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January 2011

January 31, 2011

Virginia Man Sentenced to 40-Month Prison Term for Sexual Assault of 14-Year-Old Girl

Two District Men Sentenced to 36-Year Prison Terms in 2007 Slaying of Witness - Victim Was To Testify in Maryland Fraud Case

January 28, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Scalding and Nearly Drowning Girlfriend’s 10-Month-Old Baby - He Left Child Alone In Bathtub While He Watched TV

District Man Sentenced to 50-Year Prison Term for First Degree Felony Murder of 21-Month-Old Boy - Man Was on Parole For Another Attack Involving a Child

January 26, 2011

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Felony For False Personation of a United States Citizen

District Man Sentenced to 105 Years in Prison For Deadly Shooting Rampage -Killed One Victim, Wounded Three More

Local Drug Dealer Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison For Assault Over $100 Drug Debt

January 21, 2011

District Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison on Theft and Gun Charges– Gun Was Found in Defendant’s Backpack, With Gloves and Duct Tape

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty in Fatal Stabbing - Attacked Woman Last Summer in Parking Lot

Two MPD Officers Indicted on Federal Charges, Accused of Taking Money to Protect Liquor Store - Third Officer Earlier Pled Guilty in the Case

Former Government Sub-Contractor Sentenced To Prison For Stealing $1.8 Million From NIH Project

January 20, 2011

Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms for 2008 Shooting - Shots Took Place on Busy Street, Wounding One

January 19, 2011

Man Found Guilty Of Compelling Women To Engage In Prostitution - Second Defendant Convicted of Having Role in the Crimes

District Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Robbery

January 18, 2011

Cousins Sentenced on Federal Charges for Distributing PCP, Sold Drugs in Clay Terrace Area in Northeast Washington

January 14, 2011

Sisters Sentenced to Prison Terms for Beating Incident - One Used a Metal Pole, Another Used a Golf Club in Attack

Leader of Todd Place Crew Sentenced to 49-Year Prison Term For Months-Long Rampage One Killed, 12 Others Shot, Including Innocent Bystanders

Maryland Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison For Armed Kidnapping and Shooting

Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison In Slaying at Northwest Washington Carry-Out

Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison For Murders of Wife and Her Two Children - Victims Stabbed in the Family’s Apartment

Former Arizona Man Sentenced For Firearms Offenses Defendant Arrested After Guns Found in Trailer Near the National Mall

District of Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Operating An Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

January 13, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison In Attack Against Transgender Women

Last Remaining Defendant in Large PCP Ring Sentenced in East Coast Drug Conspiracy - Thirty People Convicted in Investigation

January 12, 2011

D.C. Taxicab Driver Sentenced to Jail For Failing to File Federal and D.C. Tax Returns

January 7, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty in Deadly Crash - Wrong-Way Driver, on PCP, Killed Mother of Four

District Man Sentenced to 33-Year Prison Term For Shooting Government Witness - Defendant’s Brother Was Facing Charges in Earlier Robbery of Victim

January 6, 2011

Former Employee of The Washington Times Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $96,000

Teenager Sentenced to 12-Year Prison Term In Near-Fatal Shooting at July 4th Party - His Gunfire Led to More Violence, Injuries

January 4, 2011

Twin Brothers Sentenced on Bribery Charges, Following Arrests in Undercover Sting - Approached Two Police Officers in Hopes of Getting Drug Case Dismissed

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February 2011

February 28, 2011

District Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder - Victim Had Been Arguing With Defendant’s Father

Serial Burglar Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison - Former Construction Worker Broke Into Homes of Employers and Customers

Teenager Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison on Murder, Other Charges in 2008 Killing of Off-Duty Federal Police Officer

February 25, 2011

MPD Detective Sentenced On Charges Stemming From Assault - Incident Took Place in June 2010 in Northwest Washington

February 24, 2011

Guatemalan Man Indicted For Kidnapping U.S. Citizen in Guatemala In Crime That Resulted in Her Death - Accused of Abducting Victim in May 2010

