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Bound, Gagged, And In On It? Maryland Man Charged In Fake DC Kidnapping Plot: Police
Stranger than fiction.
A woman sent a photo of herself bound and gagged to help shake down her own friend for ransom money, police in DC say.
The twisted scheme unfolded on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, when officers were called about a possible kidnapping in Southeast Washington, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
To make it convincing, they sent a photo.
The image showed the friend bound and gagged, and the suspects demanded ransom money in exchange for her safe release, police said.
Instead of paying, the victim called the authorities.
Officers responded to the 1900 block of …
Months-Long Manhunt Ends As Fugitive Nabbed In Maryland After Choking Woman, Gun Threat
A fugitive accused of choking a woman and pulling a gun on her has been caught after a months-long manhunt in Maryland, authorities announced.
Rome Delmar Watkins, 27, of Waldorf, was taken into custody on Tuesday, Sept. 16, after members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, the US Marshals Service, and the US Park Police tracked him down.
Watkins had been wanted since April 20, when deputies said he assaulted a woman inside a Waldorf home after being asked to leave.
During the assault, Watkins reportedly choked the woman, and after exiting the home, he pulled a handgun from his waistba…
Exotic Dancer's Body Found Stuffed In Futon, Co-Worker Arrested 3,732 Miles Away
A 21-year-old woman was found dead, stuffed inside a futon in her Philadelphia apartment, and her alleged killer has been captured overseas, authorities announced on Friday, June 27.
The body of Yuleisy Carolina Torrelles-Martinez was discovered on Saturday, April 5, inside her living room couch in the 4400 block of Frankford Avenue, after friends grew concerned when she hadn't answered the door for days. Police were called to the apartment and found her wrapped in a shower curtain and trash bags, Philadelphia police said.
Medics pronounced Torrelles-Martinez dead at 8:26 a.m. A post-mortem…
More Victims Identified In US, Canada Child Exploitation Case: Feds (Update)
An accused online predator who victimized children across the United States and Canada has been arrested in West Virginia, authorities in Pennsylvania announced on Thursday, April 24, 2025. 
Mark Wills, 60, of Hulmeville, was previously taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at the Meadowbrook Mall in Bridgeport, West Virginia at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, according to Robert Clark, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Wills is accused of manufacturing hundreds of videos of child sexual abuse material involv…
Murder Suspect Freed In Prince George's Recaptured By ICE After Killing Brother: Feds
A twice-deported murder suspect who was released in Maryland despite a federal immigration detainer has been arrested again — this time by ICE agents in Hyattsville, officials confirmed.
Rene Pop-Chub, 32, was taken into custody on Saturday, April 12, just four days after he was released by the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections.
He is accused of killing his brother, 45-year-old Crisantos Pop-Chub, during an argument in Capitol Heights on Aug. 16, 2024, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.
Police said Pop pushed his brother during the fight, causing him …
PA Robber, Child Rapist Nabbed By US Marshals In MD Found Dead In Cell
A robber — who was caught by US Marshals in Northern Maryland in July 2023 — has died in prison while serving time for raping a child, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.
Anthony James Raimo, 35 at the time of his arrest, of the 700 block of Harrisburg Pike, Dillsburg, was arrested on July 7, 2023, by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington County, MD Sheriff's Office, as Daily Voice previously reported.
Raimo, now 37, was found unresponsive in his cell at State Correctional Institution in Houtzdale, PA, on October 8, 2024, accord…
Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man 7 Life Sentences: Usdoj
More than eight years after a triple homicide in Pennsylvania, a Maryland man has been brought to justice, according to ta release by the US Department of Justice on Fiday, July 19, 2024.
Christopher Van Johnson, 36 of Baltimore, MD was sentenced to seven consecutive life in prison sentences by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, "who also sentenced to concurrent 10, 20, and 30-year terms of imprisonment on companion robbery, firearms, and conspiracy charges" on July 17, 2024, as stated in the release.
His sentencing was for his role in the execution-style…
