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Man Kills Ex-GF As Best Friend Watches Helplessly Inside Vehicle: Feds Man Kills Ex-GF As Best Friend Watches Helplessly Inside Vehicle: Feds
Man Kills Ex-GF As Best Friend Watches Helplessly Inside Vehicle: Feds A DC man who gunned down his ex-girlfriend in front of her best friend after being broken up with, then kicked out of the house has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges, authorities announced. Idrissa Fall, 37, was found guilty by a jury following a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  Specifically, he was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm. The charges stem from an early morning incident in July 2021, when Fall fatally shot 33-year-o…

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District Man Gets Life For Kidnapping Ex, Sexually, Physically Abusing Her For Days In DC: Feds District Man Gets Life For Kidnapping Ex, Sexually, Physically Abusing Her For Days In DC: Feds
District Man Gets Life For Kidnapping Ex, Sexually, Physically Abusing Her For Days In DC: Feds A District man will spend the rest of his life in prison after holding his partner hostage in his Northwest DC apartment, where he repeatedly physically and sexually abused her, federal authorities announced. Bryant Phillips, 53, was found guilty by a jury earlier this year to multiple criminal charges after terrorizing a former lover over the course of several harrowing days more than two years ago. On Friday, Aug. 9, officials say he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release, plus 30 additional years, followed by a lifetime of supervised release/probation. He wil…

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Woman Who Drove Over Girl Standing On Sidewalk Waiting For DC Bus With Father Sentenced Woman Who Drove Over Girl Standing On Sidewalk Waiting For DC Bus With Father Sentenced
Woman Who Drove Over Girl Standing On Sidewalk Waiting For DC Bus With Father Sentenced The woman who drove into a 5-year-old girl standing on the sidewalk waiting for a bus with her father over the summer last year in Southeast DC will spend years in prison after admitting to the crime late last year, federal authorities announced. Thaniyyah Veney, 33, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to aggravated assault while armed with a vehicle in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia following a July incident that left the child pinned under her vehicle, requiring a bold save by first responders while she simply walked away while under the influence. On Friday, Veney was sentenc…

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Dealer Admits To Fatal Shooting, Assaulting Inmate In DC Jail While Awaiting Trial: Feds Dealer Admits To Fatal Shooting, Assaulting Inmate In DC Jail While Awaiting Trial: Feds
Dealer Admits To Fatal Shooting, Assaulting Inmate In DC Jail While Awaiting Trial: Feds A District man has admitted to his role in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old woman and a subsequent attack on an inmate while behind bars inside a DC jail, federal authorities announced. Karlos Kinney, 24, pleaded guilty this week in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to voluntary manslaughter while armed in the April 2020 shooting death of Resha Blount and also to assault with significant bodily injury for a November 2022 attack on inmate Jordan Jones while detained. Prosecutors said that shortly before the fatal shooting, Blount had invited Kinney to her home with the i…

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Man Killed Former College Friend During Stabbing Spree In Northwest DC, Feds Say Man Killed Former College Friend During Stabbing Spree In Northwest DC, Feds Say
Man Killed Former College Friend During Stabbing Spree In Northwest DC, Feds Say The District man who assaulted a purported "friend from college" and a second victim during a stabbing spree in Northwest DC has copped to the crime, federal authorities announced. Joseph Melton, 55, pleaded guilty this week in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to multiple charges following a violent day in January 2020 that left two people with stab wounds - including one victim he went after twice and killed. According to prosecutors, at around 9:10 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2020, Melton approached his first victim in the 1800 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, who recognized him fr…

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District Man Convicted Of Kidnapping Ex, Sexually, Physically Abusing Her For Days In DC: Feds District Man Convicted Of Kidnapping Ex, Sexually, Physically Abusing Her For Days In DC: Feds
District Man Convicted Of Kidnapping Ex, Sexually, Physically Abusing Her For Days In DC: Feds A District man may spend the rest of his life in prison after holding his partner hostage in his Northwest DC apartment, where he repeatedly physically and sexually abused her, federal authorities announced. Bryant Phillips, 53, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday to multiple criminal charges after terrorizing a former lover over the course of several harrowing days nearly two years ago. According to court documents, between June 5, 2022 and June 8, 2022, Phillips held his intimate partner hostage at his apartment in Northeast Washington DC. While there he physically and sexually as…

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Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds
Close Family Friend Who Sexually Abused 8-Year-Old Child In DC Facing Life In Prison: Feds A 42-year-old Maryland woman is facing life in prison and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life for sexually abusing the 8-year-old child of what federal prosecutors described as a "close family friend."  Griselda Martinez-Moz was convicted on Thursday on multiple counts of first-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances following a seven-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Prosecutors say that "on two occasions in 2015 and 2016, Martinez-Moz sexually abused a child who was eight years old at the time. A close friend of …