February 23, 2011

District Man Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme, Accused of Obtaining $2.4 Million Through the Fraud

Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter While Armed In the February 2011 Stabbing Death of His Brother - Killing Followed an Argument That Started in Their Apartment

Man Convicted of First Degree Premeditated Murder While Armed For the Shooting Death of a Good Samaritan - Teenage Victim Tried to Stop a Robbery

February 22, 2011

Former CEO of Publicly Traded Company Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice Third Attorney to Plead Guilty In Connection With Ongoing Securities Fraud Investigation

District Man Pleads Guilty to Burglary, Weapons Charges - Stole Computer, Then Posted His Picture on Victim’s Facebook Page

February 18, 2011

District Man Sentenced For Killing Mother of Five, Shooting Another Woman in August 2007 Attack

USAID Employee Arrested On Charge Stemming From Theft of Government Property

Jury Convicts Two Men of Armed Robbery, Other Charges In Brazen Attack in Northeast Washington - Numerous Shots Fired, Five Victims Accosted

Former D.C. Council Chief of Staff Pleads Guilty To Accepting Illegal Gratuities and Making a False Statement

Man Found Guilty of Federal Charges in Murder-For-Hire Plot - Plan Unraveled by Federal Agents, No One Was Hurt

District Man Convicted of Manslaughter in March 2010 Slaying in Northeast Washington - Victim Shot While Trying to Break Up Altercation

District Man Sentenced to 14-Year Prison Term For Conspiring to Kidnap and Stab His Ex-Brother-in-Law– Victim Abducted from his Home, Stabbed in Rock Creek Park, and Left to Die near Catholic University

February 17, 2011

Romanian Man Pleads Guilty For Role In International Fraud Scheme Involving Online Auction Websites

District Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Defrauding Insurance Company - Defendant Lied to Obtain Life Insurance Policy In the Name of His Dying Brother

Former Investigator/Tax Auditor of the D.C. Office of Tax & Revenue and Maryland Businessman Sentenced in Scheme To Cheat D.C. Government of More Than $100,000

Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Armed Sexual Assaults Against Two Women and One Boy - Three Cases Were Linked By DNA Evidence

February 16, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter While Armed in November 2007 Killing in Southwest Washington

Serial Burglar Sentenced to 26-Year Prison Term - Convicted of Two Break-ins Within 16 Days

February 15, 2011

Former Transportation Company Driver Gets Jail Term For Criminal Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult

Senior Program Manager With the Office of Personnel Management Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $40,000

Supervisor Sentenced to More Than Six Months in Jail For Sexually Abusing Woman at Workplace

February 11, 2011

Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Charge For Setting Up Clandestine Drug Lab at Georgetown University - Discovery of Lab Led to Evacuation of Hundreds of Dormitory Residents

District Man Convicted of Assault, Robbery Charges in March 2010 Attack on Two Victims

District Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter Charge iIn June 2009 Stabbing

Member of Todd Place Crew Sentenced to 50-Year Prison Term For Months-Long Rampage One Killed, 12 Others Shot, Including Innocent Bystanders

Ingmar Guandique Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison For Killing of Chandra Levy - 2001 Slaying Part of Pattern of Violent Conduct

February 10, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Traveling from Virginia to D.C. To Have Sex With 13-Year-Old Child

February 9, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Six-Year Prison Term for Robbing Victims of iPhones - Allegedly Targeted Victims on Metro

Eleven Alleged MS-13 Members Indicted on Racketeering and Other Charges in Series of Violent Crimes -Gang Targeted Rivals in Shootings, Stabbings, Beatings

February 8, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Charges in Failed Scheme to Deceive a Federal Judge– Was Attempting to Obtain a $3 Million Default Judgment in Civil Lawsuit

Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Armed Sexual Assaults Against Two Women and One Boy - Three Cases Were Linked By DNA Evidence

February 7, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 14-Year Prison Term for Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend and Father of Her Child

