A former Indiana police officer was convicted of sexually assaulting a runaway 14-year-old girl after tracking her phone and forcing her into his patrol car while on duty, according to authorities.

Sinmi Asomuyide, a 33-year-old former Kokomo Police Department officer, was found guilty after a five-day trial on charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and lying to investigators to cover up the heinous act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

According to Fox59, Asomuyide met the victim while, as a probationary agent, he was tasked with following up on the case of a 14-year-old girl who had run away from home.

He tracked down and attacked the teenager

The teenager told investigators that on one occasion when she ran away from home, a disturbing police officer picked her up and took her to a local youth center. However, according to the media, the police officer left the vehicle parked in the parking lot and asked him inappropriate questions.

After dropping the girl off at her house and exchanging phone numbers, the young woman claimed that Asomuyide tracked her phone and followed her to her home to demand that she leave with him.

The victim told investigators that the officer handcuffed her, forced her into his patrol car and took her to an abandoned parking lot, where he sexually assaulted her.

According to prosecutors, the federal jury found Asomuyide guilty of violation of rights for denying the teenager her “constitutional rights by sexually assaulting her.”

The jury also determined that the police officer's conduct “included kidnapping and abusive sexual contact with a minor under 16 years of age.”

Asomuyide was also found guilty of witness tampering for lying to Indiana State Police when he denied having sexual contact with the teenager and for lying about other evidence that corroborated his claims.

The jury determined that he continued to cover up the act by deleting a messaging application that he used to communicate with the girl before sexually assaulting her.

Asomuyide faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

“The defendant took advantage of his position of trust and the appearance of helping to isolate and assault a minor, and then took steps to obstruct the investigation by destroying records and lying to law enforcement,” Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’Malley of the FBI’s Indianapolis office said in a statement.

“These actions reflect a complete disregard for the law, the victim and the public trust,” O’Malley said.

“The FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to aggressively seek justice for victims and hold criminals fully accountable.”