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Former Sheriff In Virginia Convicted Of Selling Badges For Bribes: Feds Former Sheriff In Virginia Convicted Of Selling Badges For Bribes: Feds
Former Sheriff In Virginia Convicted Of Selling Badges For Bribes: Feds A former sheriff in Virginia is facing decades in prison after being convicted for accepting bribes in exchange for handing out deputy badges and law enforcement credentials, federal authorities announced. Scott Howard Jenkins, 53, of Culpeper, was found guilty by a jury in Charlottesville this week for a bribery scheme involving more than $75,000 in bribes.  Prosecutors said Jenkins accepted the money—both as cash and campaign contributions—from multiple individuals, including undercover FBI agents.  In return, Jenkins appointed them as auxiliary deputy sheriffs, a sworn law enf…
Mother Admits To Voluntary Manslaughter After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds Mother Admits To Voluntary Manslaughter After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds
Mother Admits To Voluntary Manslaughter After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds A District woman is facing up to 10 years in prison after her 3-year-old daughter ingested fentanyl and died, federal authorities announced. Sasha McCoy, 28, pleaded guilty this week to voluntary manslaughter in connection to the death of her toddler in October 2022. Prosecutors said that at around 1 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2022, McCoy took her two children to the back bedroom of the home she was staying out for a nap and placed them in bed. When McCoy returned to check on them, she found her daughter unconscious and unresponsive. She later died at the hospital. A small plastic bag that contain…
Repeat Offenders From DMV Sentenced For Robbery Of Check-Cashing Business In Virginia: Feds Repeat Offenders From DMV Sentenced For Robbery Of Check-Cashing Business In Virginia: Feds
Repeat Offenders From DMV Sentenced For Robbery Of Check-Cashing Business In Virginia: Feds Two men in the DMV who have a lengthy rap sheet in Maryland and Virginia will spend time in prison following the armed robbery of a Chantilly check-cashing business, federal authorities announced this week. In November 2023, Chester Lewis, 49, of Oxon Hill, and Al Gibran Taylor, 42, of Reston walked into the store with the intention of robbing it of cash, which had previously been scoped out by the Maryland resident.  During that robbery, prosecutors say that Lewis was armed with a .223/5.56 mm caliber semi-automatic rifle, which he pointed at customers and ordered them to pu…
Maryland Man Withheld Drugs From 'Dopesick' Women Forced To Become Sex Workers: Feds Maryland Man Withheld Drugs From 'Dopesick' Women Forced To Become Sex Workers: Feds
Maryland Man Withheld Drugs From 'Dopesick' Women Forced To Become Sex Workers: Feds A 36-year-old Maryland man who used women's' drug dependency to compel them to participate in commercial sex work for him up and down the East Coast is facing prison time, federal authorities announced. William O’Neil Murray III pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 12 to sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion over the course of several months in several states. At least three women were involved. According to court documents, between December 2021 and July 2022, Murray was involved in the multi-state sex trafficking operation, using women he would coerce by using their drug dependency…
DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds
DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds A District man found complicit in killing two people, including a witness to the first murder, will spend decades in prison after being found guilty last year following a nine-day trial.  Madani Ilara Tejan, also known as “Malik,” “Mylik,” and “Dani,” 31, was convicted of using a firearm in connection with a murder and robbery and for a drug distribution conspiracy, last year, officials say. On Tuesday, federal authorities announced that Tejan has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release on drug and weapon charges. Prosecutors say that on Oct.…
Man Who Photoshopped Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home Sentenced Man Who Photoshopped Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home Sentenced
Man Who Photoshopped Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home Sentenced A Fairfax County man will spend years in prison for downloading millions of images and videos of child exploitation, including child sexual abuse material and computer-generated videos depicting the violent rape of children, federal authorities announced. James Andrew Whitney, 62, has been sentenced to seven years behind bars after admitting to downloading, and creating projects where he would photoshop prepubescent children into photos around his home and narrated sexual encounters between them and himself. According to prosecutors, Whitney sought out and downloaded video an…
Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen
Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen The Fairfax County man who cyberstalked two employees at a Baltimore-based hospital will be spending time behind bars not a keyboard after copping to the crime earlier this year, federal authorities announced. Michael Ghali, 35, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to cyberstalking a woman he knew from church and then threatening head of a medical department at a Maryland medical facility. According to his plea agreement, beginning in June 2020, the Fairfax resident sent his first victim series of sexually explicit and threatening text messages using an …
Wig-Wearing Identity Thief Who Trafficked Phony Oxy Pills In DMV Region Gets Time In DC Wig-Wearing Identity Thief Who Trafficked Phony Oxy Pills In DMV Region Gets Time In DC
Wig-Wearing Identity Thief Who Trafficked Phony Oxy Pills In DMV Region Gets Time In DC A Maryland man is heading to prison for his role in a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy across the DMV region, federal authorities announced. Silver Springs resident Tyronn Waters was sentenced to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty in July to distributing fentanyl and wire fraud charges as part of an elaborate scheme.  In August 2021, an investigation was launched into a drug trafficking ring running a fentanyl pill pressing operation in both DC and Maryland. According to prosecutors, the drugs included counterfeit Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, produced using…
Sexual Assaulter Who Targeted Women Over Four-Month Period In DC Gets Time: Feds Sexual Assaulter Who Targeted Women Over Four-Month Period In DC Gets Time: Feds
Sexual Assaulter Who Targeted Women Over Four-Month Period In DC Gets Time: Feds A District man who couldn't keep his hands to himself will spend years in prison for sexually assaulting women on three separate occasions over four months, federal authorities announced. Darren West, 28, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for sexually assaulting at least two women and robbing one of them during a string of incidents reported earlier this year. According to prosecutors, in March, West approached one victim while she was at work and propositioned her for oral sex, which she declined. Once he was rebuffed, West grabbed her inappropriately, they said. On June 8, West appro…
Babysitter Who Forced Children Into Sex Acts In DC Heading To Prison Babysitter Who Forced Children Into Sex Acts In DC Heading To Prison
Babysitter Who Forced Children Into Sex Acts In DC Heading To Prison A 35-year-old predator who sexually abused children he was tasked with babysitting in Washington, DC will spend nearly two decades in prison. District resident David Geddie was sentenced to 19 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release for repeatedly sexually abusing children under the age of 12, federal authorities announced on Friday. Prosecutors say that over the course of several months in 2021, Geddie acted as a babysitter for two 6 year olds and an 11 year old, who he preyed upon while taking care of them. According to court documents, during that time, Geddie forc…
Man Targeting Women Alone At Metro Stations In DC Heading To Prison: Prosecutors Man Targeting Women Alone At Metro Stations In DC Heading To Prison: Prosecutors
Man Targeting Women Alone At Metro Stations In DC Heading To Prison: Prosecutors A District man will spend years behind bars after robbing one woman at knifepoint inside a Metro Station and stabbing another days later during a separate assault, federal authorities announced. Christopher Wade, 40, has been sentenced to 84 months in prison for first robbing a woman at the Eastern Market Metro Station and then stabbing another at the Potomac Avenue Metro Station. According to court documents, shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, Wade saw a woman alone in the Eastern Market Metro Station, and he laid in wait at the bottom of the escalator until she reached him, at whic…
District Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl 'Regularly' For Years: Feds District Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl 'Regularly' For Years: Feds
District Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl 'Regularly' For Years: Feds A 66-year-old District man admitted to sexually abusing a young girl over the course of nearly a decade, federal authorities announced. Tyrone Wiggins pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree child abuse after he regularly engaged in sexual acts with a minor starting when she was 10 years old and continuing until she was 18.  According to his plea agreement, between May 1999 and October 1999, when the girl was 13 years old and he was 42, Wiggins sexually abused her on multiple occasions. He further admitted that he abused her when she was 10 and continued to do so through her teenage …
District Man Accused Of Murder At Northwest DC Rec Center: Feds District Man Accused Of Murder At Northwest DC Rec Center: Feds
District Man Accused Of Murder At Northwest DC Rec Center: Feds A 33-year-old District man pleaded not guilty to his role in the murder of Arnold Humberto Solis over the summer at the Marie Reed Recreation Center. Pedro Funes has been charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged role in the 30 year old's death on Wednesday, July 26 in the 2200 block of Champlain Street NW in the Adams Morgan neighborhood, federal authorities announced. Solis was reportedly shot and rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Fumes was arraigned this week and pleaded not guilty after the court found him complicit in the murder. He'…