U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Wayne Glymph, 59, from Port Tobacco, Maryland, was sentenced to 13½ years in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale drug trafficking operation that distributed fentanyl, heroin, PCP, and cocaine across the Washington metropolitan area.
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Rocky Lee Brown, 53, a resident of the District of Columbia with a prior felony conviction, has been indicted by a U.S. District Court grand jury on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
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Ruby Jade Corado, the founder of Casa Ruby, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that served the LGBTQ+ community, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for diverting at least $150,000 in federal Covid-relief funds to offshore accounts for personal use.
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Dion Zellars, a 37-year-old from Capitol Heights, Maryland, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by the U.S. District Court for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.
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Trevor Jonathan Wright, a 34-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 219 months in federal prison for leading a group responsible for a series of armed robberies targeting South Asian jewelry stores along the East Coast.
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Christopher Southerland, a former system administrator for the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was arrested and charged in connection with the theft of approximately 240 government cell phones.
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Pernell Sims, a 35-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to the second degree murder while armed of his former romantic partner, Tyshida Williams.
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Christopher Southerland, a 43-year-old resident of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was arrested and charged in connection with the theft of approximately 240 government cell phones from the U.S. House of Representatives.
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A Washington, D.C. man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of Metropolitan Police Department Officer Terry Bennett, who died on January 7, 2026 after being struck by a vehicle while assisting at the scene of a previous...
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Santana Matthews, a 20-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed following the death of 26-year-old Marckell Williams on January 7, 2026.
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An indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court on January 9, 2026, charging Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, with multiple offenses related to the shooting near the White House that resulted in the death of National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom and...
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Floyd Clark, 22, from the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a Glock 22 .40 caliber pistol modified to function as a machine gun.
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Bruce R. Hart, a 31-year-old resident of the District of Columbia with a prior felony conviction, has been sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a loaded pistol and a high-capacity magazine while on supervised release...
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Anthony Niwatilagu Long, 45, of Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Melvin Saunders.
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Linwood Barnhill, a 59-year-old registered sex offender and former Metropolitan Police Department officer, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for recruiting minor girls for commercial sex acts.
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Saul Castillo-Crespo, a 28-year-old Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally re-entering the United States after being deported.
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Dwayne Taylor, 49, a resident of Washington, D.C. and previously convicted of murder, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for carrying a loaded revolver into the Minnesota-Benning Government Center, which is designated as a...
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Kevin Brent Buchanan, a 64-year-old resident of Tooele, Utah, was sentenced to six months in prison for making threats against employees of a Palestinian rights organization based in Washington, D.C. The sentencing took place in the District of...
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Maurice Felder, a 54-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for stabbing a tourist in November 2024.
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Kahlil G. Felder, 41, from Washington, D.C., was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for leading a fentanyl distribution network in the Washington Highlands area of Southeast D.C. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge...