U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Tyjuan Bazemore has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed after allegedly shooting his former girlfriend Nyesha Tranae Walden-Hatcher in Washington, D.C. Authorities say he fled to Connecticut before being apprehended and extradited back to face charges.
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Kaevon Sutton has pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping after leading an armed abduction involving two victims who were taken from Washington, D.C., to Maryland at gunpoint. Authorities say he faces up to life in prison when sentenced later this year.
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Stephen Herring has been sentenced to over two decades in prison for fatally stabbing Marcus Thurman during an altercation outside a Northeast D.C. residence in August 2023. Authorities say Thurman was killed while trying to defend a woman and her child.
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Charles Washington, Jr., was sentenced to over two years in prison for possessing ammunition while on probation. Authorities recovered a loaded ghost gun during his arrest following a police response in Southeast D.C.
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Four members of a Southeast D.C. gang have been sentenced for their roles in a series of shootings that left two dead and several injured between April 2022 and January 2023. Authorities say these acts were part of a larger pattern of gang-related violence linked to the Fox 5 Gang.
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A man has been indicted on multiple felony charges following an April 2025 stabbing attack that injured six people in Northeast D.C., authorities announced March 6. Prosecutors say enhancements could mean at least 15 years if convicted.
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Davone Smith, a 40-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to eight years in prison following his involvement in a shooting that occurred in Southeast Washington in March 2025.
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Alfredo Rodriguez-Gonzalez, a 27-year-old Mexican national previously deported from the United States, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for his involvement in an international fentanyl trafficking operation.
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Louis Geri, a 41-year-old resident of Vineland, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to threatening attendees at the annual Red Mass held at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney...
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Steven A. Price, a dentist based in Washington, D.C., and Keidi C. Moore, a dental hygienist from Temple Hills, Maryland, were found guilty in U.S. District Court of conspiring to defraud the D.C. Medicaid program of $4 million.
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Maurice Edwards, a 22-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in an armed carjacking that took place in the Deanwood neighborhood in March 2024.
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A Maryland resident, Frank Olivarria, 35, has been charged with distributing child pornography, according to a complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court.
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Terrance Kelly, a 37-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm while on supervised probation.
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Roy Jordan, a 23-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the shooting death of Gary Love III on November 20, 2023.
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David Pena, a 49-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison for the fatal shooting of Maurice Robinson on June 12, 2023.
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Julan Byrd, 18, from Temple Hills, Maryland, was sentenced in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia following his involvement in an armed carjacking that took place in September 2024.
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Keyonte Johnson, a 16-year-old from Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the fatal shooting of Roy Bennett, Jr., age 20.
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Ovid Gabriel, a 21-year-old inmate at the D.C. Jail, was indicted this week on several charges stemming from two incidents in August 2025.
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Daniel Holley, a 59-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of burglaries that occurred over the course of one week in June 2025.
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A complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to seek forfeiture of the Motor Tanker Skipper and approximately 1.8 million barrels of crude oil.