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District Man Gets 'Stunning Sentence' After Murder Conviction In Maryland, Prosecutors Say
Prosecutors in Montgomery County are up in arms after a convicted murderer received what is being perceived as a light sentence. District resident Tyrone Curtis, 35, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to life in prison, with all but 15 years suspended after being convicted in January of the first-degree murder of 29-year-old Amontae Cunningham on a Metro Transit bus. “The State sought a life sentence in this case and finds an executed sentence of 15 years to be stunning," Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said. "It is inconsistent with the facts of the case and the verdict re…
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Jaime Macedo Accused Of Killing Maxwell Emerson In DC
A 22-year-old District man with a checkered criminal past has been indicted in connection to the fatal, targeted shooting of a visiting teacher near the Catholic University of America in Northeast DC last summer, federal authorities announced. Jaime Macedo is facing murder and other charges following the fatal on-campus shooting of 25-year-old Kentucky resident Maxwell Emerson, a teacher and wrestling coach in Oldham County, in what was initially described as "an incident of violence" by officials. We are aware that there was an incident of violence that resulted in a fatality this morni…
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District Man Sentenced For Gunning Down Teen In Northwest DC During Meeting In Alley: Feds
A 31-year-old District man convicted of murdering a teenager in a Northwest DC alley will spend decades in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Brayan Villatoro as he was heading out to a family party. Mussay Rezene was found guilty in January of first-degree murder while armed for a shooting that took place in September 2021. Over the weekend, federal authorities announced that Rezene has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. According to court documents, at around 9 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2021, Villatoro was with a group of friends driving in a minivan to a family part…
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Three Suspects Arrested Weeks After Man Found Murdered In Southeast DC Business: MPD
Three men have been arrested weeks after 59-year-old Raymond Ballard was found shot to death inside a Southeast DC business. Members of the Metropolitan Police Department took three men into custody on Monday following a weeks-long investigation into the murder of Ballard late in January, officials say. Those arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed on Monday, March 18: Steven Metts, 18, of Southeast DC; Jovontae Wallace, 19, of District Heights, Maryland; Keondre Carroll, 21, of Southeast DC. Their arrests come following the department's investigation into Ballard'…
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Man Charged With Murder Weeks After Teen Found Shot To Death In Northwest DC Alley: MPD
Members of the Metropolitan Police Department have arrested a 42-year-old man following a weeks-long investigation into the fatal shooting of a teen whose body was found in a Northwest DC alley. Southeast resident Rico Antjuan Parker has been charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jabari Malloy in late February, authorities announced. Police say that shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25, officers were called to investigate reported gunshots in the 700 block of Morton Street NW, and when they arrived to investigate, found Mallow …
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Man Arrested After Woman Found Dead In Northeast DC Hotel Room, Police Say
A 59-year-old man has been arrested in DC after a woman's body was found in an area hotel room, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. William Barrett has been arrested and charged with the murder of Romaine Maddox, 36, who was found dead inside the Ivy City Hotel on Friday morning, officials say. Both Barrett and Maddox are from Northeast DC. It is believed that the two knew each other. Officers from the department were called at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Feb. 23 to a hotel in the 1600 block of New York Avenue NE, to investigate reports of an unconscious person. It is the sam…
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Mother Charged With Murder After Toddler Dies From Fentanyl Poisoning In DC: Feds
A District woman has been arrested and charged with murdering her 3-year-old daughter who ingested a fentanyl and died, federal authorities announced. Sasha McCoy, 27, was arrested late last week and charged in DC Superior Court, where she pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree cruelty to children for allegedly allowing her child to ingest a lethal dose of fentanyl. It is alleged that in October 2022, the toddler got into the fentanyl, and during her court appearance on Friday, a judge found probable cause that McCoy committed the murder and held her without bo…
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Maryland Gunman Who Shot Man In The Head During DC Dispute Gets 12 Years In Prison: Feds
