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BMW Driver Charged Months After Motorcyclist Killed In Wrong-Way Virginia Crash: Police BMW Driver Charged Months After Motorcyclist Killed In Wrong-Way Virginia Crash: Police
BMW Driver Charged Months After Motorcyclist Killed In Wrong-Way Virginia Crash: Police Months after a 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash, a BMW driver has been arrested, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Michael Burghardt has been charged with manslaughter and felony hit-and-run in connection to the fatal incident that that claimed the life of Woodbridge resident Cornell Parish III in May. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called shortly after 5:15 a.m. on May 12, where there was a report of a crash involving a motorcyclist who was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Investigators say that detective…
Woman Charged With DUI Manslaughter For Fatal Head-On Crash In Prince William County: Police Woman Charged With DUI Manslaughter For Fatal Head-On Crash In Prince William County: Police
Woman Charged With DUI Manslaughter For Fatal Head-On Crash In Prince William County: Police Weeks after a wrong-way driver killed a man and injured several others in a head-on crash in Prince William County, police say that they've arrested a 21-year-old woman who was allegedly driving under the influence. Shortly after 6 a.m. on Sept. 13, officers were called to the area of Caton Hill Road near Killarney Drive in Woodbridge, where there was a reported head-on crash involving a pair of Toyotas.  According to the Prince William County Police Department, a Toyota Camry being driven by Springfield resident Lesly Miraya-Mayuri with Alexandria native Elvis Gabriel Alvarez, 23 in t…
Hit-Run Driver Who Killed DC Pedestrian In Maryland Charged With Manslaughter Hit-Run Driver Who Killed DC Pedestrian In Maryland Charged With Manslaughter
Hit-Run Driver Who Killed DC Pedestrian In Maryland Charged With Manslaughter A hit-and-run driver who killed a 64-year-old District woman in Prince George's County has been apprehend, the Bladensburg Police Department announced.  Beltsville resident Jerome Michael Phillip Young, 42, was arrested on a warrant following the investigation into the fatal crash involving Susan Woodard earlier this month. First responders were called to investigate a pedestrian hit-and-run shortly before noon on Tuesday, Aug. 20 in the 4500 block of Bladensburg Road, where there was a report of a person down. Officers from the Bladensburg Police Department provided aid to Woodard un…
Arlington Driver, 23, Gets Manslaughter For Deadly Bailey's Crossroads Crash Arlington Driver, 23, Gets Manslaughter For Deadly Bailey's Crossroads Crash
Arlington Driver, 23, Gets Manslaughter For Deadly Bailey's Crossroads Crash A 23-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in a deadly crash that happened last year in Fairfax County, police announced. Isai Jimenez Paz, of Arlington, was driving a Toyota GR86 at a high speed westbound on Leesburg Pike in Bailey's Crossroads around 7 p.m. on Feb. 16, Fairfax County police said. Another vehicle, a Toyota Corolla, tried turn left onto a service road near South Jefferson Street from the eastbound lane of Leesburg Pike it was struck by Paz, police said. Each vehicle had two occupants: All four were taken to nearby hospitals for medical attention, and on Feb. 21, …
Teen Driver Charged With Manslaughter, Maiming Months After Fatal Fairfax County Crash: Police Teen Driver Charged With Manslaughter, Maiming Months After Fatal Fairfax County Crash: Police
Teen Driver Charged With Manslaughter, Maiming Months After Fatal Fairfax County Crash: Police The teen driver who was behind the wheel during a fatal crash that left one dead and four hospitalized is facing maiming and manslaughter charges in Fairfax County, police say. Days before Thanksgiving last year, the driver, who was 17 at the time, was allegedly speeding and intoxicated when he was traveling south in a Lincoln Avitor on Shreve Road in Idylwood when he lost control. According to investigators from the Fairfax County Police Department, as he came to the top of a hill, the teen lost control of the SUV and smashed into a tree, sending the vehicle spinning, and ejecting fiv…
Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds
Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds A 23-year-old Maryland man will spend more than a decade in prison for his role in a fatal shooting in Northeast DC more than two years ago, authorities announced. Hyattsville resident Jamaarr Morgan has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection to the death of Jacques Russ in the unit block of 61st Street NE in December 2021. According to prosecutors, on Dec. 14, 2021, Morgan ran into Russ as he was heading to work, and after coming into contact, shot him in the head before fleeing at the scene. Russ' body was found lying in the street by a passerby, who alerted the Metropoli…
