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Serial Metrobus Groper Who Targeted Women In DC Learns Prison Fate In Maryland Serial Metrobus Groper Who Targeted Women In DC Learns Prison Fate In Maryland
Serial Metrobus Groper Who Targeted Women In DC Learns Prison Fate In Maryland A serial sex offender who repeatedly preyed on women riding public transit in Maryland and DC is now behind bars for good after a determined victim caught him in the act, officials said. Kokouvi Apetoh, 45, of Silver Spring, was sentenced to 26 years and 231 days in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree assault and admitting to violating his probation in a previous metrobus groping case, according to Montgomery County prosecutors. Authorities say Apetoh, a registered sex offender, was a repeat predator who systematically targeted unsuspecting women on their daily commu…

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Fairfax Stabbing Suspect First To Be Convicted Based On Drone Evidence In Maryland Fairfax Stabbing Suspect First To Be Convicted Based On Drone Evidence In Maryland
Fairfax Stabbing Suspect First To Be Convicted Based On Drone Evidence In Maryland For the first time, investigators in Montgomery County have secured a conviction largely through evidence collected by drones, and a 45-year-old man is heading to prison.  Fairfax County resident Jovan Ali, 45, was found guilty by a jury last month of second-degree assault in connection to a stabbing in April. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced that Ali has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being caught on camera by the drone. Prosecutors say that on April 17, Ali was involved in an altercation near the intersection of Georgia Av…

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District Man Sentenced After Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (VIDEOS) District Man Sentenced After Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (VIDEOS)
District Man Sentenced After Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (Videos) A District man will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty mid-trial for an attempted murder that was caught on camera in Maryland, authorities announced. The 22-year-old saw the writing on the wall and admitted his guilt in the middle of a jury trial earlier this year in connection to his role in a shooting in a well-known Silver Spring alleyway following a wild chase in June 2022, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. He was sentenced to 70 years in prison with all but 30 to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation when he is released. …

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District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (VIDEOS) District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (VIDEOS)
District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (Videos) A District man saw the writing on the wall and decided to plead guilty in the middle of a trial for an attempted murder that was caught on camera in Maryland, authorities announced. Demonte Hewitt, 22, indicated on Tuesday, in the middle of a jury trial, that he wanted to enter a guilty plea in connection to a shooting in a well-known Silver Spring alleyway following a wild chase in June 2022, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office Prosecutors said that in the early morning hours of June 15, 2022, a man left a birthday ce…

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District Man Gets 25 Years For Trying To Kill Maryland-National Capital Park Police Officer District Man Gets 25 Years For Trying To Kill Maryland-National Capital Park Police Officer
District Man Gets 25 Years For Trying To Kill Maryland-National Capital Park Police Officer The DC man who took police on a wild chase in Montgomery County before shooting at an officer has been sentenced after he copped to the crime last month. Trevon Brox, 28, previously pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer in Montgomery County after shooting at him following a robbery at the Olney Manor Swim Center. Olney Indoor Swim Center Google Maps street view According to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office on Monday, Brox has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 25 suspended, and a judge ordered he serv…

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'Don't Tell On Me': DC Man Sentenced For Shooting That Caused Chaos Outside Busy Maryland Bar 'Don't Tell On Me': DC Man Sentenced For Shooting That Caused Chaos Outside Busy Maryland Bar
'Don't Tell On Me': DC Man Sentenced For Shooting That Caused Chaos Outside Busy Maryland Bar The 29-year-old District man who caused mayhem outside a popular Maryland bar before shooting a man amid an ongoing argument will spend decades behind bars. It will be a night to forget for David Lee Brown III, 30, who was sentenced to 55 years in prison with all but 35 years to serve after being convicted of multiple counts of assault and other offenses for his role in the shooting of Mame Faye during a dispute outside Clyde's Restaurant in Chevy Chase, officials in Montgomery County announced. Faye and several of his co-workers - including Sala Coleman - from Maggiano Little Italy in DC w…