A 23-year-old Maryland man will spend more than a decade in prison for his role in a fatal shooting in Northeast DC more than two years ago, authorities announced. Hyattsville resident Jamaarr Morgan has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection to the death of Jacques Russ in the unit block of 61st Street NE in December 2021. According to prosecutors, on Dec. 14, 2021, Morgan ran into Russ as he was heading to work, and after coming into contact, shot him in the head before fleeing at the scene. Russ' body was found lying in the street by a passerby, who alerted the Metropoli…
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Rifle-Toting Gunman Convicted Of Murdering Man Waiting At Southeast DC Bus Stop: Feds
The shooter who pulled an assault rifle out of a stolen truck and gunned down a man waiting for a bus in Southeast DC has been convicted of murder and other charges, federal authorities announced. Terrell Poe, 37, was found guilty by a jury in DC Superior Court this week in connection to the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Christopher Washington in September 2020 after he tracked his victim into the area from Maryland. Both men were District residents. According to prosecutors, in the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, Washington was waiting at a bus stop when Poe pulled up in a s…
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Teen Brought From Maryland To DC To Face Murder Charge, Police Say
A Maryland teenager accused of murdering a 27-year-old District man late last year has been extradited and brought back to DC to face charges, the Metropolitan Police Department announced. Shortly after 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, MPD officers on patrol responded to gunshots ringing out in the 5400 block of Illinois Avenue NW, where they found Northwest DC resident Jihad Darden suffering from a gunshot wound. Darden was rushed to an area hospital where he later died from his injuries, officials said. During the investigation, a 15-year-old from Bowie was identified as a susp…
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District Man Riding In Maserati Wanted For Role In Maryland Murder: Police
Look familiar? The Frederick Police Department is issuing a new call to the community as they attempt to track down a man wanted for the murder of young father Michael Isaih Olaniyi in July 2022 in the 300 block of North Market Street. At approximately 3:30 a.m. on July 23, 2022, an officer from the department on patrol in the area heard a shots ring out in the 300 block of North Market Street, and upon arrival, they found Olaniyi, 26, suffering from a gunshot wound. Olaniyi was treated at the scene and pronounced dead shortly after he arrived at the hospital, according to offic…
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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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District Man Convicted Of Gunning Down Teen In Northwest DC During Meeting In Alley: Feds
A 31-year-old man has been convicted of gunning down a teenager in a Northwest DC alley after a strange scene played out as he was heading to a family party. District resident Mussay Rezene was found guilty of first-degree murder while armed for a shooting that took place in September 2021, federal authorities announced on Friday afternoon. According to court documents, at around 9 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2021, 17-year-old Brayan Villatoro was with a group of friends driving in a minivan to a family party when he asked the driver to pull over so he could meet someone in the 1300 block of Nicholso…
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Convict Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In DC Jail Cell
An inmate being housed in the District has died, and now his death is under investigation, officials say. Early in the afternoon on Wednesday, Jan. 3, DC native Roy Tatum, 47, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Central Detention Facility, according to authorities. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon after "immediate life-saving measures were performed." Tatum spent more than two decades in prison on a previous murder charge before being convicted on drug and weapons offenses last month. The convict was previous…
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Shooter Accused Of Murdering Homeless Man In Southwest DC: Metropolitan Police
An arrest has been made days after the Metropolitan Police Department released a photo of a man wanted for a fatal shooting in Southwest DC. Northwest resident Donte Vondell Spicer, 36, has been arrested in connection to the murder of 27-year-old Tyvez Monroe earlier this week. Shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, police say that officers were called to the 600 block of Maryland Avenue SW to investigate a reported shooting in the area. Upon arrival they found Monroe, who has no fixed address, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died later on …
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Murderer Released From Prison Convicted Of Weapon, Drug Charges In DC