Certified Nursing Assistant Sentenced to Jail Term for Criminal Negligence

Supervisor Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Woman at Workplace

February 4, 2011

Maryland Man Gets 11-Month Prison Term for Bank Fraud and Conspiring to Cash Altered U.S. Treasury Tax Refund Checks

February 3, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Scheme – 25 Victims and More Than 40 Accounts Compromised

Former Employee of Georgetown University Hospital Sentenced to Five Months in Prison for Stealing Money from Nonprofit Foundation Based at Hospital

February 2, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term for Perjury in Racketeering Case

District Man Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting Cognitively Disabled Client at Workplace

District Man Sentenced to More Than 30 Years in Prison for January 2009 Murder - Defendant Later Boasted of the Killing

February 1, 2011

Former Accountant Convicted of Stealing from Georgetown University’s Credit Union - Used Access to Bank’s Internal Systems to Steal More Than $200,000

District Man Sentenced to 67 ½ Years in Prison for the August 2008 Shooting of Two Brothers - Shots Killed One Victim, Wounded Another

Iranian National Charged With Illegally Exporting Specialized Metals From the United States to Iran - Some Metals Allegedly Destined for Iranian Entities Involved Ballistic Missile Activity

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March 2011

March 31, 2011

Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison For Compelling Women To Engage in Prostitution - Second Defendant Awaiting Sentencing For Her Role in the Crimes

Taiwanese Shipping Company Convicted of Discharging Oily Bilge Waste Into the Waters of American Samoa Koo's Shipping Sentenced To Pay $1 Million For Violating U.S. And International Laws Protecting Oceans

March 30, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Connection With Bank Robbery Spree

March 28, 2011

Three Defendants Found Guilty in New Year's Eve Attack - Assault Blinded Victim in One Eye

Two District Teenagers Plead Guilty to Burglary Charges - Both Admit to Carrying Out Broad Daylight Home Invasion

March 25, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography - Collection Included More Than 20,000 Photos and 500 Videos

District Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Deadly Crash - Wrong-Way Driver, on PCP, Killed Mother of Four

March 24, 2011

Former Administrative Assistant to U.S. Senator Charged with Making Prohibited Communications to Senate Office

MS-13 Member Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 150 Years on Federal Racketeering Charges - Crimes Included Murder of One Victim, Maiming of Another

D.C. Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Social Security Checks

March 22, 2011

District Man Found Guilty of Murdering Man by Stabbing Him Eighteen Times, Including Fifteen Times in the Back

March 21, 2011

Area Men Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery

March 18, 2011

District Man Sentenced To More Than Four Years in Prison For Beating Baby Over Three-Month Period, Causing 32 Fractures

District Man Indicted on Charges Stemming From Murder of Former Girlfriend’s 20-Month-Old Child

District Man Pleads Guilty to Two Murders - One Victim Slain on 17th Birthday, Other While With His Family

Man Sentenced to 66 Years in Prison For February 2008 Murder - Multiple Victims Targeted Following a Fight Inside Night Club

Former D.C. Deputy Assistant Inspector General Pleads Guilty to Filing False Statements, Fraud - Admits Helping a Friend Fake D.C. Residency to Obtain a Job

District Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison in Shootings of Ex-Girlfriend, Another Man

March 17, 2011

Maryland Sports Manager Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud - Admits to Evading More Than $1 Million in Taxes

District Man Sentenced to More Than 18 Years in Prison for Crimes Committed as Leader of Congress Park Crew - Final Defendant Sentenced From 2007 Trial

March 16, 2011

Man Pleads Guilty in Series of Assaults and Robberies - Brandished Knife in Some of the Attacks

District Man Sentenced to Eight-Year Prison Term For Shooting - Followed Victim From Convenience Store, Opened Fire on Street

Thirteen Men Indicted For Shootings, Other Violence Tied to Gun Battles Between Rival Crews - Crimes Include Multiple Shootings, Homicides

