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Man Who Was Hateful Toward Gay Couple, Nephew At DC Metro Station Convicted Of Assault: Feds Man Who Was Hateful Toward Gay Couple, Nephew At DC Metro Station Convicted Of Assault: Feds
Man Who Was Hateful Toward Gay Couple, Nephew At DC Metro Station Convicted Of Assault: Feds A man who targeted a homosexual family and assaulted a man in front of his young nephew inside a Metro station in DC is facing prison time, federal authorities announced. District resident Kevin Brown, 39, was found guilty this week of bias enhanced simple assault dating back to an incident in October 2020 at the Fort Totten Metro Station. According to prosecutors, on Oct. 6, 2020, Brown approached a victim who was with his husband and 12-year-old nephew at the station and without provocation asked the stranger if he was homosexual and began following the family for several minutes while ma…

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Accokeek Woman Convicted In Teen Brother's Killing Had Help From BF, Twin Sister: Authorities Accokeek Woman Convicted In Teen Brother's Killing Had Help From BF, Twin Sister: Authorities
Accokeek Woman Convicted In Teen Brother's Killing Had Help From BF, Twin Sister: Authorities A Maryland woman is facing decades in prison for conspiring with her boyfriend and another man, then had help from her twin sister killing her teen brother, authorities announced. Leaundra Matthews, 25, of Accokeek, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the death of her brother, Christian Matthews, who was strangled during an attack by Matthews' boyfriend, Tyson Lipford and another man, Daniel Howard, while he was asleep in their family's Silver Spring home in March 2017. Court documents show that Leaundra told her mom that Howard held him down as Lipford choked him. At the time the …

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Former MD Park Service Manager Guilty Of Sex Offense; Cleared Of Rape Charges Former MD Park Service Manager Guilty Of Sex Offense; Cleared Of Rape Charges
Former MD Park Service Manager Guilty Of Sex Offense; Cleared Of Rape Charges A split verdict was reached in the trial of a former manager for the Maryland Park Service who was accused of sexual abuse late last year. Michael Browning, 72, was found guilty of a single misdemeanor fourth-degree sex offense, though he was found not guilty of several other charges, including felony rape. Browning was arrested by detectives from the Baltimore County's Special Victims Unit in September last year, following allegations that he coerced women to have sex with him by offering them jobs at Gunpowder Falls State Park, where he was employed as the park manager at the time. …

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Former Diplomat's Daughter Sophia Negroponte Found Guilty Of Montgomery County Murder Former Diplomat's Daughter Sophia Negroponte Found Guilty Of Montgomery County Murder
Former Diplomat's Daughter Sophia Negroponte Found Guilty Of Montgomery County Murder The daughter of a former UN diplomat has been convicted of murdering a Bethesda man in Rockville in 2020, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Washington, DC resident Sophia Negroponte was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Yusuf Rasmussen and now will face 40 years in prison when she is sentenced in late March. Negroponte was arrested at a home in the 400 block of West Montgomery Avenue in Rockville in February 2020 when they were called to the residence and found Rasmussen stabbed to death. Police say that a witness…

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by Zak Failla
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UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities
UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to time behind bars in part for using his job as a UPS driver to stalk his victims in a disturbing way, authorities said. Thomas F. Wainman Jr., of Lititz, was found guilty by a jury of stalking his neighbors in multiple incidents spanning from May to December 2020, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Wainman shined spotlights into the victim’s home, peered through their windows, watched them while they were out at their pool, and followed the victims after seeing them at a gas station, the DA's Office …

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by Cecilia Levine