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Porch Pirate With Checkered Criminal History Caught Stealing Packages In DC: Feds
A serial robber is facing charges in Washington, DC after being arrested for stealing packages from the front of area homes, authorities announced. District resident Daniel Greene, 41, has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple counts of theft dating back to a string of robberies last month during a Jewish holiday. It is alleged that the porch pirate was active on Saturday, Sept. 16, when he targeted homes in the 600 block of G Street NE and stole packages from at least two of them, though he didn't get far. While attempting to make off with the stolen items, he was walking away wh…
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Drug Dealer Selling Crack Cocaine To Stroke Victim Gets Time For Killing Man's Son In DC: DOJ
The drug dealer who fatally shot a man in the back over a confrontation about drug sales to his father will spend years behind bars. It will be 24 years in prison for 24-year-old District resident Shaka Haltiwanger, who was convicted of murdering Anthony Kelley in 2021 in Southeast DC over money he believed his victim's family owed him, federal officials announced. On Sept. 10, 2021, Kelley, 39, arrived at his father's apartment building to take him to the grocery store after he suffered a stroke and was unable to drive. However, when he got to his father's apartment, he found Ha…
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'I'm About To Lie:' Alexander Hamilton Admits To Readily Recording Grand Jury Proceedings In DC
Alexander Hamilton - nope, not that one - is making headlines in Washington, DC again. Hamilton, 28, admitted on Tuesday in federal court to contempt and obstruction of justice after he illegally recorded and published grand jury proceedings to seemingly bolster his social media following, federal authorities announced. The District resident was ultimately brought down by that social media presence. According to court documents, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were tipped off to a public Instagram account that had more than 10,000 followers which had posted multiple …
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Man Who Violated Court Order 500+ Times Sentenced For Stabbing Mother Of Child With Pliers
The District man who stabbed the mother of his child repeatedly with a pair pliers in broad daylight will have decades behind bars to think about his actions, federal authorities announced on Monday. Anthony Braxton, 47, has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend nearly 30 times with a pair of needle nose pliers in front of the child they share, despite being ordered repeatedly to stay away from her by judges. According to court documents, in October and November 2017, Braxton violated a court order to stay away from his victim repeatedly and went to the …
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'Sorry For The Inconvenience:' District Man Sentenced For Shooting Longtime Friend In DC: Feds
Well, at least he was sorry. The Washington, DC man who shot a longtime friend during a disagreement will spend 17 years in prison for a broad daylight shooting that left a "friend" with multiple gunshot wounds. District resident Stefan Farmer, 52, has been sentenced after he allegedly shot his friend in the middle of the day in February 2021, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, on Feb. 25, 2021, Farmer was in the driver's seat of an SUV in the 4400 block of Gault Place when his victim - who was a "longtime friend" of his - walked up to the vehicle and sparked up a…
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Serial Sexual Abuser Assaulted Strangers While On Release For Previous Sex Offenses In DC: Feds
A District man has been arrested - again - for allegedly sexually assaulting at least three people, federal officials say. Christopher Sharp, 31, is facing charges following an investigation into several incidents in DC when he preyed on his victims after leaving the hospital. According to court documents, at approximately 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Sharp left the George Washington University Hospital, and as he was leaving, he allegedly smacked a person on the behind before walking away toward Washington Circle. Minutes later, it is further alleged that Sharp ran into a person in the 2…
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District Man Admits To Attempting To Kill Roommate: Feds
A 45-year-old man attempted to murder his roommate in Washington, DC, federal officials say. Jose Avelino Felipe pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia with one count of assault with intent to kill following a stabbing in their home in 2021. According to court documents, on Dec. 4, 2021, Avelino Felipe and his wife were living in the same apartment as his victim and her husband. On the night of the stabbing, Avelino Felipe and the husband got into a physical altercation, and both left the shared home. When Avelino Felipe returned, he went to his vic…
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Public Masturbator Admits To Sex Offenses Near Elementary School, Threatening Neighbors In DC
A serial masturbator with a penchant for lewd incidents in Washington, DC has admitted to separate incidents near an elementary school where children were walking, federal authorities announced. Derrick Jones, 54, pleaded guilty this week for masturbating in public near Bancroft Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant, and then making aggressive threats towards neighbors who implored him to stop. According to court documents, on April 3, Jones was caught by a neighbor pleasuring himself outside their apartment building, which is a block away from the school. The neighbor - who was with her 11-…
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Virginia Man Gets Time For Shooting At Wheelchair-Bound 'Friend' Outside DC Walmart: Feds
An Alexandria man will spend years behind bars after being convicted of shooting at a wheelchair-bound “friend” who had to play dead outside an area Walmart to get his assailant to stop his attack, federal officials announced. Richard Nduba, 39, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty following a three-day trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for firing multiple shots a a man during an argument that rapidly escalated in August 2022 in Northwest DC. Prosecutors say that on Aug. 10, 2022, Nduba got into an argument with the victim, who was describe…
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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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Public Pool Pervert Arraigned For Alleged Child Sexual Abuse In DC
A 35-year-old man who allegedly got touchy with children at a public pool in Washington, DC is facing federal charges, authorities announced. District resident Gary Jones was arraigned this week on charges stemming from an incident at the Anacostia Pool in August last year when he allegedly touched a child inappropriately. Prosecutors say that on at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 18, 2022, Jones entered the shower room at the pool. When two children entered the shower area, they observed Jones wearing underwear that exposed him to them while he rubbed his “private part” in front of them,…
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District Man Gets 27 Years For Murdering GF While Child Slept, Disposing Body
The man who killed his 34-year-old girlfriend while her child slept nearby will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced this week, though his victim’s body has never been recovered. Washington, DC resident Darnell Sterling, 57, was sentenced to 27 years in prison after being convicted of murdering former girlfriend Olga Ooro in her apartment in 2020, federal authorities announced. Early on July 17, 2020, prosecutors said that Sterling attacked Ooro in her apartment in the 300 block of Massachusetts Avenue NW while her 7-year-old child was asleep in his bedroom. According to invest…
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