March 15, 2011

Pickpocket Pleads Guilty to Robbery, Theft - Distracted Victims at Bus and Metro Stops, Then Stole Their Wallets

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft Charge In Connection With Her Role in Credit Card Scheme

Former Treasurer of International Fraternity Sentenced In Connection With Bank Fraud

March 11, 2011

Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison For Sexual Abuse and Malicious Disfigurement - Defendant Convicted By Jury In Domestic Violence Case

Man Sentenced to 137-Year Prison Term For Killing Northwest Washington Couple - He and Two Others Targeted Home For Burglary

District Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison For Crimes Committed As Part Of The Congress Park Crew - Defendant Convicted of Killing Two People in August 1998

Government Worker Admits Accepting Outside Employment During Hours He Was Supposed to Be on Duty

March 9, 2011

Virginia Man Sentenced For Traveling From Virginia to D.C. To Have Sex With 12-Year-Old Child

March 8, 2011

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft Charge Stemming From Her Role in Credit Card Scheme - Used Stolen Identifying Information to Pay D.C. Parking Tickets

March 7, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Teenagers Plead Guilty to Armed Robbery Near Metro Station – Both Admit to Committing a Series of Robberies Near the Station in 2010

Two Men Sentenced to Three-Year Prison Terms in Attempted Robbery of Pizza Shop - Crime Was Captured on Video

March 4, 2011

Four Members of Violent Drug Ring Convicted of Conspiracy and Murder in 2008 Slaying of Person They Viewed as a Witness - More Than 30 Shots Fired at Victim

District Woman Sentenced to Six-Year Prison Term For Stabbing Her Boyfriend in the Heart With Scissors– Victim Walked 15 Blocks to Hospital, Where He Received Open Heart Surgery

March 3, 2011

Former U.S. Official Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison For Sexually Assaulting Woman on Embassy Property in Algeria

March 2, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge In Armed Assault Against U.S. Capitol Police Officers

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme Aimed at Dominating District of Columbia’s Taxicab Industry

Baltimore Man Convicted of Traveling From Maryland to D.C.

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Forged Securities

March 1, 2011

District Man Convicted of First Degree Felony Murder While Armed, Killed Victim in December 2009 Robbery

District Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison For Series of Bank Robberies

District Man Convicted of Armed Robbery, Other Charges in December 2009 Attack Against Four Victims

Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement

District Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking, Agrees to Forfeit More Than $95,000 in Proceeds - Drugs, Cash Were Discovered in Defendant’s Northwest Washington Apartment

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April 2011

April 29, 2011

Woman Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison In Slaying of Her Seven-Year-Old Daughter - Defendant Stabbed Child, Then Set House on Fire

Justice and Education Departments Commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Event With Students at Banneker High School - Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney Vincent H. Cohen Jr. Addresses Students

Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison For the Shooting Death of a Good Samaritan - Teenage Victim Tried to Stop a Robbery

Man Sentenced to 7 ½ Years in Prison In February 2011 Stabbing Death of His Brother - Killing Followed an Argument That Started in Their Apartment

District Man Sentenced to 16-Year Prison Term In Brazen Attack in Northeast Washington - Numerous Shots Fired, Five Victims Accosted

April 28, 2011

District Man Convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography - Arranged to Have Photos Taken and Mailed of Child in Guatemala

April 27, 2011

MS-13 Members Sentenced to Life in Prison On Federal Racketeering Charges - Crimes Included Murder of One Victim, Maiming of Another

April 26, 2011

Grand Jury Indicts Albert Haynesworth On Charge of Misdemeanor Sexual Abuse - Accused of Fondling Server at Northwest Washington Lounge

Former Humanitarian Workers Sentenced to 142 Months In Prison For Defrauding USAID of $1.9 Million - Money Was to Fund Community Reconstruction Projects in Liberia

District Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison For November 2007 Killing in Southwest Washington

MPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge In Attempted Burglary of Apartment in Northwest Washington – Used Police Radio to Monitor Communications in Hopes of Avoiding Detection