District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds
District Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Stabbing Of 'Helpless, Defenseless' Victim In DC: Feds The District man who repeatedly stabbed his unconscious victim to death during a knock-down drag-out fight in Southeast DC will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities announced. Michael Caldwell, 29, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of 44-year-old Fort Washington resident Damien Thompson last summer, who he left to die on the sidewalk. According to prosecutors, on June 4, 2023, Caldwell was in the 4300 block of Halley Terrace SE at around 11:30 p.m. when he and Thompson got into a verbal argument on the street that rapidly escalated when Tho…
Two Admit To Firing 28 Rounds At Murder Victim Outside DC Church: Feds Two Admit To Firing 28 Rounds At Murder Victim Outside DC Church: Feds
Two Admit To Firing 28 Rounds At Murder Victim Outside DC Church: Feds Two men have admitted to their roles in separate homicide cases that have been under investigation for years. Joseph Brown, 33, pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder while armed, while Rondell McLeod - already behind bars for a different case - pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection to the death of 21-year-old Amari Jenkins, federal authorities announced on Monday. The fatal shooting was reported on Aug. 18, 2015, in front of St. Luke's Catholic Church on East Capitol Street NE. The Washington, DC residents admitted that on the day of Jenkins' death, …
Speeding Teen Driver Charged With Manslaughter In Deadly, Airborne Virginia Crash: Police Speeding Teen Driver Charged With Manslaughter In Deadly, Airborne Virginia Crash: Police
Speeding Teen Driver Charged With Manslaughter In Deadly, Airborne Virginia Crash: Police Authorities in Virginia charged an 18-year-old unlicensed driver with manslaughter in a crash that killed a 23-year-old driver. Bilecer Turcios Hernandez, of Woodbridge, and Juan Jose Bonilla Bonilla, of Woodbridge, were both speeding — perhaps, drag-racing — in the moments before the Wednesday, Aug. 30 crash on Minnieville Road and Hedgewood Drive in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. Hernandez was operating a 2014 Nissan 370 Z when he tried to pass Bonilla Bonilla's 2011 BMW 535 in an aggressive manner, and lost control, police said. Hernandez struck Bonill…
Shooter Admits To Wildly Firing, Killing Innocent 62-Year-Old Bystander After DC Robbery: Feds Shooter Admits To Wildly Firing, Killing Innocent 62-Year-Old Bystander After DC Robbery: Feds
Shooter Admits To Wildly Firing, Killing Innocent 62-Year-Old Bystander After DC Robbery: Feds The man accused of shooting and killing an innocent bystander in Northwest DC has copped to his crime, federal authorities announced. Lasanta McGill, 62, was shot and killed when an argument inside a Northwest DC market spilled out into the street and shots were fired, according to police. Federal prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 28 that Southeast DC resident Demarcus Barnett has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection to the fatal shooting. As part of his guilty plea, Barnett admitted that after being robbed by two people, he chased after them and fire…
Maryland Minister's DC Killer Heading To Federal Penitentiary Maryland Minister's DC Killer Heading To Federal Penitentiary
Maryland Minister's DC Killer Heading To Federal Penitentiary it'll be years in prison for a Maryland man who stabbed a well-educated minister to death in a DC nightclub. Michael Dolson, 37, of Upper Marlboro, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the March 2022 stabbing death of Silver Spring resident Kenneth Thomas, 42, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors noted that Thomas was a Howard University graduate with a Masters of Divinity and a licensed minister at the time he was killed. Court documents say that on Sunday, March 13, 2022, Dolson and a friend went to the Cloud Lounge on 9th Street NW in DC. The couple was seated at the back of t…
DWI Driver In Fatal Crash Slapped With Additional Charges: Fairfax PD DWI Driver In Fatal Crash Slapped With Additional Charges: Fairfax PD
DWI Driver In Fatal Crash Slapped With Additional Charges: Fairfax PD A driver charged in a fatal crash in July is facing additional charges, Fairfax County police said. Benjamin Lopez Encinas, 33, of Woodbridge, was initially charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, but as of Monday, Aug. 14, faces  aggravated DWI manslaughter and felony hit and run.  Detectives served Encinas warrants on Sunday, Aug. 13. He's being held without bond. Encinas was in a 2010 BMW when he failed to stop at a stop sign on Columbia Pike in Bailey's Crossroads around 2:15 a.m. on July 8, Fairfax County police said. He struck Luis Fernando Jime…
Trash Compactor Death: Manslaughter Charge Filed In VA Tragedy Trash Compactor Death: Manslaughter Charge Filed In VA Tragedy