Roy Tatum can't seem to keep himself out of trouble. After spending more than 25 years in prison for a murder conviction, the 47-year-old District man is likely heading back to prison after being convicted by a jury of drug and weapon offenses, federal officials announced. The convict was previously released under the DC Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act after serving more than 25 years for first-degree murder. Less than a year after he was released, members of the Metropolitan Police Department investigating an unrelated homicide arrested him for possession of firearms, ammuniti…
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Shooter Apprehended Months After Murder In Northeast DC, Police Say
Police have arrested a suspected shooter more than five months after a 54-year-old woman was found dead in Northeast DC, authorities announced. Southeast DC resident Bobby Gupton, 25, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal shooting of Tavonayna Glenn, who has no fixed address, in June, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, officers from the department were called to the 700 block of 19th Street NE to investigate a reported shooting, where they found Glenn in the area. She was prono…
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Inmate Behind Bars Accused Of Murdering 32-Year-Old Man In Southeast DC: MPD
Investigators didn't have to go far to track down a man wanted for a midday murder who was already behind bars in a DC jail. Southeast DC resident Derrico Johnson, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal double shooting that left 32-year-old Clayton Marshall dead early last year. Police say that before 12:30 p.m. on April 12, 2022, officers were called to the 2200 block of Savannah Street SE, where they found Marshall suffering from a series of gunshot wounds. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died, while a second victim was take…
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Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant
Nearly a decade after a fatal shooting outside a Northwest DC restaurant, justice has been served for the family of a woman gunned down by her ex on Christmas Eve. Marvin Lopez remained a fugitive for years in his native El Salvador until he was eventually tracked down and tried for the murder of Evelyn Yamileth Arroyo Guerra in 2014, authorities announced. The slaying was reported in front of the El Sabor Latino Restaurant in the 3900 block of 14th Street NW, where Yamileth worked as a waitress at the time. According to court documents, on Dec. 24, 2014, a pair of lieutenants from the Met…
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DC Murder Suspects At Large After Maryland Shooting Earlier This Year: Police
Two more men are wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of Deandre Keith in Montgomery County earlier this year, authorities announced on Monday. A fresh alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police on Nov. 6 after warrants were obtained for D'Andre Lukes and D'Angelo Holley (pictured above) for their alleged involvement in Ellis' death on Sunday, March 5 inside a car outside the Sweet Sweet Kitchen in the 900 block of Bonifant Street. During the investigation, police say that Washington, DC resident Lukes, 21, and Holley, 24, who has no known address, have been ident…
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Teens To Be Charged As Adults For Killing Of 17-Year-Old In Northeast DC: Police
Two teens will face serious charges after a shooting that left a 17-year-old dead and another man hospitalized with critical injuries in DC, the Metropolitan Police Department announced. Marlan Smith, Jr., 16, and Anthony Monroe, 17, both of Northwest DC, are facing a host of felony charges for their alleged roles in the midday murder of Antonio Cunningham last month. Detectives from the department were called shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11 to the 2300 block of Washington Place NE, where there were reports of gunshots ringing out with two people down. Upon arrival, first respo…
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Stabbing Suspect Had Previous Romantic Relationship With Victim Before Virginia Arrest: Police
A man who stabbed his ex to death in Prince George's County was apprehended in Virginia and will face multiple murder charges, authorities announced. Eric Anthony King, 25, who has no fixed address, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in connection to the fatal stabbing of 33-year-old Diamond Abney in Suitland after the two were previously in a relationship. According to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Department, before noon on Monday, Oct. 23, officers responded to an apartment in the 3300 block of Curtis Drive in Suitland, where they found Abney un…
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Spotsy Shooter Accused Of Murdering Man In Stafford County, Sheriff Says
A shooter from Spotsylvania has been apprehended days after a 42-year-old man was shot and killed in Stafford County, authorities announced on Friday. James Allen Wright, Jr., 42, is facing murder and other charges following an investigation into the death of Derrick Campbell, who was shot and killed in the 200 block of Streamview Drive in the Rappahannock Landing Subdivision, officials confirmed. The shooting was reported at around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Happening Now:Deputies are currently investigating the shooting of a person in the Rappahannock Landing subdivision. This …