April 22, 2011

DynCorp International LLC and the Sandi Group Pay United States More Than $8.7 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - Companies Allegedly Submitted False Claims Related to Police Work in Iraq

District Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison For March 2010 Slaying in Northeast Washington - Victim Shot While Trying to Break Up Altercation

April 21, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison For Bank Robbery in Southeast Washington

Three Individuals and Two Companies Indicted For Conspiring to Export Millions of Dollars Worth of Computer-Related Equipment to Iran

Somali Hostage Negotiator Arrested and Charged With Piracy In Attack on Merchant Ship - Second Person to Face Charges in Takeover of Vessel

April 20, 2011

Police Officer for the Department of Defense Pleads Guilty to Traveling Into the District of Columbia To Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Enticing a Minor Child

Five Men Face New Charges For Roles In Crimes That Led to Five Murders, Nine Other Shootings Superseding Indictment Includes New Charges From Violence on South Capitol Street

District Man Convicted in Brazen Attack and Robbery of Pedestrian in Downtown Washington - Defendant Had Two Additional Stolen Cell Phones at Time of Arrest

Maryland Man Convicted of Distribution of Child Pornography

Man Gets 33-Month Prison Term For Series of Vehicle Break-ins - Broke Into One Vehicle While Police Were Staking Out the Area

April 19, 2011

District Man Convicted of Felony Charges In Attack of MPD Officer at a Home Depot Store – Defendant Bit Officer in the Thigh and Hand During the Struggle

District Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison On Manslaughter Charge In June 2009 Stabbing

April 18, 2011

Maryland Man Sentenced to 90-Year Prison Term In 1999 Double Homicide - Man and Woman Were Fatally Shot While Seated in a Car

Teenager Convicted of Assault With Intent to Kill For Stabbing Another Teen Near Northeast Washington Recreational Center - Victim Was Stabbed in the Neck, Severing a Muscle

April 15, 2011

Two Men Convicted in Shooting That Followed Argument at Party - One Gunman is Cousin of Victim

April 14, 2011

Crime Victims, Good Samaritans and Advocacy Groups Honored at Event Marking National Crime Victims’ Rights Week - U.S. Attorney Machen Cites Bravery of Victims, Survivors

April 13, 2011

Two Former Employees Plead Guilty to Defrauding Credit Union For the American Red Cross of More Than $675,000

District Man Convicted of Possession of Child Pornography - Defendant Collected More Than 100,000 Images of Child Pornography

Former Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $200,000 From The Federal Trade Commission - Supply Clerk Made Unauthorized Purchases of Laptops, Televisions, Other Items

April 12, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder In 2009 Slaying in Northeast Washington

April 11, 2011

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Government To Collect Pension of His Deceased Father - More Than $130,000 Collected Through Scheme

District Man Convicted of Sexually Abusing Three Daughters

Three Men Convicted of Stabbing Man at Bus Stop - Attack Took Place at 5 a.m. on Georgia Avenue NW

April 8, 2011

Florida Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison
For Market Manipulation Scheme

April 7, 2011

Virginia Man Sentenced For Traveling From Virginia to D.C. To Have Sex With Under-Aged Child

Somali Sentenced to 25-Year Prison Term For Armed Piracy In Attack on Merchant Ship - He and Other Pirates Held the Vessel For 71 Days

April 6, 2011

District Man Convicted of Stabbing Neighbor to Death - Attack Took Place While Defendant Was High on PCP

Former Department of Agriculture Official Sentenced To 150 Days In Jail For Sexually Assaulting Employee

Former D.C. Firefighter Sentenced For Fraud -Kept More Than $3,600 In Fees Paid For CPR Training

Community Forum Will Highlight Challenges Facing Women Returning Home From Jail or Prison - Saturday’s Event Encourages Public to “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”

April 5, 2011

Verizon Communications Pays United States $93.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

April 4, 2011

Four Convicted in Armed Kidnapping - Defendants Bound, Beat and Burned Victim in Retaliation For Burglary

Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Bank

April 1, 2011

Jury Convicts District Man of Murder, Obstruction Charges Stemming From 2003 Slaying of Homeless Man

JMaryland Man Sentenced to Two-Year Prison Term in Identity Theft Scheme – 25 Victims and More Than 40 Accounts Compromised

 

 

 

 

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May 2011

May 31, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison For Fatal Shooting - Defendant Tried to Back Out of Guilty Plea

District Man Sentenced to Prison For Stabbing in Southeast Washington - Stab Wound Lacerated Victim's Trachea

District Man Sentenced to 16 Years and Seven Months in Prison For Brazen Attack in Northeast Washington - Numerous Shots Fired, Five Victims Accosted

May 27, 2011

Man, Woman Sentenced to 40-Year Prison Terms For Killing Northwest Washington Couple - They Joined Another Man in Targeting Home For Burglary

District Man Pleads Guilty in Recent Beating - Victim's Head Wounds Required at Least 20 Stitches to Close

Two District Men Convicted of Carrying Out Nighttime Home Invasion and Burglary - Entered Home While Victims, Including a Baby, Were Asleep

District Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for 2005 Slaying, Shot Victim 20 Times - Victim Had Been Arguing With Defendant's Father

May 25, 2011

Three Defendants Sentenced in New Year's Eve Attack - Assault Blinded Victim in One Eye

May 24, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Fatal Stabbing in Premeditated Attack - Stormed Into Victim's Apartment, Stabbing Him At Least 18 Times

May 23, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years In Prison For Burglary in Northeast Washington - Entered Residence While Owner Was at Home

Former Title and Escrow Agent Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud - Case Involves More Than $1.8 Million in Loans

May 20, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Charges in Home Invasion - Two Other Assailants Were Fatally Shot in Confrontation With Police

May 19, 2011

Local Law Enforcement Team Wins National Honor For Its Work Against Child Exploitation - Award Recognizes U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, Metropolitan Police Department

Eighth Person Pleads Guilty to Charges in Credit Card Scheme - Defendant Paid Part of Her Car Payments With Stolen Credit Card Information

May 17, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Three Children Under the Age of 12

District Man Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter In September 2010 Slaying in Southeast Washington - Evidence Indicates He Did Not Intend to Shoot 21-Year-Old Victim

Former Title and Escrow Agent Indicted For Mortgage Fraud - Case Involves More Than $1.8 Million in Loans

May 16, 2011

Maryland Woman Sentenced to Prison For Deadly Crash in Northwest Washington - Stumbled Out of a Bar, Got Behind the Wheel, and Hit Victims

May 13, 2011

Maryland Woman Indicted For Health Care Fraud, Other Charges After Investigation Into Billing Practices - Some Clients Purportedly Got More Than 24 Hours of Therapy in a Single Day

Man Pleads Guilty to 11 Bank Robberies and One Attempted Bank Robbery - Admits Taking Part in 16-Month Robbery Spree

May 12, 2011

MPD Officer Pleads Guilty To Attempted Receiving Stolen Property and Possession of An Unregistered Firearm - He Was On Duty And In Uniform When He Purchased Goods Believed To Be Stolen

May 11, 2011

Two Men Plead Guilty in Armed Burglary of Residence - Father and Two Young Daughters Were Inside the Apartment

Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Specialist Pleads Guilty to Conflict of Interest Charge

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Official Pleads Guilty To A Conflict of Interest Offense

District Man Sentenced to Nine-Year Prison Term in February 2010 Bank Robbery - Defendant Acted as Getaway Driver

May 10, 2011

Former CEO and Two Board Members of Chinese Publicly Traded Company Charged in Connection With $50 Million Scheme to Defraud

District Teenagers Convicted of Murder, Other Charges in Killing That Took Place During an Attempted Robbery - Victim Was Slain While Trying to Save His Friend

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Two-Year-Old Child Who Was Supposed To Be Under Her Care - Defendant Delayed Medical Treatment, Tried to Thwart Criminal Investigation

