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Gun Runner From Maryland Sentenced For Supplying Nigerian Separatists Fighting Government: DOJ Gun Runner From Maryland Sentenced For Supplying Nigerian Separatists Fighting Government: DOJ
Gun Runner From Maryland Sentenced For Supplying Nigerian Separatists Fighting Government: DOJ A Maryland man will spend years behind bars for allegedly running illegal “ghost guns” and other weaponry from the US to Nigeria with several cohorts, federal officials announced. Fort Washington resident Eric Fru Nji, 42, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to illegally transport weapons with obliterated serial numbers and smuggling firearms to Africa. In addition to his prison term, Nji was also ordered to be a $25,000 fine. His co-conspirators Wilson Nuyila Tita, 47, of Owings Mills, and Bowie resident Wi…
Four Convicted Of Abducting Maryland Man, Soliciting Ransom Payment, Dumping Dead Body In DC Four Convicted Of Abducting Maryland Man, Soliciting Ransom Payment, Dumping Dead Body In DC
Four Convicted Of Abducting Maryland Man, Soliciting Ransom Payment, Dumping Dead Body In DC Four men from the region have been found complicit in abducting a Maryland man who was held for ransom and later found dead in Southeast Washington, DC, federal officials announced. A federal jury announced on Tuesday, Nov. 1 that four men from the DMV area were convicted of murder and other charges in the kidnapping of a man whose body was found in the summer of 2018. Those charged: Darin Moore, Jr., 29, of Bowie, Maryland; Gabrial Brown, 33, of Washington, DC; John Sweeney, 29, of Washington DC. Each was found guilty at trial of: Conspiracy to commit kidnapping; Kidnapping resulting…