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Pair Arrested For Assaulting Would-Be Buyer During Drug Deal In Virginia: Police
A botched drug deal that ended in the beat-down of a would-be buyer landed two behind bars in Prince William County, police say. Woodbridge residents Gregory Alphonzo Evans and Gabriel Alexander Bruins, both 23, are facing weapons and robbery charges following an incident that played out during an early morning exchange on Thursday. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called at around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 to the 4800 block of Kirkdale Road in Woodbridge, where they found a 20-year-old victim who had just been assaulted. According to the victim, he was attempting t…
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Armed Robber Takes Himself To Police Station After Attempted Gunpoint PWC Robbery: Cops
A 21-year-old man was arrested in what police say was a drug deal gone bad in Prince William County. The victim, also 21, had arranged to buy marijuana from Dorian Hugh Wilhoit, county police said. The victim and other acquaintances met Wilhoit at the Woodbridge Station Apartments located in the 1400 block of Ranger Lp. around midnight on Monday, June 10, police said. While the victim was outside of the vehicle and near the apartment building, Wilhoit bypassed the victim and ran towards the vehicle. He demanded the female occupants, who were between the ages of 17-23, get out of …
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District Man Sentenced For Killing 16-Year-Old During Deadly Drug Deal In DC: Feds
An 18-year-old gunman who killed a teen during a botched drug deal in Washington, DC will avoid the maximum prison term after a judge showed leniency, federal authorities announced. District resident Eugene Williams was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in December for the fatal shooting of DeShaun Francis, 16, who accompanied a family member to sell marijuana in February 2022. According to court documents, on Feb. 8, 2022, Williams arranged to buy weed from a family member of Francis, with the intention of visiting his father after the deal went down. Fra…
Police & Fire
Drug Deal Gone Bad: Police Capture Shooters In Prince William County Incident, They Say
Police have captured two men wanted in a drug deal that ended in a shooting earlier this week in Prince William County, they said. Jamal Dana Allen, 18, and Jabari Antwaun Allen, 19, both of Camfield Court in Manasses, have been charged in the incident on Sudley Road Nov. 3, county police said. Police said the Allens had arranged to meet with a 26-year-old acquaintance for a drug deal just before 9 p.m., when an argument broke out. One of the Allens took out a gun and fired multiple rounds, hitting the victim, police said. The suspect who fired the weapon got into a light-colored Dodge Dur…
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Drug Deal Gone Bad: Suspected Shooter Surrenders To Police In Spotsylvania
A 20-year-old man surrendered to authorities in Spotsylvania hours after they say he shot a 22-year-old man during a drug deal. Rhashean Anderson is believed to have fired at a 22-year-old male on Camp Town Road around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said in a release. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he underwent surgery. During the initial interview with the victim and witnesses, police learned a white Dodge Charger with two male occupants drove by the victim, who was standing outside, and began shooting at him. The v…
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Life In Prison For Double Murderer Who Tried Escaping From VA To Ethiopia
Yohannes Nessibu will likely be living out the rest of his days behind bars. The 29-year-old Alexandria, VA man learned his fate for fatally shooting 22-year-old Henok Yohannes during a drug deal on Dec. 22, 2016, prosecutors said. Nessibu fled but would go on to kill Kedest Simeneh, also 22, and left her body outside of a home in Burke, officials said. He fled to Ethiopa the following morning, and was extradited back to Virginia in 2019. His murder convictions cam in 2022 and 2023. On Friday, June 16, Nessibu was sentenced to the maximum penalty for each of his crimes: A …
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Botched Drug Deal With Minor Leads Stafford Sheriff To Two Shooting Suspects
Two men are in custody days after the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office were called to investigate a shooting involving a minor over the weekend. Logan Garrison, 20, and Nathan Thompson, 21, are both facing charges after an investigation into a shooting and subsequent assault at Wawa on Warrenton Road, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office announced on Monday, March 13. The investigation began shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 10, when the sheriff’s office was advised of a juvenile shooting victim who checked into Mary Washington Hospital after an incident in England Run. Officials…
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Missing Dad Was Brutally Stabbed, Left For Dead In Drug Deal Gone Bad: Prince William PD
A drug deal gone wrong led to the brutal stabbing death of a Virginia dad whose blood-stained car was ditched in Prince William County, and his body in Prince George's County, MD. Olvin Daniel Argueta Ramirez, of Woodbridge, and a 17-year-old boy are believed to have stabbed Jose Abelino Guerrero dead four days before Christmas, police in Prince William County said. Guerrero, Ramirez and the teen met up for a drug deal on Dec. 21, 2022, when an argument ensued, police said. That's when Ramirez stabbed Guerrero multiple times and drove his body apparently with the teen to Prince George's Cou…
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Woodbridge Weed Deal In 2020 Ended With One Dead; Suspect Now Prosecuted
The suspect in the 2020 murder of a man during a Woodbridge drug deal was recently prosecuted, officials said. On December 2020, the suspect, Taron Thomas, set up a marijuana deal at Tackett’s Mill Shopping Center, where he later shot and killed the victim, Matthew Costanzo, according to the Prince William County Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney. Thomas fired six shots in total, hitting Costanzo and his female companion, authorities said. On August 8, a Prince William County jury found Thomas guilty after a four-day trial and he was charged with second degree murder…
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Woodbridge Teenager Killed Man In Drug Deal Gone Wrong: Police
Prince William County police said an 18-year-old man shot and killed someone during a drug deal gone wrong last month. Angel Alfonso Morales Flores, of Woodbridge, turned himself over to police on Wednesday, July 6, after authorities said he killed David Madison Fowler III at Cheshire Station Plaza on June 14, Prince William County police said. Fowler, 19, of Woodbridge, and his friend met Morales Flores and several others at 2 p.m. for a drug deal, police said. At some point, Morales Flores pulled a gun and shot Fowler several times in the chest before he jumped in hi…
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Maryland Man Gets Back-To-Back Life Sentences For Double Silver Spring Homicide
A Maryland man received back-to-back life sentences for inhumanely murdering two young adults from Montgomery County three years ago, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney Office reports. Andy Panton, 23, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole plus 60 years in prison for the murders of Jordan Radway, 23, and Christian Roberts, 24, both of Silver Spring, the office said. Panton shot both men to death execution style, with their bodies found inside a crashed car in White Oak in January 2019. Panton was previously found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder pe…
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