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Locked Up, Still Calling Shots: DC Murder Suspect Ran Criminal Ring From Behind Bars, Feds Say Locked Up, Still Calling Shots: DC Murder Suspect Ran Criminal Ring From Behind Bars, Feds Say
Locked Up, Still Calling Shots: DC Murder Suspect Ran Criminal Ring From Behind Bars, Feds Say He was supposed to be waiting for trial in a jail cell — instead, prosecutors say he was still running things from the inside. A District man already locked up in connection with the killing of his cousin has now been hit with nearly four more years in federal prison after authorities said he orchestrated a brazen contraband smuggling scheme from inside the DC Jail. Darius Robertson, 32, was sentenced to 46 months for conspiring to smuggle weapons, fentanyl, and cell phones into the Central Detention Facility while he was awaiting trial for murder, according to federal authorities. Roberts…

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Virginia Man Worked With Georgia Inmate To Flood State With Meth, Feds Say Virginia Man Worked With Georgia Inmate To Flood State With Meth, Feds Say
Virginia Man Worked With Georgia Inmate To Flood State With Meth, Feds Say A Virginia man who helped a Georgia prison inmate flood the state with meth is headed to federal prison. Christopher M. Sullivan, 31, of Bristol, was sentenced to 96 months in prison after a federal jury convicted him of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, authorities announced on Thursday, July 17. Sullivan was found guilty in June following a three-day trial in US District Court in Abingdon. According to federal prosecutors, Sullivan worked directly with Christopher David Johnson, an inmate inside a Georgia state prison, who was running a large-scale meth trafficking operation from…

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Child Predator Targeting Girls From Behind Bars Gets 25 More Years In Virginia: AG Child Predator Targeting Girls From Behind Bars Gets 25 More Years In Virginia: AG
Child Predator Targeting Girls From Behind Bars Gets 25 More Years In Virginia: AG He was already serving time for preying on children — then investigators say he did it again, from inside a Virginia prison. A Middlesex County man has been sentenced to 25 more years behind bars after investigators say he targeted multiple underage girls from inside a Virginia prison, Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Tuesday, June 3. Daniel Ebinger, 28, was convicted of two counts of use of a communications system to solicit a minor.  The new sentence, handed down by a Middlesex County Circuit Court judge, will be served consecutively to the 7-year sentence he received in 202…

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Gunman Behind 'Brazen' Gas Station Heist In DMV Learns Prison Fate Gunman Behind 'Brazen' Gas Station Heist In DMV Learns Prison Fate
Gunman Behind 'Brazen' Gas Station Heist In DMV Learns Prison Fate Jeremiah Terrell Bryant walked into a Waldorf gas station with a plastic bag and a loaded gun. Now he’s walking into prison with a 9-year sentence. The 26-year-old Beltsville resident is heading to prison after being convicted in a brazen armed robbery at a Sunoco Gas Mart in Waldorf, where he held a cashier at gunpoint and stole nearly $500 — plus the victim’s phone. On Thursday, May 29, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William Greer Jr. sentenced Bryant to 9 years in prison, including 5 years without parole, followed by 5 years of supervised probation, according to State’s Attorney…

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