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Man Who Kidnapped, Assaulted Teen Girl Outside Northeast DC Metro Station Sentenced: Feds
A District man will spend years behind bars for kidnapping and assaulting a minor last year, federal authorities announced.
Donte Johnson, 38, has been sentenced to five years in prison, and a judge ordered he register as a sexual offender for 10 years when he is released following an incident involving a 17-year-old outside the Deanwood Metro Center in Northeast DC.
According to prosecutors, outside the station on May 20, 2023, on Minnesota Avenue NE, the girl was commuting home from work by train to meet her mother and sisters, who were planning to pick her up.
The victim was crossing th…
DC Teen In Custody For Allegedly Murdering Maryland Man In Car, Police Say
A teenager in DC is facing a murder charge after allegedly shooting and killing a Maryland man earlier this year, authorities announced.
Southwest, DC resident River Barfield, 19, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed following a months-long investigation into the fatal shooting of Hyattsville resident Jacky Brooks, 20, in March.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Seventh District responded to the 4100 block of South Capitol Terrace in Southwest DC, where there was a reported shooting.
Upon arrival, offic…
Teen Charged In DC Event Shooting That Killed Juvenile, Wounded 3 Adults
Police have identified the victim and arrested the suspect in a D.C. homicide, officials said.
Sometime before 9 p.m. on June 19, 15-year-old Chase Poole shot four victims during an event that took place in the 2000 block of 14th Street, the Metropolitan Police Department reported.
The juvenile male victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Two adult male victims and one female victim were also taken to the hospital, and treated for non-life threatening injuries, police reported.
On August 18, through a DC Superior Court custody order, Pool…
US Marshals Service Nabs DC Homicide Suspect Hiding In Jamaica
A D.C. man, who was wanted for a January homicide, was found and arrested in Jamaica, officials said.
At around 6:15 p.m. on January 31, police found a male victim, 27 year-old Tarek Boothe, suffering from a gunshot wound in the 3200 block of M Street, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Authorities reported that Boothe was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injures.
On August 16, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Florida and Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force located shooting suspect Ranje Reynolds, 24, in Kingston Jamaica, officials said.
Reyno…
