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DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds
DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds A District man found complicit in killing two people, including a witness to the first murder, will spend decades in prison after being found guilty last year following a nine-day trial.  Madani Ilara Tejan, also known as “Malik,” “Mylik,” and “Dani,” 31, was convicted of using a firearm in connection with a murder and robbery and for a drug distribution conspiracy, last year, officials say. On Tuesday, federal authorities announced that Tejan has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release on drug and weapon charges. Prosecutors say that on Oct.…

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Man Who Photoshopped Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home Sentenced Man Who Photoshopped Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home Sentenced
Man Who Photoshopped Naked Prepubescent Girls Into Photos Around His Virginia Home Sentenced A Fairfax County man will spend years in prison for downloading millions of images and videos of child exploitation, including child sexual abuse material and computer-generated videos depicting the violent rape of children, federal authorities announced. James Andrew Whitney, 62, has been sentenced to seven years behind bars after admitting to downloading, and creating projects where he would photoshop prepubescent children into photos around his home and narrated sexual encounters between them and himself. According to prosecutors, Whitney sought out and downloaded video an…

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Virginia Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen Virginia Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen
Virginia Cyberstalker Who Targeted Hospital Head, Woman In Maryland, Heading To Fed Pen The Fairfax County man who cyberstalked two employees at a Baltimore-based hospital will be spending time behind bars not a keyboard after copping to the crime earlier this year, federal authorities announced. Michael Ghali, 35, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to cyberstalking a woman he knew from church and then threatening head of a medical department at a Maryland medical facility. According to his plea agreement, beginning in June 2020, the Fairfax resident sent his first victim series of sexually explicit and threatening text messages using an …

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Wig-Wearing Identity Thief Who Trafficked Phony Oxy Pills In DMV Region Gets Time In DC Wig-Wearing Identity Thief Who Trafficked Phony Oxy Pills In DMV Region Gets Time In DC
Wig-Wearing Identity Thief Who Trafficked Phony Oxy Pills In DMV Region Gets Time In DC A Maryland man is heading to prison for his role in a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy across the DMV region, federal authorities announced. Silver Springs resident Tyronn Waters was sentenced to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty in July to distributing fentanyl and wire fraud charges as part of an elaborate scheme.  In August 2021, an investigation was launched into a drug trafficking ring running a fentanyl pill pressing operation in both DC and Maryland. According to prosecutors, the drugs included counterfeit Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, produced using…

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Sexual Assaulter Who Targeted Women Over Four-Month Period In DC Gets Time: Feds Sexual Assaulter Who Targeted Women Over Four-Month Period In DC Gets Time: Feds
Sexual Assaulter Who Targeted Women Over Four-Month Period In DC Gets Time: Feds A District man who couldn't keep his hands to himself will spend years in prison for sexually assaulting women on three separate occasions over four months, federal authorities announced. Darren West, 28, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for sexually assaulting at least two women and robbing one of them during a string of incidents reported earlier this year. According to prosecutors, in March, West approached one victim while she was at work and propositioned her for oral sex, which she declined. Once he was rebuffed, West grabbed her inappropriately, they said. On June 8, West appro…

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Babysitter Who Forced Children Into Sex Acts In DC Heading To Prison Babysitter Who Forced Children Into Sex Acts In DC Heading To Prison
Babysitter Who Forced Children Into Sex Acts In DC Heading To Prison A 35-year-old predator who sexually abused children he was tasked with babysitting in Washington, DC will spend nearly two decades in prison. District resident David Geddie was sentenced to 19 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release for repeatedly sexually abusing children under the age of 12, federal authorities announced on Friday. Prosecutors say that over the course of several months in 2021, Geddie acted as a babysitter for two 6 year olds and an 11 year old, who he preyed upon while taking care of them. According to court documents, during that time, Geddie forc…

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Man Targeting Women Alone At Metro Stations In DC Heading To Prison: Prosecutors Man Targeting Women Alone At Metro Stations In DC Heading To Prison: Prosecutors
Man Targeting Women Alone At Metro Stations In DC Heading To Prison: Prosecutors A District man will spend years behind bars after robbing one woman at knifepoint inside a Metro Station and stabbing another days later during a separate assault, federal authorities announced. Christopher Wade, 40, has been sentenced to 84 months in prison for first robbing a woman at the Eastern Market Metro Station and then stabbing another at the Potomac Avenue Metro Station. According to court documents, shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, Wade saw a woman alone in the Eastern Market Metro Station, and he laid in wait at the bottom of the escalator until she reached him, at whic…

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District Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl 'Regularly' For Years: Feds District Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl 'Regularly' For Years: Feds
District Man Admits To Sexually Abusing Girl 'Regularly' For Years: Feds A 66-year-old District man admitted to sexually abusing a young girl over the course of nearly a decade, federal authorities announced. Tyrone Wiggins pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree child abuse after he regularly engaged in sexual acts with a minor starting when she was 10 years old and continuing until she was 18.  According to his plea agreement, between May 1999 and October 1999, when the girl was 13 years old and he was 42, Wiggins sexually abused her on multiple occasions. He further admitted that he abused her when she was 10 and continued to do so through her teenage …

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District Man Accused Of Murder At Northwest DC Rec Center: Feds District Man Accused Of Murder At Northwest DC Rec Center: Feds
District Man Accused Of Murder At Northwest DC Rec Center: Feds A 33-year-old District man pleaded not guilty to his role in the murder of Arnold Humberto Solis over the summer at the Marie Reed Recreation Center. Pedro Funes has been charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged role in the 30 year old's death on Wednesday, July 26 in the 2200 block of Champlain Street NW in the Adams Morgan neighborhood, federal authorities announced. Solis was reportedly shot and rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Fumes was arraigned this week and pleaded not guilty after the court found him complicit in the murder. He'…

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DC Man Convicted Of Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing DC Man Convicted Of Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing
DC Man Convicted Of Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing Thirteen years after Unique Harris went missing from her home in Southeast DC while her kids slept, her family has gotten some measure justice. Federal authorities announced that DC resident Isaac Moye has been convicted of second-degree murder in connection to the October 2010 disappearance of Harris, whose body has never been found. A mother of two, Harris hosted a sleepover for her two young children and their 9-year-old cousin on Oct. 9, 2010 at their DC home, putting them to bed at approximately 9:30 p.m. that night. Prosecutors say that shortly before 10:40 p.m., the 46-year-old Moye…

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Yahoo! Leads Feds To 'Taboo' Child Porn Files In DC Yahoo! Leads Feds To 'Taboo' Child Porn Files In DC
Yahoo! Leads Feds To 'Taboo' Child Porn Files In DC A District man will spend more than a decade behind bars after being busted with multiple files depicting disturbing child porn, federal authorities announced. Donnell Rojas, 31, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the possession of child pornography following an investigation that led to several troubling discoveries. Rojas’ arrest came after police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a Yahoo! account that belonged to him. Prosecutors said that Rojas sent three emails attaching several files containing child sexual abuse materials to an…

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