U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Three men from Washington, D.C. have been indicted on charges related to a series of armed carjackings and robberies that took place in June 2025.
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Jefry Stevent Padilla Sanchez, 21, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a loaded handgun while on active court supervision.
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Khalid Claggett, 42, of Washington, D.C., was convicted by a Superior Court jury for charges related to the fatal shooting of Isaac Aull, Jr. in June 2021.
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Angel Hall, a 25-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 70 months in prison for her involvement in an armed carjacking that took place in Southeast Washington in 2024.
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Shawn Conway, a 50-year-old resident of Oxon Hill, Maryland, has been charged with second degree murder while armed in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred in Washington, D.C. The charge was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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Carlton Simon, a 20-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the shooting death of 17-year-old Angel Dominguez.
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Curtis Lear, a 30-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 18 months in prison for driving recklessly on the National Mall while hundreds of people were present.
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Gerard Stokes, a 31-year-old resident of Greenbelt, Maryland, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to felony assault on a police officer.
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Larry Johnson, 26, was sentenced to 50 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition after firing a pistol inside an apartment in southeast Washington, D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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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...