May 9, 2011

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $30,000 In Checks From D.C. Government Office - Cleaning Staff Member Took Checks While Working in Building

May 6, 2011

District Man Convicted of Possession of Child Pornography - Defendant Collected More Than 8,800 Images and 250 Videos of Child Pornography

District Man Pleads Guilty to Daytime Burglary - Neighbor's Call, Fast Police Work Lead to Arrest

Three Members of Violent Drug Ring Sentenced For Conspiracy and Murder in 2008 Slaying of Person They Viewed as a Witness - More Than 30 Shots Fired at Victim - Judge Orders Prison Terms of 37, 42 and 48 Years

Teenagers Sentenced For Armed Robbery Near Metro Station - Both Admit to Committing a Series of Robberies Near the Station in 2010

May 5, 2011

Man Convicted of Shooting Two People at School, Carjacking Vehicles in Attempt to Escape, and Shooting at Police Officers - School's President Was Shot in the Face

MS-13 Member Sentenced to Two Years in Prison For Felony Threats Meant to Silence Witness - Defendant Is Among Eleven People Indicted For Gang-Related Crimes

Former Howard University Security Officer Sentenced In Connection With Credit Card Scheme - She Stole Student Sign-in Sheets to Get ID Information

May 4, 2011

Four Charged in Drug Conspiracy, Accused of Distributing Cocaine in Washington Area - Nearly 30 Kilograms of Cocaine, Firearms, Seized in Searches

Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing One Victim, Attempting to Rob Another in Separate Attacks in Northwest Washington - Shot One Victim in the Chest

District Man Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison On Burglary, Weapons Charges - Stole Computers, Then Posted His Picture on Victim's Facebook Page

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty in Theft Of More Than $450,000 From Employer - Clerk Created Files For Fake Real Estate Transactions

District Man Convicted of Federal Charges For Role As Heroin Supplier to Drug Trafficking Network - Drug Ring Operated in Potomac Gardens Housing Complex

May 3, 2011

FedEx Corporation to Pay United States $8 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations - Payment Settles Lawsuit Over Billing Practices

District Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Motorist In Unprovoked Attack in the Third Street Tunnel - Victim Was Hit Twice, Car Had At Least Eight Bullet Holes

District Man Sentenced to Three-Year Prison Term For Sexually Assaulting Woman - Defendant Entered Home While Victim Was Asleep

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery - Held Up Bank in Northwest Washington in December 2010

District Man Ordered to Forfeit More Than $6 Million For Operating an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

May 2, 2011

Former Driver Sentenced to 80-Month Prison Term For Taking Part In Armed Robbery of Armored Truck She Was Among Those Who Planned, Staged the Crime

 

 

 

 

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June 2011

June 30, 2011

Washington, D.C.-Based Academy For Educational Development Pays More Than $5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

District Man Sentenced to 88 Years in Prison For First-Degree Felony Murder, Other Crimes - Killed One Man, Wounded Two Other Victims

U.S. Attorney Machen Outlines Anti-Violence Strategy, Combining Enforcement Efforts With Crime Prevention - Criminals Held Accountable as Office Builds Partnerships With Citizens

June 29, 2011

Romanian Man Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison For Role In International Fraud Scheme Involving Online Auction Websites

District Man Sentenced to 47 Years in Prison For Murder, Obstruction Charges in 2003 Slaying of Homeless Man - He and Another Man Beat Victim, Then Shot Him As He Begged For His Life

June 28, 2011

Former D.C. Council Chief of Staff Sentenced To Eight-Month Prison Term For Accepting Illegal Gratuities And Making a False Statement- Defendant Took Part in Scheme Involving D.C. Taxi Industry

U.S. Attorney Machen Announces Results of Mortgage Fraud Prosecutions, Building on Success of Nationwide Initiative - Ten Defendants Prosecuted Over the Past Year

