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Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds
Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds A District man has will serve more time behind bars after the repeat offender was sentenced for drug and weapon offenses near a Northeast DC high school. DeAngelo Wayne McNeil, 37, was sentenced to three years in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and, while near a school, possessing cocaine base with the intent to sell it, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, on Sept. 21, 2023, McNeil was on release in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia for unlawfully possessing a gun and possessing cocaine. He also has a 2018 conviction for similar ch…

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19-Year-Old Charged With Attempted Homicide For December Shooting At Maryland Market: Police 19-Year-Old Charged With Attempted Homicide For December Shooting At Maryland Market: Police
19-Year-Old Charged With Attempted Homicide For December Shooting At Maryland Market: Police Months after a shooting that left one person suffering from a gunshot wound and several vehicles damaged in Anne Arundel County, police say that they have apprehended a 19-year-old who is facing multiple attempted homicide and assault charges, police say. Pasadena resident Da'sjon Malik Ford has been identified by investigators from the Anne Arundel County Police Department and arrested following a December shooting in Severn that left a man injured, authorities announced on Monday. At approximately 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, officers were called to the Orchard Food Market on Reece…

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Suspect Shot By Officer Charged With Assault, Weapon Offenses In DC: Metropolitan Police Suspect Shot By Officer Charged With Assault, Weapon Offenses In DC: Metropolitan Police
Suspect Shot By Officer Charged With Assault, Weapon Offenses In DC: Metropolitan Police The man who was shot by members of the Metropolitan Police Department while attempting to flee is facing a host of charges, the agency announced on Wednesday. Northeast DC resident Deion Hinnant, who was hospitalized with serious injuries after the officer-involved shooting, was charged with assault and weapon offenses following an incident Monday night. According to police, shortly before 9 p.m. on April 1, investigators from the Violent Crime Suppression Division’s Robbery Suppression Unit were in the 2100 block of Bladensburg Road NE, when they spotted an altercation. #Update: A…

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Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says
Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says A man who left a child alone in a home filled with drugs and weapons is facing charges following a search of his residence, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced. Andre Taijon Grice, 27, was arrested this week following a weeks-long investigation into drug dealing in the 100 block of Alton Court in Prince Frederick that was launched in January. While surveilling the area, officials say that Grice was caught conducting hand-to-hand drug deals leading to search and seizure warrants for his home, vehicle, and person.  On Wednesday, Feb. 7, members of the sheriff's office observed…

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Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police
Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police Justice may be served for a pizza delivery driver who was robbed at gunpoint by a teen late last year in Harford County, police say. Tre Kai Ren Golder, 18, has been arrested weeks after an armed robbery of a driver in November last year, according to the Aberdeen Police Department on Friday afternoon. On Nov. 21, 2023, police say that a driver arrived at a home in the 900 block of Harlan Avenue to make an evening delivery, though the residents inside the home denied ordering food. When the driver went back to his car to double-check the contact number for who ordered the food, he was acco…

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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…

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Convict Caught With Drugs, Weapons, Heading Back Behind Bars in Maryland: State's Attorney Convict Caught With Drugs, Weapons, Heading Back Behind Bars in Maryland: State's Attorney
Convict Caught With Drugs, Weapons, Heading Back Behind Bars in Maryland: State's Attorney A man with a checkered criminal past is heading back to prison after finding himself running afoul of the law once more in St. Mary's County. Lexington Park resident Dimitri Paul Brooks, 28, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 15 suspended after being busted earlier this year on felony drug and weapon offenses, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. According to a sheriff’s office spokesperson, earlier this year, detectives from the sheriff office's Vice/Narcotics Unit, Emergency Services Team, and a K-9 Unit executed search and seizure warrants in the …

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Murderer Released From Prison Convicted Of Weapon, Drug Charges In DC Murderer Released From Prison Convicted Of Weapon, Drug Charges In DC
Murderer Released From Prison Convicted Of Weapon, Drug Charges In DC Roy Tatum can't seem to keep himself out of trouble. After spending more than 25 years in prison for a murder conviction, the 47-year-old District man is likely heading back to prison after being convicted by a jury of drug and weapon offenses, federal officials announced. The convict was previously released under the DC Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act after serving more than 25 years for first-degree murder.  Less than a year after he was released, members of the Metropolitan Police Department investigating an unrelated homicide arrested him for possession of firearms, ammuniti…

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Felon Convicted For Murdering Man Who Died 16 Months After Maryland Shooting: Sheriff Felon Convicted For Murdering Man Who Died 16 Months After Maryland Shooting: Sheriff
Felon Convicted For Murdering Man Who Died 16 Months After Maryland Shooting: Sheriff A 40-year-old Maryland man may spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of killing a 21-year-old man who died more than a year after he was left paralyzed, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney announced. California resident Demetrius Puifory was convicted this week following a four-day trial of second-degree murder and weapon offenses for his role in an April 2022 shooting that turned fatal over the summer when his victim died. Shortly before 5 p.m. on April 28, 2022, members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office were called to the 46700 block of Marshall Boulevard…

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Traffic Stop Brings Down Man Accused Of Killing Pregnant 19-Year-Old Woman In Maryland: Police Traffic Stop Brings Down Man Accused Of Killing Pregnant 19-Year-Old Woman In Maryland: Police
Traffic Stop Brings Down Man Accused Of Killing Pregnant 19-Year-Old Woman In Maryland: Police A Baltimore man is in custody for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant teenager late last year, authorities announced. Malik McCormick, 22, has been charged with murder and multiple weapon offenses following an investigation into the murder of 19-year-old Jaymyra Burrell last year while she was pregnant. Jaymyra BurrellJaymyra Burrell (Facebook) In the early hours of Dec. 4, 2022, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the 5600 block of Woodmont Avenue, where they found a pregnant Burrell suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to John Hopkins …

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Man Randomly Going Door To Door With Assault Rifle In Germantown Facing Charges: Police Man Randomly Going Door To Door With Assault Rifle In Germantown Facing Charges: Police
Man Randomly Going Door To Door With Assault Rifle In Germantown Facing Charges: Police The man who put a scare into a Montgomery County neighborhood when he went door to door while carrying an assault rifle last month has been hit with multiple weapon offenses, authorities announced on Tuesday. Police say that Trevor Copeland, 30, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged following an incident where he was caught walking around Germantown while openly carrying an assault rifle, causing concern for some area residents. Montgomery County Department of Police personnel received a report late last month regarding a man - later identified as Copeland - walking around an apar…

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Underage Clarksburg Man Busted With Firearms, Parts For 'Ghost Guns': Police Underage Clarksburg Man Busted With Firearms, Parts For 'Ghost Guns': Police
Underage Clarksburg Man Busted With Firearms, Parts For 'Ghost Guns': Police A 20-year-old driver pulled over in a routine traffic stop was arrested and charged for having multiple firearms and tools to make Privately Made Firearms (PMFs), or "ghost guns," police in Montgomery County said. Lawrence Harrison was pulled over at Henderson Corner Road and Seneca Crossing Drive on Wednesday, Feb. 23 around 7 p.m., authorities said.  When officers approached the vehicle, which smelled like marijuana, they discovered Harrison was driving with a suspended license. A search of the car turned up a 9mm handgun, part of a 3D printed PMF, and marijuana, according to police…

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