown-Hill’s Snapchat account after his arrest.

The day before the sexual assault, Brown-Hill tried to get the 12-year-old victim to leave the house via Snapchat.

Text messages between the 12-year-old girl and Brown-Hill date back to July 23, 2022, when investigators found the Detroit man soliciting sexually explicit content from the victim.

Brown-Hill attempted to text the 12-year-old girl several times between September 21, 2022 and January 27, 2023, but did not receive a response.

However, on April 7, 2023, Brown-Hill texted the victim: “”You want me to leave you alone, I won’t bother you anymore if you say yes (sic).”

The 12-year-old victim hit back at Brown-Hill, saying: “Please, I just don’t think it’s right for an 11-year-old to be with a 20-year-old (sic)” and “Would you you’re in big trouble if anyone knows.”

Brown-Hill replied: “It’s ok I understand baby I’ve missed you but I’m not staying but I’d like to check if it’s ok with you (sic).”

From April 2023 to July 2024, Brown-Hill continued to speak sexually with the 12-year-old victim. Between that time, he received sexually explicit photos of the child.

Brown-Hill sexually exploited multiple children on Snapchat

Investigators recovered messages from April 19, 2024 to June 12, 2024, where Brown-Hill asked a 13-year-old girl to send him sexually explicit videos of herself.

Brown-Hill also spoke to a 14-year-old girl between December 2022 and March 2023. He also asked this victim to send him sexually explicit images of herself. Investigators said text messages between him and the victim showed Brown-Hill knew the child’s age. Messages between the Detroit man and this victim stopped when the 14-year-old’s number appeared to change.

Brown-Hill texted a fourth child, a 13-year-old girl, between April 10, 2023, and July 4, 2023. Investigators said Brown-Hill lured the victim into sending sexually explicit images and knew the child’s age .

From December 2022 to August 11, 2024, Brown-Hill sent sexually explicit messages to a fifth child. Brown-Hill asked the child how old she was and she told him she was 13. Brown-Hill appeared to continue talking to the sex child.

Investigators find more child sexual abuse material through Brown-Hill’s group chat

After further investigation, authorities discovered that Brown-Hill was in a group chat on Telegram, a social media platform, where people shared child sexual abuse material.

Brown-Hill joined a second group chat on August 4, 2024, under a pseudonym that contained several sexually explicit images of children.

Brown-Hill faces federal charges

Detroit man faces federal charges of child sexual exploitation, possession of mailed child pornography, receiving/distributing mailed/mailed child pornography, and using interstate/foreign commerce to induce minor to engage in sexual activity .