U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Charles Hilton, a 40-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography and sexually abusing a young girl.
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Damon McQuarters, a 45-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Michael Simpson outside a gas station in Northeast Washington.
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Yana Leonova, a 33-year-old citizen of Belarus who most recently lived in Russia, was extradited from France to the United States to face charges related to illegally exporting U.S.-sourced aviation components to Russia.
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Six people were sentenced in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on Thursday for their roles in a 2021 triple homicide that took place during Labor Day weekend.
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Naqwan Antonio Lucas, 18, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted on charges related to two separate murders that occurred earlier this year.
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Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian national and former general manager at a U.S. defense contractor, pleaded guilty in federal court to selling his employer’s trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker.
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Laurence Cotton-Powell, 19, of Washington, D.C., and Anthony Taylor, 18, of Temple Hills, Maryland, have been charged in D.C. Superior Court in connection with an attempted carjacking, robbery, and assault of a former Department of Government...
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Federal authorities in Washington, D.C. have intensified efforts to ensure that sex offenders residing in the District comply with registration laws.
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Dewayne Keith Miles, a 29-year-old resident of the District of Columbia and convicted felon, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for firing a gun into the air multiple times in a residential neighborhood.
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Robert Jameson, a 60-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to seven years in prison by the D.C. Superior Court for an armed robbery at a liquor store on Minnesota Avenue in Southeast Washington.
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Bence Horvath, a 47-year-old dual citizen of Hungary and Spain who lived in the United Arab Emirates, was sentenced to 31 months in prison for conspiring to illegally export U.S.-origin military-grade radio communications equipment to Russia.
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Davon Sargent, a 30-year-old resident of the District of Columbia and previously convicted felon, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm.
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Ronnell Offutt, 36, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury on four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, including one count with a minor-victim enhancement.
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Stefon Freshley, a 29-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to an additional 36 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Central Detention Facility (CDF) while awaiting trial.
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Richard Holmes, a 35-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged in connection with a homicide that took place on August 26, 2025, in Southeast Washington.
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Dawayne Joseph Spriggs, 35, from Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for obstruction of justice and subornation of perjury.
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The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia announced that six non-profit organizations have agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act related to loans received through the Paycheck...
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Khayan Garner, a 57-year-old resident of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for distributing child pornography.
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Tony Brown, 34, a convicted felon from the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a Ruger pistol.
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Ricardo Botts, 36, of Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged in connection with the homicide of his mother in Southeast D.C. The incident took place during the early morning hours of September 21, 2025.