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Off-Duty Pentagon Police Officer Gets 25 Years For Double Fatal Shooting In MD Parking Lot Off-Duty Pentagon Police Officer Gets 25 Years For Double Fatal Shooting In MD Parking Lot
Off-Duty Pentagon Police Officer Gets 25 Years For Double Fatal Shooting In MD Parking Lot An off-duty Pentagon police officer who shot and killed two men in the parking lot of his Takoma Park apartment complex two years ago will spend decades behind bars. Earlier this year, David Hall Dixon, 42, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges after he opened fire in April 2021, striking James Johnson, 38, and Dominique Williams, both of whom died from their injuries. Dominique Williams (left) and James Johnson Montgomery County State's Attorney On Thursday, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced that Dixon has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after adm…

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District Man Joins Teen Carjacker Behind Bars After Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland (VIDEO) District Man Joins Teen Carjacker Behind Bars After Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland (VIDEO)
District Man Joins Teen Carjacker Behind Bars After Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland (Video) A 19-year-old District man will join his teenage co-conspirator behind bars after being sentenced for a armed carjacking that ended in a violent crash in Maryland. Zyier Brown has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with all but 13 years suspended after he and 17-year-old Upper Marlboro resident Victor Noel carjacked both an Uber and later a Toyota driver at gunpoint, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. The prison term stems from a pair of separate carjacking incidents:  On Oct. 25, 2022 when they attacked an Uber driver in the 1500 block of Shady Gro…

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Drunk Driver With Checkered History Convicted Of Killing Married MD Couple On Election Day Drunk Driver With Checkered History Convicted Of Killing Married MD Couple On Election Day
Drunk Driver With Checkered History Convicted Of Killing Married MD Couple On Election Day The intoxicated driver who killed a married Maryland who were on their way to vote last year will face a decade behind bars. Months after a married Maryland couple was struck and killed by an allegedly intoxicated driver while on their way to go vote near a school on Election Day, a Gaithersburg man has been convicted on multiple charges. Specifically, Davinder Singh, 47, was found guilty of: Homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; Driving while under the influence of alcohol; "Multiple related charges."  The Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced t…

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DC Man Sentenced For Gang-Related Shooting In Maryland: State's Attorney DC Man Sentenced For Gang-Related Shooting In Maryland: State's Attorney
DC Man Sentenced For Gang-Related Shooting In Maryland: State's Attorney The Washington, DC man who went on a shooting rampage in Maryland years ago will spend time behind bars, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Aaron Jefferson, 28, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised probation for a wild shooting in the 7900 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring over a long-standing gang dispute in 2021. Prosecutors said that more than 40 rifle and handgun casings were found at the scene, with bullets hitting a man in the hand and leg, though he survived. Three businesses in the area and five vehicles were also hit b…

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Predatory Pastor Abused Power To Sexually Abuse Girl On Church Floor In MD: Prosecutors Predatory Pastor Abused Power To Sexually Abuse Girl On Church Floor In MD: Prosecutors
Predatory Pastor Abused Power To Sexually Abuse Girl On Church Floor In MD: Prosecutors A Maryland pastor who acted in bad faith is facing decades in prison after being convicted of raping a member of his church, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Erick Odir Vidal-Fuentes was found guilty of rape and other sexual offenses at trial this week for an incident that took place in September 2020 at the Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Viene in Takoma Park. His victim was a parishioner. Prosecutors said that the 39-year-old Hyattsville resident targeted his victim when she injured her ankle and he promised her mother that he would help her by massaging the injury w…

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State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland
State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland A potentially intoxicated driver hospitalized a Maryland State Police trooper early on Monday morning after crashing through his cruiser while it was parked in a Montgomery County construction zone, officials say. Charges are pending against Washington, DC resident Anthony Bowser, 31, who injured a trooper inside a work zone area in the inner loop of I-495 near University Boulevard at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 22. Police say that Bowser was driving a white Mercedes SUV when he lost control and sped into the construction zone, rear-ending the Maryland State Police patrol veh…

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Rapist Who Assaulted Sleeping Girl Faces Life In Prison: State's Attorney Rapist Who Assaulted Sleeping Girl Faces Life In Prison: State's Attorney
Rapist Who Assaulted Sleeping Girl Faces Life In Prison: State's Attorney A predator from Washington, DC who preyed upon a sleeping child during a home invasion in Maryland may spend the rest of his life in prison. Joshua Grice, 30, was convicted by a jury of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary for breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who was asleep in her bedroom, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, April 25. According to court records, on Nov. 29, 2021, investigators were called to a Browning Avenue home in Takoma Park to investigate a reported sexual assault involving a child that had just…

