U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Tywanna Johnson, a 29-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to an incident aboard a Metro Bus in January 2025. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Michael Anzallo of the Metro Transit...
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Guy Johnson, 57, from Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for the murder of Kriston Robinson in 2020.
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Adrian J. Hinton, a 36-year-old resident of Lorton, Virginia, has been sentenced to one year of supervised release and 125 hours of community service for setting his car on fire using "napalm" on the U.S. Capitol grounds.
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The United States has seized over $868,247 in cryptocurrency linked to a confidence scheme, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Deputy Chief Claudia Quiroz of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, and Special Agent...
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Aaron Brown, a 29-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for assault with intent to kill while armed.
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The United States has successfully recovered approximately $2.5 million in virtual currency involved in fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes, as ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Amir H. Ali.
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Jason Jerome Bell, a 21-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison.
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Kentrell Flowers, a 19-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, received a 10-year federal prison sentence for attempting to carjack a Deputy U.S. Marshal at gunpoint.
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Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old from Chicago, faces federal and local murder charges following the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff members outside the Jewish National Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025.
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Tyrell Anthony West, a 30-year-old resident of the District of Columbia and previously convicted felon, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for possessing a loaded Glock semiautomatic pistol.
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Emily Gabriella Sommer, a 32-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was arrested following an incident on May 8, 2025.
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Adrian Lee, a 49-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for the shooting of two individuals in April 2023.
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Douglas Edelman, a 73-year-old former defense contractor, has admitted to tax crimes in connection with a scheme designed to defraud the United States and evade taxes on his income from contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Wyatt Swan, a 48-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Teresa Francisco.
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Kenneth Watts and James Kinard, both from Maryland, have been convicted by a federal jury for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
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WASHINGTON – Admiral Robert Burke, a retired U.S. Navy officer from Coconut Creek, Florida, has been found guilty of bribery.
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WASHINGTON—Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, a 53-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom, has been extradited to the United States, where he pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his involvement in a fraud scheme.
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Beverly Ochoa, a 30-year-old resident of Derwood, Maryland, received a 12-month suspended sentence for first-degree theft.
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Renard Levenberry, a 29-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in two separate shootings at Starburst Plaza during the summer of 2024.
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Jose Angel Gomez, 42, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for committing three rapes between July and October 2018.