U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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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.
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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.