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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 …
Prince George's Duo Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Minors By DC Jury: DOJ
Two Prince George’s County residents were hit with lengthy prison sentences after being convicted by a jury in Washington, DC for their roles in a sex trafficking operation involving teens, federal officials announced.
Willis Lewis, 49, of Oxon Hill, and Brittany Jones, 33, of Suitland, will both be spending years behind bars after being found of multime criminal charges for the illegal operation involving two minors.
Specifically, Lewis was sentenced to life, while Jones got 14 years for trafficking a 15-year-old and 17-year-old girl between April and May 2019.
According to prosecutors, J…
Baltimore Man Gets 25 Years For String Of Armed Robberies, Fatal Carjacking, Feds Say
Federal authorities say that a Baltimore man will spend decades in federal prison for a violent string of armed robberies that left three people shot and two killed.
David Banks, 29, has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars, followed by five years of supervised release for a carjacking and armed robbery conspiracy, according to the Department of Justice.
According to his guilty plea, Banks personally participated in a conspiracy to commit a series of violent robberies, during which, members of the scheme used guns to threaten and intimidate their victims
During the crime spree, two vict…