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Teen Tried As Adult Admits To Murdering Beloved 18-Year-Old At Wheaton Metro Station Teen Tried As Adult Admits To Murdering Beloved 18-Year-Old At Wheaton Metro Station
Emmanuel Simmonds Guilty Of Killing Tenneson Vaughn Leslie A teen murder suspect wearing an ironic sweatshirt at the time of the shooting has admitted to his role in a fatal shooting Emmanuel Simmonds, 16, copped to his role in bringing a fresh round of grief to a Montgomery County family earlier this year inside the Wheaton Metro Station, prosecutors announced. Gaithersburg resident Emmanuel Simmonds pleaded guilty to murder and weapon offenses for his role in the shooting death of 18-year-old Tenneson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., of Greenbelt, who was shot in the back of the head during a dispute at the station. On May 18, two groups who were strangers t…
Knife-Wielding Man With History Of Violence Sentenced For Fatal Stabbing In Montgomery County Knife-Wielding Man With History Of Violence Sentenced For Fatal Stabbing In Montgomery County
Knife-Wielding Man With History Of Violence Sentenced For Fatal Stabbing In Montgomery County A 20-year-old man who admitted to a fatal stabbing during a drug deal in Montgomery County will have plenty of time to think about his crime.  Silver Spring resident Dakari Thomas has been sentenced to 25 years with all but 12 years suspended after admitting to killing Getro Marius Benamna in December 2021 during a botched marijuana sale. Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said that on Dec. 7, 2021, Thomas and Benamna met at Startbucks in the 900 block of Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring for a shady drug transaction. Thomas attempted to pass off a different substanc…
Teen Murderer Sentenced For Death Of 33-Year-Old Father Of Six In Montgomery County Teen Murderer Sentenced For Death Of 33-Year-Old Father Of Six In Montgomery County
Teen Murderer Sentenced For Death Of 33-Year-Old Father Of Six In Montgomery County An 18-year-old has been sentenced for his role in the murder of a father of six less than a week before Christmas last year in Montgomery County, according to the state's attorney's office. Bethesda resident Joshua Wright was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 14 to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended for the murder of Lawrence Wilson, Jr., 33, on Dec. 19, 2021, in Montgomery County. Wright pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in July, according to prosecutors. According to investigators, officers responded to a call on the day of the fatal stabbing of a death of a man - later identi…