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Man Shot By Victim During Armed Carjacking In Northeast DC Gets Prison Time Man Shot By Victim During Armed Carjacking In Northeast DC Gets Prison Time
Man Shot By Victim During Armed Carjacking In Northeast DC Gets Prison Time The District man who got himself shot during an attempted carjacking in Northeast DC will spend years in prison after admitting to the crime in November.  Marcus Thompson, 28, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for an early morning carjacking last summer that resulted with him being shot by his would-be victim, who was carrying his own weapon and took matters into his own hands, authorities say. According to court documents, at around 6 a.m. on July 17, 2023, Thompson admitted that he approached his victim armed with a handgun, which he put to his back as he was taking items o…

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District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds
District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds The District man who repeatedly stabbed his unconscious victim to death during a knock-down drag-out fight in Southeast DC will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities announced. Michael Caldwell, 29, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of 44-year-old Fort Washington resident Damien Thompson last summer, who he left to die on the sidewalk. According to prosecutors, on June 4, 2023, Caldwell was in the 4300 block of Halley Terrace SE at around 11:30 p.m. when he and Thompson got into a verbal argument on the street that rapidly escalated when Tho…

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'International Fugitive' From MD Sentenced After Four Years On The Lam For Bail Violations 'International Fugitive' From MD Sentenced After Four Years On The Lam For Bail Violations
'International Fugitive' From MD Sentenced After Four Years On The Lam For Bail Violations Authorities say that a Maryland man who spent more than four years as an international fugitive attempting to avoid prosecution for stalking a younger co-worker will spend time behind bars. Ranjith Keerikkattil, 35, formerly of Catonsville, left the United States after being found guilty of stalking a junior co-worker before he was re-arrested four years later, authorities announced. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to 12 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after being convicted and then failing to appear in court, according to the DOJ. Prosecutors said that Keeri…

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Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC
Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC The panhandler responsible for a life-altering attack on an elderly couple outside a Northwest DC grocery store admitted to beating the pair up with their own cane when they didn't give him enough charity last year. District resident Alexander Adams, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to violently assaulting 78-year-old John Hopkins and then 79-year-old Claudia Hopkins outside Giant in the 3700 block of Newark Street NW, likely leaving the latter with permanent damage. According to prosecutors, at around 11:10 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2022, Adams randomly…

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Summertime Shooter Sentenced For Premeditated Murder In Northwest DC Summertime Shooter Sentenced For Premeditated Murder In Northwest DC
Summertime Shooter Sentenced For Premeditated Murder In Northwest DC The Maryland man who went through painstaking efforts to pull off a midday summer shooting will have decades to think about his decisions, authorities announced. Upper Marlboro native Jalen Browne has been sentenced to more than 67 years in prison after he plotted out a shooting that left Jovan Hill and Tariq Riley dead in July 2021. According to court documents, in the afternoon of July 25, 2021, Browne disguised himself and walked around to the 100 block of Q Street NW, where he laid in wait to shoot a group of young men who were enjoying an otherwise pleasant summer day. 100 block o…

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Maryland Man Accused Of Premeditated Double Murder, Assault In Southeast DC Maryland Man Accused Of Premeditated Double Murder, Assault In Southeast DC
Maryland Man Accused Of Premeditated Double Murder, Assault In Southeast DC Federal officials say that a Maryland man is behind bars for a double murder and shooting of a third victim in Southeast DC last year. Bowie resident Amarii Fontanelle, 20, is facing multiple counts of murder and other offenses after being indicted for the October 2022 killings of Reginald Cooper, Jr., and Davonte Berkley. Fontanelle was indicted this week by a grand jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia after he led his victims to their deaths, US Attorney Matthew Graves announced on Friday. According to the indictment, on Oct. 17, 2022, Cooper and Berkley, both 19, drove…

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DC Rapist Who Forced Naked Woman Into Anacostia River After Assault Gets Prison Time: Feds DC Rapist Who Forced Naked Woman Into Anacostia River After Assault Gets Prison Time: Feds
DC Rapist Who Forced Naked Woman Into Anacostia River After Assault Gets Prison Time: Feds The 22-year-old Washington, DC man who raped a stranger and force her to strip naked and get into the Anacostia River will spend nearly two decades behind bars for his role in a crime taken straight out of a movie script. Troy Ashley has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the armed rape of a stranger in Southeast DC on March 20, 2018, according to federal prosecutors on Friday, May 26. Officials say that on on the night of the disturbing incident, a woman was sitting in her car in the 3200 block of Buena Vista Terrace SE in DC, when Ashley approached her car with a gun and demanded t…

