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‘Kill All Rats’: Maryland Inmate’s Chilling Jailhouse Letter Adds Decades To Sentence
He tried to kill a man. Then, from behind bars, he wrote letters promising to finish the job.
Now, a Maryland inmate will spend nearly three more decades in prison.
Nasir Wilkinson, 23, of District Heights, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 16, to 35 years in prison after Judge Marybeth Ayres in Montgomery County Circuit Court stacked new time on top of his attempted murder conviction, prosecutors announced.
Wilkinson had already been serving time for a brutal stabbing on March 26, 2024, when he left a man bleeding out in the 20300 block of Notting Hill Way in Germantown.
The man survive…
Virginia Navy Petty Officer Caught With Child Porn Learns Prison Fate
A Navy Petty Officer in Virginia, who knew Big Brother was watching but continued to enjoy child porn on his devices is going to spend years in prison.
Robert Henry, a US Navy Petty Officer Second Class in Norfolk, was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), federal authorities announced.
In November 2024, the Norfolk Police Department received a complaint that Henry, 43, was in possession of CSAM on his personal laptop, according to court documents.
Henry handed over his computer, along with two hard drives, and a cell phone, whi…
Vengeful Gunman Kills Accomplice, Torches Evidence In Maryland, Learns Prison Fate: AG
A Baltimore man’s plan for retaliation ended in flames—literally—when he shot the wrong person, torched the getaway truck, and now has 48 years behind bars to think about it, officials announced.
Jimmy Murphy, 30, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 48 years suspended after prosecutors say he accidentally shot his co-conspirator in a revenge plot that rapidly spiraled out of control.
Investigators say Murphy and Cornelius Bruce, 30, set out to kill Christopher Brown on Jan. 20, 2020, in retaliation for the murder of Bruce’s brother, Cordelle Bruce, just days earlier.
Armed and rea…
Fool Me Twice: Dealer Hit With Lengthy Sentence After Two Drug Busts In Maryland
An Elkton man with a history of drug distribution will spend nearly two decades behind bars after being caught with fentanyl and cocaine—twice, authorities said.
Nakia Pollard, 50, was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Friday, March 7, after pleading guilty to multiple counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, according to the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Pollard’s troubles began in June 2022, when investigators with the Cecil County Drug Task Force raided a hotel room where he was staying. Inside, they found fentanyl, cocaine, cash, and drug paraphern…
Predator Who Stalked, Kidnapped Victims In Maryland, Virginia Gets 20 Years: Feds
A violent predator who orchestrated two terrifying kidnappings in Virginia and Maryland—one of which ended in gunfire—will spend nearly 20 years behind bars, federal authorities announced.
District resident Tyree Eugene McCombs, 29, was sentenced to 228 months in federal prison this week, for his role in the September 2022 abduction and armed robbery of a couple in Alexandria, and the November 2022 kidnapping, robbery, and shooting of a 25-year-old woman in Maryland and DC.
McCombs, who was already on supervised release for a previous violent crime at the time of the attacks, pleaded guilty…
Repeat Offenders From DMV Sentenced For Robbery Of Check-Cashing Business In Virginia: Feds
Two men in the DMV who have a lengthy rap sheet in Maryland and Virginia will spend time in prison following the armed robbery of a Chantilly check-cashing business, federal authorities announced this week.
In November 2023, Chester Lewis, 49, of Oxon Hill, and Al Gibran Taylor, 42, of Reston walked into the store with the intention of robbing it of cash, which had previously been scoped out by the Maryland resident.
During that robbery, prosecutors say that Lewis was armed with a .223/5.56 mm caliber semi-automatic rifle, which he pointed at customers and ordered them to pu…
