U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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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.
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Jalique Wiseman and Leon Kirksey, both 20 years old, have pleaded guilty to charges related to a series of robberies on the Metropolitan Branch Trail.
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Damien Jenkins, a 35-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization known as the "21st and Vietnam" crew.
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Eric Council Jr., a 26-year-old resident of Athens, Alabama, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to hack the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) X account, manipulating Bitcoin's value.
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Joly Germine, a 32-year-old from Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was found guilty by a federal jury in Washington D.C. for his involvement in the 2021 hostage-taking of 16 American citizens, including five children.
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Meredith Wilson, a 52-year-old resident of the District, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on May 14, 2025.
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A superseding indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court has charged 12 additional individuals, both American and foreign nationals, with participating in a cyber-enabled racketeering conspiracy that reportedly netted over $263 million.
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Te’Vaughn Brown, a 20-year-old resident of the District, has been indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court on charges of felony assault with significant bodily injury against a senior citizen.
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Dremale Vanterpool, 27, and Torrance Brock, 23, both from the District of Columbia, have been indicted on federal charges related to firearms and drug trafficking.
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Rasheed Mullins, 27, and Josiah Warfield, 24, both residents of Washington, D.C., have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a drive-by shooting that occurred in April 2024 near an elementary school in Southeast D.C. The...
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U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. held a press conference on May 13 at the Patrick Henry Building in Washington, D.C., to discuss his tenure and address issues related to the district's Home Rule ordinance and recent immigration actions.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has announced its 15th Annual Anti Violence Youth Summit, titled "Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful."