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Two More Charged In Chyna Crawford Murder As DC Case Continues To Grow: Police
The case of a missing DC woman that stunned the region has taken another major turn, with two more suspects now charged in her killing as the investigation continues to widen.
The developments come in DC, where the Metropolitan Police Department announced new arrests on Thursday, April 2, in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Chyna Crawford, who was first reported missing in October 2023.
Deionta Person, 28, and Tyjuan McNeal, 29, both of Southeast DC, are the latest to be charged with felony murder, armed carjacking, and armed robbery.
Crawford vanished after she was last seen on t…
Love Triangle Turns Deadly In DC: Man Kills Girlfriend’s Husband Inside Apartment
The Maryland man who killed his girlfriend's husband in their DC apartment will spend nearly two decades in federal prison, authorities announced.
Keyon Slaughter, 28, of Waldorf, admitted to second-degree murder while armed in the 2022 killing of Dana Bailey Jr., who was shot once in the chest after discovering an affair between his wife and Slaughter, the US Attorney’s Office said.
This week, federal officials say that Slaughter was sentenced to 16 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
According to investigators, on the morning of Dec. 5, 2022, Slaughter entered …
Suspects Hundreds Of Miles From Home Linked To Violent Armed CVS Robbery In Maryland: Police
Two out-of-state men are accused of driving hundreds of miles from their hometowns to Maryland, where they held up a CVS location during a violent robbery, police say.
Shakir Dequan Jude, 31, of Cary, North Carolina, and Justin Thomas Whitaker, 32, of Brooklyn, are both facing charges in connection with a May armed robbery in Potomac, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 3.
At around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, the masked duo entered the CVS in the 7900 block of Tuckerman Lane wearing gloves and armed with handguns.
Police said they forced t…
DC Man Linked To Rape, Armed Maryland Bank Robbery Grins For Mugshot: Police
A smiling suspect is behind bars in Maryland after police say he carried out a violent rape at an area gas station and an armed bank robbery the very next morning.
Montgomery County Police said Carlos St. James Hover, 34, of Washington, DC, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 15, after walking into a Capital One Bank on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring and committing an armed robbery.
Detectives quickly linked Hover to a rape that happened the night before at a Rockville gas station, where police say he “entered the store, physically attacked, and sexually assaulted the lone employee before leaving…
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors
A Maryland man will serve more than two decades behind bars after DNA evidence linked him to a horrifying cold case rape and armed robbery that left a couple traumatized in Montgomery County.
James Lorenzo Greene, 49, of Fairmount Heights, was sentenced on Thursday, July 31, to life in prison, with all but 23 years suspended, for first-degree rape stemming from an attack on Walker’s Choice Road in Gaithersburg on July 26, 2000, authorities announced.
According to charging documents, a man and woman were walking around 1:55 a.m. that morning, when they were approached from behind by a man ho…
Teens Rob Same DMV Liquor Store 3 Times — Get Busted During Third Heist, Police Say
Two teens repeatedly robbed the same Maryland liquor store at gunpoint — then came back a third time and got caught in the act, police say.
The juveniles, both teen boys, have been charged in connection with three armed robberies at Geste Beer & Wine on Edgemoor Lane between July 8 and July 10, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police.
The first incident happened shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, when the teens entered the store, “threatened an employee with an implied firearm, stole an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register, and left the scene,” police s…
Virginia Bank Robbery Suspect Caught Weeks After Armed Heist, Sheriff Says
A months-long manhunt has ended in Virginia after a suspect accused of robbing a Sterling bank at gunpoint was arrested, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced.
David Martinez Peralta, 24, of Sterling, was taken into custody on Thursday morning, July 10, following a joint investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) and Fairfax County Police Department.
He is accused of carrying out an armed robbery on May 21 at a bank in Sterling, the LCSO said.
Martinez Peralta is now facing multiple felony charges including robbery, abduction, and wearing a mask in public, the agen…
DC Bank Robber, Accomplice In Their 60s Charged In Maryland Heists: Police
Two career criminals in their 60s are behind bars after a string of armed bank robberies terrorized employees in Montgomery County, authorities announced.
Alvin Chun, 64, and Ronald Wesley Johnson, 62 — both with no known address — have been charged in connection with three armed robberies that happened at banks in Kensington between February and March 2025, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police on Tuesday, June 10.
The first robbery happened on Saturday, Feb. 1, around 11:19 a.m., at the M&T Bank on the 10400 block of Montgomery Avenue.
Police say a suspect app…
34 Victims Targeted In $155K ‘Bank Jugging’ Crime Spree Across Maryland, DC: AG
It started with a simple errand—cash a check, make a deposit, grab some quick cash from the ATM.
But dozens of unsuspecting Marylanders never made it home without being ambushed, beaten, threatened, or shot at by two organized crews who police say terrorized neighborhoods for nearly a year in a violent $155,000 “bank jugging” spree.
Now, seven men are facing a mountain of charges, including gang activity, armed carjacking, armed robbery, assault, firearms violations, and even attempted murder, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Friday, May 9.
Those charged are:
Tyriq Jayro…
Man Killed After Crashing Into Townhouse Near Virginia Border; 1 In Custody, 1 At Large: Police
One man is behind bars and another is on the run after a Maryland driver was shot and crashed into a townhouse earlier this week, police said.
Demari Howard Brown, 20, of Montgomery Village, was arrested Thursday, May 1 by the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, days after Henry Krishawn Gilbert, 20, was found shot behind the wheel of a wrecked car on Brookridge Court.
Gilbert’s car slammed into a townhouse just before 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, after he was shot. The Montgomery Village resident was rushed to the hospital, where he died a short time later, Montgomery County Police said.
Detec…
Predator Who Stalked, Kidnapped Victims In Maryland, Virginia Gets 20 Years: Feds
A violent predator who orchestrated two terrifying kidnappings in Virginia and Maryland—one of which ended in gunfire—will spend nearly 20 years behind bars, federal authorities announced.
District resident Tyree Eugene McCombs, 29, was sentenced to 228 months in federal prison this week, for his role in the September 2022 abduction and armed robbery of a couple in Alexandria, and the November 2022 kidnapping, robbery, and shooting of a 25-year-old woman in Maryland and DC.
McCombs, who was already on supervised release for a previous violent crime at the time of the attacks, pleaded guilty…
Robbers Who Terrorized Convenience Stores In Maryland, DC To Spend Years Behind Bars: Feds
A Prince George’s County man will spend more than a decade behind bars after admitting to a string of armed robberies across DC and Maryland, authorities announced Wednesday.
Andrew Trayvon Hale, 27, formerly of Bowie, was sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in 11 armed robberies, including discharging a firearm during one of the crimes, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
Hale, along with his co-conspirator Antoine Javon Hare, terrorized convenience stores between June 19 and July 23, 20…
