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Stabbing Suspect Who Butchered Man Breaking Up Domestic Dispute In DC Sentenced: Feds Stabbing Suspect Who Butchered Man Breaking Up Domestic Dispute In DC Sentenced: Feds
Stabbing Suspect Who Butchered Man Breaking Up Domestic Dispute In DC Sentenced: Feds The District man who stabbed a man to death while he was attempting to break up a fight after his birthday party will spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced. Marquette Jordan, 32, was sentenced to 32 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the 2018 murder of Ivan Lynch in Southeast DC following a birthday celebration. Prosecutors say that on April 30, 2018, Lynch, who had just attended a birthday celebration for himself, left the party and was going to meet up with a friend at his DC apartment.  On the way to the friend’s apartment, L…
Woman Who Fled To Florida After Killing Maryland Father Gets 30 Years In Prison: Prosecutor Woman Who Fled To Florida After Killing Maryland Father Gets 30 Years In Prison: Prosecutor
Woman Who Fled To Florida After Killing Maryland Father Gets 30 Years In Prison: Prosecutor A 33-year-old woman who tried to flee to Florida after shooting a father of three in Maryland last Spring will spend decades in prison, Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced on Tuesday. Ronnisha Harris, who has no fixed address, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison, with all but 30 suspended, with the first five years to be served without the possibility of parole for the murder of Raphael "Ray-Ray" Johnson, Jr. last year. On March 2, 2023, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to the 100 block of Obery Court, where there were rep…
Man Arrested In Connection To Murder Of Former Staffer For DC Councilwoman: Police Man Arrested In Connection To Murder Of Former Staffer For DC Councilwoman: Police
Man Arrested In Connection To Murder Of Former Staffer For DC Councilwoman: Police A murder suspect turned himself in for allegedly shooting and killing Davon Fuller, a former staff member to a DC councilwoman, authorities announced. Northeast DC resident Deandre Miles was arrested and charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed after Fuller was found shot to death outside of a group of area businesses this earlier year.  Fuller, 28 — a former staff member for Councilwoman Brianne Nadeau — was killed in the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue NE on Monday, Oct. 16, officials announced. The shooting was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m., when the Northwest DC…
Gunman Convicted Of Killing Man Looking For Love At Ex's Calvert County Home Gunman Convicted Of Killing Man Looking For Love At Ex's Calvert County Home
Gunman Convicted Of Killing Man Looking For Love At Ex's Calvert County Home Justice has been served for the family of a Maryland man who sought a romantic reconciliation with his ex in Calvert County, but instead was killed by a shooting suspect who attempted to evade arrest. Terrance Kenneth Yancey, 23, of Suitland, has been convicted by a jury after a weeklong trial for the voluntary manslaughter of 20-year-old Glenn Dale resident Tyree Richardson in Dunkirk last summer, Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert Harvey announced on Monday, April 24. In the early hours of June 13, 2022, officials said that Richardson sought to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend at her…
Parks And Rec Employee In DC Charged With Murdering 13-Year-Old Karon BLake Parks And Rec Employee In DC Charged With Murdering 13-Year-Old Karon BLake
Parks And Rec Employee In DC Charged With Murdering 13-Year-Old Karon BLake A Washington, DC Parks and Recreation employee has been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Karon Blake earlier this month, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III announced. Jason Lewis, 41, surrendered himself to police on Tuesday, Jan. 31, where he was charged with second-degree murder for his role in the fatal shooting of Blake on Saturday, Jan. 7. In a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Contee said that "detectives were able to gather enough information to obtain an arrest warrant,” and found new evidence that led to the murder charge for Lewis, who gunned down the teen fro…
MURDER: DC Shooting Suspect Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland MURDER: DC Shooting Suspect Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland
Murder: DC Shooting Suspect Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland A Washington, DC man faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 23-year-old Maryland man by gunning him down from behind before breaking into an apartment and trying to hide from police, according to Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy. Abraham Douglas, 21, was found guilty by Judge John Maloney of first-degree murder for his role in the murder of Tacoma Park resident Ahambou Bamba Gueye in Montgomery County earlier this year. Prosecutors said that in broad daylight on April 22, Douglas was caught on camera exiting a vehicle in the parking lot of the Park Richi…
Mayor Brandon Scott Calls For Stricter Gun Laws After Baltimore Surpasses 300 Homicides In 2022 Mayor Brandon Scott Calls For Stricter Gun Laws After Baltimore Surpasses 300 Homicides In 2022
Mayor Brandon Scott Calls For Stricter Gun Laws After Baltimore Surpasses 300 Homicides In 2022 Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott released a statement after the city saw its 300th homicide of 2022 earlier this week. Scott stressed that the gun violence problem is much more that the Baltimore Police Department and he can do, suggesting a tightening on gun laws to help curb the violent attacks.  "We need stricter gun laws that keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of individuals who are reckless and irresponsible", stated Scott. "We need a justice system that will hold hose who commit these acts accountable and see that they serve time for what they've done. We need community members…
Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman
Maryland Man Sentenced For Kidnapping, Threatening To Kill PA Woman A 32-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison for violently kidnapping and threatening to kill a Pennsylvania woman two years ago, authorities announced. The 28-year-old Coatesville victim claims that the day of March 7, 2020, was like any other until her friend of 12 years, Adam Hathaway, of Baltimore, went to the house she shared with her 7-year-old daughter, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. When she asked him to leave, he assaulted and strangled her, even throwing her into a glass mirror, all while her young daughter slept upstairs, the DA said. …