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Metro Bus Murder: DC Man Convicted Of Maryland Killing Caught On Video Metro Bus Murder: DC Man Convicted Of Maryland Killing Caught On Video
Metro Bus Murder: DC Man Convicted Of Maryland Killing Caught On Video A 35-year-old Washington DC man has been convicted of killing a 29-year-old man on a transit bus in Maryland last year, authorities said. Tyrone Curtis was found guilty by a jury in Montgomery County Circuit Court of first-degree murder for the April 5, 2023 killing of Amonte Cunningham on Jan. 24, before before the Honorable Jeannie Cho, the State's Attorney's Office said. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 5, 2024. Curtis and Cunningham had been arguing on a Metro Transit bus in Wheaton around 12:25 p.m., officials said. Cunningham got off the bus when it stopped in fr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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District Man Who Tried To Kill Roommate In Their Home Heading To The Big House District Man Who Tried To Kill Roommate In Their Home Heading To The Big House
District Man Who Tried To Kill Roommate In Their Home Heading To The Big House Jose Avelino Felipe has to be hoping that his new roommates treat him better than he treated his old one. The District man who violently assaulted his roommate after getting into a fight with her husband will spend years behind bars after being sentenced, the US Attorney's Office announced on Thursday. According to court documents, in December 2021, Avelino Felipe and his wife were living in the same apartment as his victim and her husband when a fight broke out. On Dec. 4, 2021, prosecutors say that Avelino Felipe and her husband got into a physical altercation inside the apartment before…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Readily Sharing Child Porn With Stranger At DC Home Gets Prison Time: Feds Woman Readily Sharing Child Porn With Stranger At DC Home Gets Prison Time: Feds
Woman Readily Sharing Child Porn With Stranger At DC Home Gets Prison Time: Feds Federal officials say that a woman who claimed to be sexually attracted to children will spend years behind bars after being busted with a host of child porn files following an investigation that was launched by a man in Washington, DC. Shemara Shay Mack-Smith, 42, of Accokeek, was sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by 120 months of supervised release for the distribution of child pornography, federal authorities announced. Mack-Smith set her own downfall in motion in late April 2020, when a concerned citizen who met her at a home in DC alerted the police that she had showed him c…

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by Zak Failla
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Prince George's Duo Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Minors By DC Jury: DOJ Prince George's Duo Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Minors By DC Jury: DOJ
Prince George's Duo Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Minors By DC Jury: DOJ Two Prince George’s County residents were hit with lengthy prison sentences after being convicted by a jury in Washington, DC for their roles in a sex trafficking operation involving teens, federal officials announced. Willis Lewis, 49, of Oxon Hill, and Brittany Jones, 33, of Suitland, will both be spending years behind bars after being found of multime criminal charges for the illegal operation involving two minors. Specifically, Lewis was sentenced to life, while Jones got 14 years for trafficking a 15-year-old and 17-year-old girl between April and May 2019. According to prosecutors, J…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Sentenced To Max Prison Term For Shooting Victim Seven Times In Broad Daylight Maryland Man Sentenced To Max Prison Term For Shooting Victim Seven Times In Broad Daylight
Maryland Man Sentenced To Max Prison Term For Shooting Victim Seven Times In Broad Daylight A Maryland man received the maximum possible sentence for his role in a brazen midday shooting in. Baltimore in May 2021, the state's attorney announced. Andre Preston was sentenced to 75 years in prison with the first 10 to be served without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of Gary Wilson in the Rosemont neighborhood last year. Specifically, Preston was found guilty in April of: Second-degree murder; Use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence; Disqualified person in possession of a regulated firearm. Police responded to calls about gunshots in the 3000 bl…

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by Zak Failla
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Three Men Found Convicted Of Double Homicide In Maryland: State's Attorney Three Men Found Convicted Of Double Homicide In Maryland: State's Attorney
Three Men Found Convicted Of Double Homicide In Maryland: State's Attorney Two people were found guilty on dozens of charges related to a 2019 double homicide in Baltimore and may spend the rest of their life behind bars, authorities say. Kiray Walker and Malik Brooks faced the charges after the murders of Aryanna James and Courtney Richardson on Nov. 14, 2019. Another accomplice, Devon Bynum who was a minor at the time of the killings pleaded guilty to minimal involvement, according to the State's Attorney for Baltimore City. Walker, Brooks, and Bynum reportedly shot the victims shortly before 3 a.m., Nov. 14, 2019, in the 1900 block of McHenry Street. Police arr…

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by Annie DeVoe