Summary The former athletic director of Pikesville High School has pleaded guilty to federal child sex crime charges. The former athletic director of Pikesville High School has pleaded guilty to federal child sex crime charges. Dazhon Darien admitted in court that he sexually exploited eight minors between April 2023 and June 2024. Darien was arrested in January of this year over accusations that he used artificial intelligence to make a hate speech recording of the voice of former Pikesville High School principal Eric Eiswert. Darien faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison with sentencing is set for Nov. 10, at 11 a.m.