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Convicted Sex Offender Gets 50 Years For Abusing Minors In MD, Recording It For Years: DOJ Convicted Sex Offender Gets 50 Years For Abusing Minors In MD, Recording It For Years: DOJ
Convicted Sex Offender Gets 50 Years For Abusing Minors In MD, Recording It For Years: DOJ A convicted sex offender with a history of sexually abusing minors and recording it over the course of more than a decade in Maryland may spend the rest of his life behind bars. Baltimore resident Garnell Eugene Graves, 59, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of a child related to his sexual abuse of multiple minor victims, authorities announced. Graves pleaded guilty in June last year in federal court. As part of his plea, Graves admitted that between 2007 and 2020, he abused …

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District Man Who Lured Victims Into Dead-End Street Gets 120 Years For Triple Murder District Man Who Lured Victims Into Dead-End Street Gets 120 Years For Triple Murder
District Man Who Lured Victims Into Dead-End Street Gets 120 Years For Triple Murder The 31-year-old man who gunned down three others in a quiet Washington, DC street four years ago while sporting a stolen Lexus that was later found smoldering in Maryland will spend the rest of his life behind bars. District resident Rakeem Willis was sentenced to 120 years in prison for his roles in the 2019 murders of Sean Shuler, 26, Javon Abney, 26, and Tyrik Hagood, 24, federal prosecutors announced. Officials say that on Jan. 26, 2019, Willis lured the three men into what was described as a “quiet, dead-end street” in the 1500 block of Fort Davis Place SE, where they were shot multipl…

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'International Fugitive' From MD Sentenced After Four Years On The Lam For Stalking Co-Working 'International Fugitive' From MD Sentenced After Four Years On The Lam For Stalking Co-Working
'International Fugitive' From MD Sentenced After Four Years On The Lam For Stalking Co-Working Authorities say that a Maryland man who spent more than four years as an international fugitive attempting to avoid prosecution for stalking a younger co-worker will spend less than a year behind bars after being tracked down and re-arrested. Washington County resident Ranjith Keerikkattil, of Catonsville, left the United States after being found guilty of stalking a junior co-worker before he was re-arrested four years later and sentenced to an 11-month prison term, US Attorney Matthew Graves and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee announced. Prosecutors said that Keerikkattil was foun…

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Maryland Man Convicted Of Assaulting Police Officers During Demonstration In DC: Feds Maryland Man Convicted Of Assaulting Police Officers During Demonstration In DC: Feds
Maryland Man Convicted Of Assaulting Police Officers During Demonstration In DC: Feds Authorities say that a Maryland man has been convicted of assaulting two police officers and stealing a body-worn camera during a demonstration that took place in December 2020 in Washington, DC. Frederick resident Michael Patschak was found guilty of all charges following a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of robbery, according to federal prosecutors. Officials said that Patschak attended a demonstration at 16th and I Streets NW on Dec. 12, 2020. He was wearing a black military-style helmet, ski goggles…

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Killer Who Carried Out 'Atrocious' Attacks On DC's Homeless Indicted On 17 Charges: Feds Killer Who Carried Out 'Atrocious' Attacks On DC's Homeless Indicted On 17 Charges: Feds
Killer Who Carried Out 'Atrocious' Attacks On DC's Homeless Indicted On 17 Charges: Feds The man who went on a shooting spree targeting homeless populations in Washington DC and New York City last march has been indicted on 17 charges including first-degree murder, federal officials said. The indictment charges Gerard Brevard III with “aggravating circumstances,” finding that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel. If aggravating circumstances are found by a jury at trial, Brevard faces a maximum of life imprisonment without the possibility of release on the murder charge. The indictment only charges offenses committed in Washington, D.C. Brevard set out on …

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Dog Fighting Operation Unearthed In DC After Officials Seize Illegal Alligator Dog Fighting Operation Unearthed In DC After Officials Seize Illegal Alligator
Dog Fighting Operation Unearthed In DC After Officials Seize Illegal Alligator A Washington, DC man will spend time behind bars after being convicted of animal cruelty for abusing dogs as part of a potential dog fighting operation and possession of an alligator, according to federal officials. Jaquan Jackson, 35, was found guilty of charges stemming from animal abuse in which he failed to provide proper veterinary care for at least two dogs, authorities announced. Specifically, Jackson was found guilty of two counts of animal cruelty following a three-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He was sentenced by a judge to a total of 360 days in j…

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Convicted Sex Offender Admits To Sexually Abusing Minors Over 13 Years In Maryland Convicted Sex Offender Admits To Sexually Abusing Minors Over 13 Years In Maryland
Convicted Sex Offender Admits To Sexually Abusing Minors Over 13 Years In Maryland A previously convicted sex offender in Maryland is facing decades in prison after admitting to recording himself sexually abusing minors over the course of more than 13 years. Baltimore resident Garnell Eugene Graves, 58, pleaded guilty in federal court to four counts of sexual exploitation of a child in relation to the sexual abuse of five minor victims, federal prosecutors announced. As part of his plea, Graves admitted that between 2007 and 2020, he abused minors between the ages of 6 and 13 years old. Beginning in 2007, Graves frequently sexually abused a minor until she was 13 years …

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