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Virginia Man Convicted Of Killing Mother After Breakfast Fight In Maryland: State's Attorney
A Virginia man has been convicted of strangling his mother to death in Maryland after an argument, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office announced. Norfolk resident Bandon Kiah Slade, 29, was found guilty following a six-day trial of murder, assault and other offenses in connection to the death of his mother, Lenora Coates-Slade, whose body was found stabbed to death with a plastic bag wrapped around her head in the family's garage three years ago. In October 2020, officers were called to an Indian Head home, for "the report of unknown trouble," where they found Coates-Slade. First …
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Baltimore Tech CEO Pava LaPere Died Of Blunt Force Trauma: Cops
Police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old tech CEO in Baltimore. Authorities say Pava LaPere died of blunt force trauma in an apartment on the 300 block of West Franklin Street, police in Baltimore said. Her body was found with injuries to her head by police responding to the scene around 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, authorities said. The US Marshals have joined the search for Jason Dean Billingsley, 32, who is wanted on a first-degree murder charge for killing the EcoMap Technologies CEO. LaPere was featured in Forbes "30 Under 30" for her "social impact," police have said. …
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Woman Arrested For Role In Fatal Stabbing Of Missing Man In DC: Police
A second suspect has been arrested and charged in connection to her role in the fatal stabbing of a man who was missing for weeks from Southeast DC. Nichelle Thomas, 35, is facing murder and other charges for the murder of 42-year-old Anthony Jordan, who had not been seen since Friday, Aug. 4 in the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road SE, authorities announced on Friday afternoon. His family reported him missing days later. The Southeast DC resident was arrested days after members of the Metropolitan Police Department took Lewis Jones into custody for the stabbing. According to investigators, whil…
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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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Justice Served For Family Of Beloved DC Student-Athlete Gunned Down Outside MD Tattoo Shop
Tevin Ream has been found guilty on all counts for shooting and killing a promising student-athlete outside of a Prince George’s County tattoo shop in 2021. The 32-year-old Oxon Hill resident was convicted on all counts this week by a jury for his role in the murder of Dorian Hurd, 20, a popular basketball player at the University of the District of Columbia who was remembered for his wit and humor by family after the trial. Dorian HurdUDC Firebirds Prince George’s County District Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced that Ream was found guilty of first-degree murder, weapon, and other offe…
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Gang Members Convicted Of 2018 Killing Of 10-Year-Old Makiyah Wilson In DC
Five gang members have been convicted of their roles in the murder of a 10-year-old girl who was an innocent victim of an act of violence in Washington, DC in the summer of 2018. Federal authorities announced on Tuesday, June 13 that several members of the “Wellington Park Crew” have been found guilty of their roles in the death of Makiyah Wilson nearly five years ago. Those convicted: Isaiah Murchison, 23; Darrise Jeffers, 23; Gregory Taylor, 27; Qujuan Thomas, 24; Quentin Michals, 25. The five men were found guilty by a jury of: First-degree murder while armed; Conspiracy to commit …
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Virginia Man Arrested In NJ Councilwoman's Murder
A 28-year-old Virginia man has been arrested in connection with the Feb. 1 fatal shooting of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour outside her townhouse, authorities said. Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, VA, was arrested on Tuesday, May 30 at 10:45 a.m., according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. Bynum was taken into custody outside a residence in Chesapeake City, VA, without incident, Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said at a news conference. Bynum was charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses, she said. Prosecutors did not say what the motive was in the killing…
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Police ID Teen Killer Wanted In Fredericksburg HS Student's Murder
Police have identified a 16-year-old boy who they say played a role in the killing of a Fredericksburg High School student. Lorenzo A Brooks acted along with Aaron Randolph Carter, 19, in the killing of 18-year-old Jasiah Smith on Sunday, March 26, Fredericksburg police said. Brooks has been charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Both he and Carter remain at large and are considered armed and dangerous. News Release: Fredericksburg Police Identify Juvenile Homicide Suspect Pursuant to VA Codes 16.2-301 and 16.1-301, the... Posted by Frede…
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