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Women Sliced Off Thumb Of 'Sugar Daddy' During Deadly DC Assault To Access His Money: Reports Women Sliced Off Thumb Of 'Sugar Daddy' During Deadly DC Assault To Access His Money: Reports
Women Sliced Off Thumb Of 'Sugar Daddy' During Deadly DC Assault To Access His Money: Reports Disturbing new details have been released following the violent death of 53-year-old Fasil Mulatu Teklemariam in Northwest DC earlier this year.  On April 5, Teklemariam was found stabbed to death in an apartment at around in the 1300 block of Peabody Street NW, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. He was found in his apartment suffering from multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, though it is believed he was assaulted days earlier, police said. Two women, Tiffany Taylor Gray, 22, of Bowie, and 19-year-old Audrey Miller, who has no fixed addre…

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Government Contractor With 'Top Secret' Security Clearance Accused Of Espionage In DC: DOJ Government Contractor With 'Top Secret' Security Clearance Accused Of Espionage In DC: DOJ
Government Contractor With 'Top Secret' Security Clearance Accused Of Espionage In DC: DOJ A government contractor living in Maryland has been accused of espionage by federal officials in Washington, DC, authorities announced. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, a naturalized US citizen from Ethiopia who lives in Silver Spring is facing series charges for allegedly conspiring with a foreign government, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday. Lemma worked as an IT administrator for the Department of State and as a Management Analyst for the Department of Justice, which led to him being granted a "TOP SECRET" security clearance and access to classified systems. Prosecutors sa…

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Immigrant Living In VA Accused Of Car Attack Near Pentagon Shouted 'I Hate America," Docs Say Immigrant Living In VA Accused Of Car Attack Near Pentagon Shouted 'I Hate America," Docs Say
Immigrant Living In VA Accused Of Car Attack Near Pentagon Shouted 'I Hate America," Docs Say An Ethiopian citizen living in Virginia accused of yelling obscenities and driving through security checkpoints outside the Pentagon on Friday, Oct. 28 has been arrested, federal court documents show. Tamirat Yehualawork, 36, was behind the wheel of a black Ford Expedition when he sped through a security checkpoint and struck and broke off a drop arm, according to an affidavit. Pentagon police officers tried to raise a second barrier to block the vehicle, but "he was moving too fast and drove over the barrier before it could raise," they said. "As he crossed the bridge into the SouthS…

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Dulles Airport Customs Agents Seize Nearly $30K From Family Leaving The Country Dulles Airport Customs Agents Seize Nearly $30K From Family Leaving The Country
Dulles Airport Customs Agents Seize Nearly $30K From Family Leaving The Country A family bound for an Ethiopian vacation lost a day of their trip and more than $27,000 after they failed to disclose that they were carrying enough cash to buy a new Hyundai Santa Fe in their luggage.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents said the family didn't disclose the cash as they went through a pre-flight screening. The father — a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Ethiopia — told agents he was carrying $8,000 on him, the agency said in a news release. The man's eldest son also admitted to having $8,000 in cash.  But customs agents found an additional unreported $1…

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by Josh Lanier