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01/27/2009
Press Releases
 
December 2008
Date Title
12/22/08 Maryland man receives 18 months in prison and is ordered to pay restitution of $159,000 after stealing from Naval Research Laboratory --Former Navy computer systems administrator took home nearly 19,000 pieces of computer and office equipment over 10-year period --
12/19/2008 District man sentenced to 38 years for fatal brutal stabbing
12/19/2008 District Teenager Pleads Guilty to non-fatal Trinidad Shooting during Summer of 2008
12/19/2008 Former White House Official pleads guilty to stealing more than $500,000 in USAID funds from the Center for a Free Cuba
12/18/2008 Local man sentenced to 17 years of incarceration for defrauding investors of $400,000 in fraudulent real estate investment scheme
12/16/2008 Bank robber sentenced to prison for series of bank robberies in 2007
12/16/2008 Northwest District man sentenced to 29 years in prison for murder committed outside of H2O nightclub
12/16/2008 Former college student sentenced to prison for stealing firearms
12/16/2008 District man found guilty of beating elderly woman in connection with the Burglary of her Northwest Home
12/15/2008 Southeast man sentenced to 840 months (70 years) in prison for 2005 murder with aggravating circumstances and related crimes --After fatally shooting victim in the head, defendant doused and set the body on fire--
12/15/2008 Defense contractor Mitchell Wade sentenced to 30 months of incarceration for bribing former Congressman "Duke" Cunningham, corrupting Department of Defense officials, and election fraud
12/15/2008 Siemens AG and Three Subsidaries Plead Guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Agree to Pay $450 Million in Combined Criminal Fines -- Coordinated Enforcement Actions by DOJ, SEC and German Authorities Result in Penalties of $1.6 Billion --
12/12/2008 District man sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter
12/12/2008 Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 36 Years in Prison for Kidnaping, Robbing, and Sexually Assaulting Two Howard University Students --Perpetrator identified through a CODIS hit--
12/12/2008 Columbia Heights man sentenced to 64 ½ years in prison for 2006 Armed Robbery of 7-11, Assault and Shooting of Store's Employees
12/11/2008 Maryland woman sentenced for her role in embezzlement scheme
12/10/2008 Former D.C. Public School Employee and Friend Sentenced to Jail for Identity Theft
12/10/2008 Federal Criminal Charges Filed in Connection with Database Breach at the Library of Congress
12/9/2008 Two Library of Congress Retail Store Employees Plead Guilty to Repeatedly Stealing Money from the Store in Fraudulent Sales' Transactions
12/8/2008 Colombian Terror Organization Leader Indicted for Two Separate Hostage Takings of U.S. Citizens in 1999 and 2003
12/8/2008 Five Blackwater Employees Indicted on Manslaughter and Weapons Charges for Fatal Nisur Square Shooting in Iraq -- A Sixth Blackwater Employee Pleads Guilty for His Role in the Shooting --
12/8/2008 Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent Pleads Guilty to Criminally Accessing FBI Database
12/5/2008 District man sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for stealing identities of more than 200 people and defrauding ID theft victims and various retailers --defendant stole identities while working as a FEMA Human Services Specialist and as a clerk for various mortgage companies --
12/3/2008 Former resident of Henson Ridge Housing Development found guilty of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine
12/3/2008 District Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Brutal Slaying of 16-Year-Old Boy in 2006
12/3/2008 Former Contract GAO Technology Worker Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Steal and Re-sell Government Laptop Computers
12/1/2008 Southeast Man Found Guilty of Fatally Stabbing His Wife
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