U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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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.
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Fouodzing Mbord, a 49-year-old Maryland resident, was sentenced in Superior Court for physically abusing a vulnerable adult under his care in November 2023.
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Randall Cornell Mack, 42, of Washington, D.C., was arrested on September 2 and arraigned the following day on several charges related to the killing of Steven Stewart earlier this year.
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Hachikosela Muchimba, a former letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison after being convicted for his role in a mail theft and bank fraud scheme that resulted...
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More than 300,000 kilograms of chemicals used in the production of methamphetamine were seized at the Port of Houston by agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney for the District of...
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The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to seize $868,247 in Tether (USDT), alleging the funds are proceeds from cryptocurrency-related confidence scams.
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Mustafa Wright, 32, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted on a federal firearms charge following his arrest in Southeast D.C. The indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court and announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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Erick Alvarenga, a 19-year-old resident of Washington D.C., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in two carjackings that took place in late December 2024 and early January 2025.
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Travis Thomas, a 17-year-old from Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to charges related to firing multiple rounds in an elementary school playground and two armed carjackings.
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Jennifer May, a 43-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government of $1.5 million through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.
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Federal law enforcement officials executed about 20 search warrants in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Los Angeles as part of a year-long investigation into an alleged drug trafficking group accused of selling PCP and fentanyl near Knox...
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Lamar Redfield, 34, of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 65 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.
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Hershel Andrew Green, III, a 42-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was arrested on August 24 at San Francisco International Airport.
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Abouzar Rahmati, a 43-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Great Falls, Virginia, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent of the Iranian government in the United States.
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Walter Jenkins, a 36-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a shooting that occurred in November 2021.
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Korriek Akinola, 24, of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for his involvement in a 2023 drive-by shooting that killed Joshua White.
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Melvin Johnson, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine and illegally possessing firearms while on pre-trial release.