U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Naseer Green, a 19-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 71 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to drug trafficking and possession of a machine gun.
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Joly Germine, 34, from Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of supervised release for orchestrating the 2021 hostage taking of 16 American citizens.
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Federal authorities have seized a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment website linked to the Tai Chang scam compound in Burma, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro of the District of Columbia.
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Kevin Hopkins, 39, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for possessing a loaded firearm while on supervised release, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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Anthony Eugene Burns, a 31-year-old Maryland resident with a prior felony conviction, was sentenced on November 24, 2025, to 55 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded Glock 27 pistol with an extended magazine.
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A Superior Court jury in Washington, D.C., has found Julius Worthy, 42, guilty of second-degree murder, assault with intent to kill, and related charges for the killing of Orlando Galloway and the attack on Shaquia Lewis.
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Mark Edwards, 18, of Washington D.C., was sentenced on Friday in Superior Court for his role in a carjacking that took place in May 2025 in Northeast Washington D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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A jury in Washington, D.C., has found Reginald Steele, Jr., 26, guilty of first-degree murder while armed, multiple counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and other firearm-related charges.
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Khari McKoy, a 29-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 74 months in federal prison for possessing hundreds of images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
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Ricardo Rush, a 29-year-old resident of the District of Columbia and previously convicted felon, has been sentenced to five years in prison following an incident on a Metrobus in March 2025.
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Malik Kearney, a 20-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in two separate carjackings that took place within one week in Northeast Washington.
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Edward Devon Gadson, a 27-year-old resident of Waldorf, Maryland, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for possessing 35 illegal machine gun conversion devices in Washington, D.C. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris...
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Kaevaughn Dudley, a 17-year-old from Washington, D.C., was arrested on November 14, 2025, in connection with a shooting that took place during Howard University’s Homecoming event on October 24, 2025.
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Kunal Mehta, a 45-year-old resident of Irvine, California, has pleaded guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy that stole hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from victims across the United States.
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Stephen Herring, a 26-year-old resident of Southeast Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to the stabbing death of Marcus Thurman in August 2023.
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Demontra Harris, a 31-year-old resident of the District of Columbia with prior felony convictions, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
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Cedric Carr, 34, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm while on supervised release.
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Kevin Bing, a 31-year-old resident of Washington D.C., has been sentenced to four years in prison for his involvement in the burglary of a 7-Eleven store earlier this year.
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Joshua Calvin Allen, a 35-year-old resident of the District of Columbia with five prior felony convictions, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for unlawfully carrying a loaded Glock pistol with an extended magazine.
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Terry Thompson, a 33-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the killing of Christopher Callahan, a 64-year-old disabled man.