U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Brigette O. Robertson, a 40-year-old former special police officer from the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for violating the constitutional rights of a detained individual by stomping on her face.
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Jose “Joe” Biaou, a citizen of Benin and resident of Washington, D.C., was convicted on February 17 for defrauding federal Covid-19 relief programs out of millions of dollars.
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Carter Camacho, an 18-year-old from Smyrna, Georgia, has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm on the grounds of the United States Capitol.
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Jerome Parker, a 49-year-old Detroit resident, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for two separate assaults that occurred in Washington, D.C. on August 18 and August 19, 2025.
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Dearay Wilson, a 30-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for his involvement in the shooting death of Jeremy Black on June 29, 2021.
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Vernon Daniels, a 60-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 80 months in prison for his involvement in multiple burglaries that took place in Northwest Washington between February and April 2025.
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Meliton Cordero, a Supervisory Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), was arrested in Washington, D.C., and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and visa fraud.
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Daniel Cary, 31, from Fort Washington, Maryland, was sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in the July 2020 shooting of his then-girlfriend’s former friend.
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Van Robinson, 44, from the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 101 months in federal prison for his role in the "21st and Vietnam" crew, a violent drug gang that operated in Northeast Washington D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney...
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Seth Emmanuel Andrews, 38, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the murder of his mother, Hazel Evans.
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Darryl Dacota Riley, Jr., 39, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges related to a drug trafficking conspiracy that operated across the United States and sold PCP, cocaine, and fentanyl in Southeast D.C. The...
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Mark Williams, a 59-year-old Virginia resident, was found guilty by a jury of four counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a secondary education student and four counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor.
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Two Washington, D.C. men have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a violent carjacking and robbery that took place in Southeast Washington last year.
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Ricky Jackson, a 67-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in the District.
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A Pennsylvania woman, Jamie Greer Spies, 24, from Reading, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material.
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Shawn Marshall Owens, a 44-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 67 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to six counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery.
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Joshua Rosser, a 28-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a high-speed chase and collisions with law enforcement vehicles.
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Desmond Thurston, 48, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed for killing his ex-romantic partner, Patricia Johnson, in her home on October 1, 2023.
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John Calvin Harris, 29, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for illegal firearm possession and drug trafficking.
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A Washington, D.C. man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to the robbery and assault of his former romantic partner in October 2025, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine F. Pirro.