U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Alvin Alexis Cruz Garcia, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced in Superior Court to 20 years in prison for the beating death of Ramon Gomez Yanez at Ogden Market.
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Kelvin Powell, a 63-year-old resident of Temple Hills, Maryland, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a 17-year-old minor under his care at the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS).
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James Styner, a 20-year-old resident of Garden Grove, California, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., after admitting to the online exploitation of at least twelve girls aged between 12 and 17.
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Nicholis Dorsey, a 33-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on charges of misdemeanor sexual assault with felony enhancement.
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Anthony Eugene Burns, 31, of Maryland, was found guilty by a federal jury for unlawfully possessing a firearm, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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Lucas Allen Fussell, a 43-year-old former nurse practitioner from Onley, Virginia, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for distributing child pornography.
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Jariatu Jalloh, a 39-year-old resident of Maryland, was arraigned on September 8, 2025, facing nine counts each of first-degree fraud and first-degree theft.
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The Justice Department has initiated a civil forfeiture action targeting more than $5 million in bitcoin, which authorities allege are proceeds from SIM swapping scams that affected victims across the United States. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris...
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Phillip Bealle, 39, and James “Stacey” Williams, 54, have been convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with significant bodily injury while armed.
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Five members of a group known as the Avenue Crew, also referred to as the 1080 Clickas or Simple City, have been sentenced for their involvement in violent crimes that took place in Washington, D.C. during 2020 and 2021.
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Michael Mason, 21, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty on September 5, 2025, to two counts of second-degree murder.
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Richard J. Pavel III, a 34-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was arrested and charged with distribution and receipt of child pornography.
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Andrew Juarez, a 28-year-old Baltimore resident, was arrested on September 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C., and charged with traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a nine-year-old girl.
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Darrell Hinkle, a 36-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in connection with the fatal shooting of Dajuan Blakney in April 2023.
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Antoine Turner, 32, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for the killing of Demeitri Anderson on November 29, 2020.
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Two 17-year-olds, Jailen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas, Jr., both from Washington, D.C., were arrested by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and U.S. Marshals in connection with the murder of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.
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Chauncy Myers, 31, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing two people, including a corrections officer at the D.C. Jail.
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Demonta King, an 18-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced in Superior Court for his involvement in two violent crimes: a carjacking in November 2024 and an armed robbery in August 2022.
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Ovideo Flores-Lemus has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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Dominic Armstrong, 21, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for his involvement in a series of armed carjackings and robberies throughout the metropolitan area.