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Trio Involved In Fatal Shooting Of 17-Year-Old In Northwest DC Get Prison Time
Three men were given prison time for their roles in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in Northwest DC in 2020, authorities announced.
Two District residents and a man from Maryland are all heading to prison after admitting to their roles in the fatal shooting of Taijhon Wyatt that also left another person injured, according to the Department of Justice.
Those charged:
Trey Prillerman, 19, of Washington, DC;
Nelfy Hernandez, 20, of Washington, DC;
Deandre Levy, 22, of Gaithersburg.
Court documents state that at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2020, Wyatt was walking …
Shooter In Southeast DC Sentenced For Killing Maryland Man Outside Father's Home: Feds
A District man has been sentenced to decades in prison for gunning down Maryland native Toussaunt Strong outside his father's home in the Shipley Terrace neighborhood more than three years ago, authorities announced.
Ravel Mills, 29, was found guilty by a jury last October of second-degree murder while armed and other offenses for killing the Montgomery County native in Southeast DC in 2020.
This week, a judge announced that Mills has been sentenced to 29 years in prison, the max possible term.
According to prosecutors, on April 18, 2020, Strong, 28, was outside his father's home when Mill…
Maryland Woman Who Killed Teen Brother With Help From BF, Twin Sister Gets 25 Years In Prison
A Prince George's County woman who killed her teen brother with help from her boyfriend and twin sister is heading to prison for 25 years, 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, Daily Voice reported.
She was sentenced on Monday, Feb. 5 to 30 years in prison with all but 25 years suspended and five years of …
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Naked, Covered In Blood: Navy Corpsman Fesses Up To UMD Grad's Slaying
A Virginia man who was found naked and covered in blood after dragging his victim’s dead body out of his own Washington, DC apartment in 2019 will spend years behind bars, authorities announced.
Collin Potter, 30, of Quantico, pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder while armed for the butchering of Vongell Lugo on Jan. 6, 2019, in which Potter stabbed his victim 42 times, federal officials said.
This week, he was sentenced by a judge to 16 years in prison for the fatal stabbing.
The incident began at approximately 4 a.m. when the two were together in Lugo’s Garfield House…
Third Person Being Held In NJ For Role In Fatal MD Shooting: Police
Police say that a third man is waiting to be brought back to Maryland for his role in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Mynor Galvez Juarez in Prince George's County earlier this month.
Capitol Heights resident Milton Alarcon-Ruiz, 21, has become the third person to be implicated in the fatal shooting of the Hyattsville resident on Friday, June 16.
Alarcon-Ruiz was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and related charges for his role in the fatality.
Previously, Otoniel Morales, 34, and Edwin Roque Alarcon, 19, both of Seat Pleasant, were charged for their alleged partic…
Man Shot In Head Found Dead On Couch In St. Mary's County: Sheriff
A man and woman are facing charges in St. Mary’s County for their alleged roles in the death of a 51-year-old man who was found dead on Wednesday morning, the sheriff’s office announced.
Marvin Orlando Johnson, 38, of Mechanicsville, and Marlee Lynn Stokes, 37, of Charlotte Hall, have been identified and apprehended in connection to the death of Raymond Franklin Woods, Jr., who was found shot in the head this week.
Officials say that shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to conduct a welfare checkout an apartment in the…
Baltimore Man Charged After Elkridge Man Found Dead Inside Burning Home
A suspect has been charged with murder after allegedly killing an Elkridge man in his own home, authorities say
Howard County Police were called to the home of James Sents Jr. 64, in the 6000 block of Old Washington Road around 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 3 after reports of a home invasion.
When police arrived, they found Dennis Lee Graham, 38, inside of the home, and smoke coming from a bedroom.
Police searched the home, found Sents' body, and arrested Graham, a Baltimore resident, at the scene.
Investigators determined that Graham broke into the home and assaulted Sents before setting a f…