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'Case Of Mistaken Identity' Hagerstown Man Sentenced After Killing Wrong Man In 2013 Robbery 'Case Of Mistaken Identity' Hagerstown Man Sentenced After Killing Wrong Man In 2013 Robbery
'Case Of Mistaken Identity' Hagerstown Man Sentenced After Killing Wrong Man In 2013 Robbery A Hagerstown man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years after being convicted of a 2013 murder. Vaughn Darvel Bellamy, 32, was sentenced for the crime on Tuesday, April 11, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Bellamy is one of three men who were convicted of the murder of Alexander Buie in late 2013. The first of the three men to get sentenced was Bryan Byrd, who received life in prison in October 2022. Around 11 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2013, Bellamy and the other two men broke into a recovery home on Grenoble Drive in Rockville to attempt a robbery of one of…

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Former Diplomat's Daughter Found On Top Of Bloodied Body Sentenced For MD Murder: Prosecutors Former Diplomat's Daughter Found On Top Of Bloodied Body Sentenced For MD Murder: Prosecutors
Former Diplomat's Daughter Found On Top Of Bloodied Body Sentenced For MD Murder: Prosecutors The daughter of a former UN diplomat will spend decades behind bars after she was convicted of murdering a Bethesda man in Rockville in 2020, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Washington, DC resident Sophia Negroponte was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Yusuf Rasmussen. Update- Our live stream had some audio issues. Here is a clip of State’s Attorney McCarthy and the father of the... Posted by Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office on Friday, March 31, 2023 Ne…

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Diplomat's Daughter Gets 35 Years For Maryland Margarita Murder Diplomat's Daughter Gets 35 Years For Maryland Margarita Murder
Diplomat's Daughter Gets 35 Years For Maryland Margarita Murder The 30-year-old daughter of George W. Bush's national intelligence director was sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing her friend in a margarita-fueled, Maryland argument in 2020, authorities said. Sophia Negroponte, whose father is John Negroponte, had been drinking the night she killed 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen on Feb. 13, 2020, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. She was convicted of the murder on Jan. 3, 2023. In the heat of an argument, Rasmussen tried to leave the scene at an apartment on the 400 block of Montgomery Avenue, but coul…

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Predator Targeting Teen Online Convicted Of Planning To Meet Minor For Sex Near Maryland HS Predator Targeting Teen Online Convicted Of Planning To Meet Minor For Sex Near Maryland HS
Predator Targeting Teen Online Convicted Of Planning To Meet Minor For Sex Near Maryland HS An undercover agent in Maryland posing as a 15-year-old girl on social media busted a baddie from Virginia who was found guilty of the sexual solicitation of a minor, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Leesburg resident Adin Huezo Grandados, 28, was convicted this week by a jury and will face 10 years in prison when he is sentenced next month, officials said. Adin Huezo GrandadosMontgomery County State's Attorney Prosecutors said that Huezo communicated with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl through a social media profile created by an undercover officer…

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Life In Prison For DC Shooter Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland Life In Prison For DC Shooter Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland
Life In Prison For DC Shooter Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland A Washington, DC man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 23-year-old Maryland man who was gunned down from behind before the shooter broke into an apartment and attempted to hide from police, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney's Office. Abraham Douglas, 21, was sentenced. to life in prison, plus an additional 25 years, after being found guilty by Judge John Maloney of first-degree murder for his role in the murder of Tacoma Park resident Ahambou Bamba Gueye in Montgomery County last year. Prosecutors said that in broad daylight on…

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Anti-Semitic Spewing Suspect KOs Victim At MoCo Grocery Store: Police Anti-Semitic Spewing Suspect KOs Victim At MoCo Grocery Store: Police
Anti-Semitic Spewing Suspect KOs Victim At MoCo Grocery Store: Police A 30-year-old Washington DC man has been arrested after authorities said he attacked a victim at a grocery store in Montgomery County, causing him to lose consciousness, and then stole his keys. Eugene Thompson, who also goes by Michael Stewart, was confronted by the victim inside of the Giant store on Flower Hill Way in Gaithersburg around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 25, county police said. "The adult male victim stated that he was shopping inside the store when he observed Thompson along with a group of male suspects acting disorderly," police said. "When the victim approached the suspects a…

