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Pair Who Peddled Fentanyl To Undercover DEA Agents In DMV Face Federal Prison Time: DOJ Pair Who Peddled Fentanyl To Undercover DEA Agents In DMV Face Federal Prison Time: DOJ
Pair Who Peddled Fentanyl To Undercover DEA Agents In DMV Face Federal Prison Time: DOJ A dubious duo is facing prison time after admitting to selling fentanyl pills to undercover DEA agents in Washington, DC and Maryland, authorities announced. Beltsville resident Edward Steven Monge, 22, and 26-year-old Jennifer Echeverria Flores, of Silver Spring, have both pleaded guilty for their roles in a fentanyl distribution ring, officials say. According to prosecutors, between February and August last year, Monge sold more than 4,500 pills containing fentanyl to Echeverria Flores, who then sold those pills to an undercover DEA agent on five separate occasions in the DMV re…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Sodomized Child Multiple Times In VA Home: Police Man Sodomized Child Multiple Times In VA Home: Police
Man Sodomized Child Multiple Times In VA Home: Police A 26-year-old Virginia man is accused of sexually assaulting a young family member for more than a year, authorities said. Juan Carlos Vides Guevara sexually assaulted the child, who was under 15 years old at the time of the alleged incidents, at a home in Triangle between March 2022 and November 2023, Prince William County police said. The Woodbridge man was arrested following an investigation and charged with aggravated sexual battery, attempted aggravated sexual battery, and forcible sodomy. He was being held without bond. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to con…

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by Cecilia Levine
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One Year Later: DC Man Who Shot Fleeing Victim In Back Of The Head Indicted For Murder: Feds One Year Later: DC Man Who Shot Fleeing Victim In Back Of The Head Indicted For Murder: Feds
One Year Later: DC Man Who Shot Fleeing Victim In Back Of The Head Indicted For Murder: Feds A District man who allegedly shot his victim in the back of the head while he was running away in Northeast DC has been indicted on murder and other charges one year after the shooting, federal authorities announced. December 20 has proven to be a fateful date for Jajuan Gripper, 21, after he and his cohorts took at least 19 shots at their victim during a shooting one year ago to the day and he was charged in an indictment on Wednesday in federal court for his alleged role in the murder. According to prosecutors, on Dec. 20, 2022, Gripper and two other men followed 34-year-old Rynell Bradfo…

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by Zak Failla
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$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence $400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence UPDATE: A woman who helped pull a notorious scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors nationwide was nearly 150 miles away when a judge in South Jersey sentenced her to a plea-bargained three years in state prison on Friday, Jan. 6. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown will be released in July after completing a federal sentence at a low-security prison in Danbury, CT, for scamming well-meaning donors out of $400,000 to purportedly help a homeless veteran. At that point, the year and a day federal sentence will be deducted from her state term and a determination will be made whether she shoul…

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by Jerry DeMarco