Trash Compactor Death: Manslaughter Charge Filed In VA Tragedy A Virginia man has been indicted by a grand jury in the death of a worker crushed to death by a trash compactor last year. Michael Lee Gorham, 57, was indicted on Monday, July 17, with manslaughter in the July 7, 2022 death of 28-year-old Brandon Nutter, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Brandon Nutter, of Mineral, was just weeks into the job as a heavy equipment mechanic for the Solid Waste Collections Division on July 7, 2022, when the incident occurred at the Chancellor Convenience Center, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office.  Brandon NutterBrando…
Dealer Already Behind Bars Faces New Charges For Fatal OD In VA: Police Dealer Already Behind Bars Faces New Charges For Fatal OD In VA: Police
Dealer Already Behind Bars Faces New Charges For Fatal OD In VA: Police A man already behind bars is facing new charges after being connected to the fatal fentanyl overdose of a man in Fairfax County last summer, authorities announced. Armand Navarro, 30, has been charged for his role in the death of a man who was found suffering from the effects of an overdose last year in an apartment in the 700 block of South Courthouse Road in Lorton more than a year ago. Shortly after 10 p.m. on June 29, 2022, officers responded to the home to investigate reports of a medical emergency, and upon arrival, found the victim, whose name was not released by the police. First r…
Life In Prison For Double Murderer Who Tried Escaping From VA To Ethiopia Life In Prison For Double Murderer Who Tried Escaping From VA To Ethiopia
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 …
Florida Woman Ran Over GF On Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Left Her To Die: Feds Florida Woman Ran Over GF On Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Left Her To Die: Feds
Florida Woman Ran Over GF On Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Left Her To Die: Feds The Florida woman who gruesomely killed her girlfriend “in the heat of passion” was convicted by a jury following a lengthy trial in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Melbourne, Florida resident Janice Martina Mason, 29, was convicted on Friday, May 19 of voluntary manslaughter after she ran over Sharisse Denise Carr, 26, on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, left her to die, and then tried to pull a fast one on investigators. On Nov. 24, 2021, US Park Police officers responded to a stretch of the Parkway near Route 197, where there were reports of a body lying facedown in the shoulde…
Drunk Driver Who Killed Mom With Kids In Car Gets Time In VA State Prison Drunk Driver Who Killed Mom With Kids In Car Gets Time In VA State Prison
Drunk Driver Who Killed Mom With Kids In Car Gets Time In VA State Prison A 34-year-old drunk driver who killed a mother and left her children with serious injuries in a wrong-way 2020 crash has been sentenced to time in Virginia state prison. Ronal Eriberto Guillen, was sentenced by Prince William Circuit Court judge Kimberly A. Irving to 20 years behind bars, 10 of which are suspended, Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Amy Ashford said. Giullen previously pleaded guilty to aggravated involuntary DWO manslaughter.  Lataja Wilkins was on her to drop her two kids off at her mom's house before going to work early Oct. 22, 2020, when Guillen — who had been drinki…
Leaf Blower Bandit Admits To Assaulting Woman With Debris, Killing BF In Fairfax County Leaf Blower Bandit Admits To Assaulting Woman With Debris, Killing BF In Fairfax County
Leaf Blower Bandit Admits To Assaulting Woman With Debris, Killing BF In Fairfax County The Manassas street sweeper who assaulted a woman with debris using his leaf blower before shooting and killing her angry boyfriend has pleaded guilty, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced. Steven Green, 55, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and malicious wounding for the 2019 fatal shooting Miguel Leiva Hernandez in the Chantilly Park Shopping Center parking lot. The guilty plea comes after his March trial ended with a hung jury. Prosecutors say that Green was cleaning at the shopping center on May 24, 2019, when he had an altercation with Leiva Hernandez’s girlfriend, Myra Osori…
Teen Guilty Of Manslaughter For Shooting Deaths Of Two Fairfax HS Students Teen Guilty Of Manslaughter For Shooting Deaths Of Two Fairfax HS Students
Teen Guilty Of Manslaughter For Shooting Deaths Of Two Fairfax HS Students A Springfield teen was found guilty on two counts of manslaughter after he shot and killed two other teens in 2021, according to WUSA9. Zachary Burkard admitted to shooting his South County High School classmates, Ersheen Elaiasher and Calvin Van Pelt, on April 25, during a fight over threats made on social media, the website said. The jury in this trial was shown a video of Burkard using expletives in threats against one of the teens he killed, WUSA9 said. Click here for the full story from WUSA9.