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Man Convicted Of Murdering Former Roommate In Front Of Women, Infant In Montgomery County Man Convicted Of Murdering Former Roommate In Front Of Women, Infant In Montgomery County
Man Convicted Of Murdering Former Roommate In Front Of Women, Infant In Montgomery County A man who forced his way into his former Montgomery County home in 2021 may spend life living behind bars after he was found guilty of murdering 39-year-old James Beverly in front of his family in Silver Spring, the State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Tremayne Dorsey, 44, was convicted of murder and multiple other violent charges following an incident in Beverly’s apartment in the area of Fairland on Nov. 30, 2021. Specifically, Dorsey was found guilty of: First-degree murder; Felony murder; Home invasion; Two counts of first-degree assault; Three counts of use of a firearm in the commi…

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Former Diplomat's Daughter Found On Top Of Bloodied Body Guilty Of Maryland Murder: Prosecutors Former Diplomat's Daughter Found On Top Of Bloodied Body Guilty Of Maryland Murder: Prosecutors
Former Diplomat's Daughter Found On Top Of Bloodied Body Guilty Of Maryland Murder: Prosecutors The daughter of a former UN diplomat has been convicted of murdering a Bethesda man in Rockville in 2020, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Washington, DC resident Sophia Negroponte was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Yusuf Rasmussen and now will face 40 years in prison when she is sentenced in late March. Negroponte was arrested at a home in the 400 block of West Montgomery Avenue in Rockville in February 2020 when they were called to the residence and found Rasmussen stabbed to death. Police say that a witness…

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Magruder HS Teen Who Shot Student,15, With 'Ghost Gun' Gets 18 Years In Prison Magruder HS Teen Who Shot Student,15, With 'Ghost Gun' Gets 18 Years In Prison
Magruder HS Teen Who Shot Student,15, With 'Ghost Gun' Gets 18 Years In Prison Authorities say that a teenager charged as an adult for a bathroom shooting at a Montgomery high school earlier this year will spend time behind bars and participate in a youth offender program. Steven Alston, Jr., 18, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 18 years suspended and five years of post-release probation after admitting earlier this month to the January 2022 shooting of DeAndre Thomas, then 15, at Magruder High School. The teen was also barred from having contact with Thomas and will undergo mental health evaluation at the facility he has been assigned to. St…

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DC Killer Sentenced To Life Without Parole After Stabbing Girlfriend's Son, Two Others DC Killer Sentenced To Life Without Parole After Stabbing Girlfriend's Son, Two Others
DC Killer Sentenced To Life Without Parole After Stabbing Girlfriend's Son, Two Others A convicted killer has been sentenced to life without parole following a horrific attack during a trip to Washington D.C. in May 2020 that left one dead and two others injured, authorities say. Biet Van Tran, 65, was found guilty of the first-degree murder or Linh Pham, 23, and attempted first-degree murders of Quy Luc, 32, and Thi Nyguen, 22, back in April of 2022, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Pham, Luc, and Nyguen were attacked on May 11, 2020 after traveling to visit the D.C. area after Luc's mother suffered a stroke.  Tran, who was Luc's mother's b…

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Maryland Man Convicted Of Stabbing Victim Dead While Daughter Watched: State Attorney Maryland Man Convicted Of Stabbing Victim Dead While Daughter Watched: State Attorney
Maryland Man Convicted Of Stabbing Victim Dead While Daughter Watched: State Attorney A 27-year-old Maryland has been convicted of stabbing a man dead while his daughter watched, authorities announced. Justin Andrew Wilson, 27, of Germantown, stabbed 63-year-old Egidio Ienzi 13 times with a fixed-blade knife inside of his Germantown home on July 23, 2020, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office said. Ienzi's daughter witnessed part of the attack before running upstairs to hide and call 911. Wilson was arrested in the days following the attack after Ienzi's son helped lead police to Wilson.  “The victim in this case was described by friends a…

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