June 27, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term On Assault, Robbery Charges - Attacked Two Victims in Gallery Place, Chinatown Area

June 25, 2011

Father Found Guilty of First Degree Cruelty to Children -Defendant Punched Son in the Eye and Nose, Causing Fractures to Orbital Bone

June 24, 2011

More Than 200 Teenagers Attend Youth Summit Sponsored by U.S. Attorney’s Office - U.S. Attorney Machen Urges Them to Help Stop Violence

Postal Employee Indicted For Theft of Mail, Other Offenses - Accused of Stealing Mail That Included Donations For Charities

District Woman Sentenced to 27-Month Prison Term, Admitted to Embezzling More $han $210,000 From Non-Profit

Former District of Columbia Teacher Pleads Guilty To Failing to Register as a Sex Offender - U.S. Marshals Service Tracked Defendant to Ohio

June 23, 2011

District Woman Sentenced to Prison Term For Assaulting Another Woman With A Knife - Defendant Attacked Victim in Jealous Rage

June 22, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Distributing Child Pornography Collection Was Among Largest Ever Found in the District of Columbia, Included More Than 20,000 Photos and 500 Videos

Public Relations Specialist Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges - Michael Jackson's Former General Manager Didn't File Her Own Tax Returns

June 21, 2011

Maryland Woman Convicted of Negligent Homicide, Other Charges In Fatal Crash Near Dupont Circle - She Left the Scene After Hitting the Victim

Virginia Man Sentenced for Defrauding the Government To Collect Pension of His Deceased Father - More Than $335,000 Collected Through the Scheme

Seven More Defendants Indicted in Drug Conspiracy Case, Accused of Distributing Cocaine in Washington Area - Latest Developments in Probe That Led to Seizure of Nearly 30 Kilos of Cocaine

District Man Convicted of Murder, Other Charges In 2008 Killing of Innocent Bystander Caught in Gunfire - Defendant's Shots Also Wounded Two Other Innocent Victims

Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms For 2009 Attack Against Two Special Police Officers in Southeast Washington - One Officer Was Shot in the Arm

June 20, 2011

Former District of Columbia High School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Student - First Conviction Under New D.C. Law

Two Men Convicted of Killing a Man and Wounding a Child In December 2008 Home Invasion in Northwest Washington - Third Defendant Convicted of Obstructing Justice, Perjury

Insurance Professional Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud And Agrees to Pay Up to $995,000 in Civil Penalties

District Teenager Pleads Guilty to Assault, Weapons Charges in Easter Monday Attack at the National Zoo - He Stabbed Victim in Two Attacks That Day

U.S. Attorney Machen to Host Youth Summit on Friday, Calls for "Breaking the Silence on Youth Violence" - Free Program is at THEARC in Southeast Washington

Three Men Associated with Benning Terrace Crew Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice, Related Charges - Interfered With Grand Jury Investigation

June 17, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Assault Weapons Charges In Stabbing Outside Northeast Washington Nightclub - Admits Stabbing Two Women, Carrying a Fully Loaded Firearm

District Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison For Armed Robbery, Other Charges - Convicted in December 2009 Attack Against Four Victims

Two District Teenagers Sentenced to Jail on Burglary Charges - Both Admitted to Carrying Out Broad Daylight Home Invasion

Convicted Burglar Pleads Guilty to Invading Two Homes, Sexually Assaulting Women Who Had Been Sleeping - Defendant Was Linked to the Crimes by DNA Evidence

District Man Sentenced to 45-Year Prison Term For Sexually Abusing Three Daughters

Two Brothers Sentenced to Prison Terms of 10 Years or More For Stabbing Man at Bus Stop - Attack Took Place at 5 a.m. on Georgia Avenue NW

Baltimore Man Sentenced to 46-Month Prison Term For Traveling From Maryland to D.C. To Have Sex With 13-Year-Old Child

District Man Sentenced to Four Years In Prison For Possession of Semi-Automatic Rifle - Firearm Recovered By Police After Domestic Dispute

June 16, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 18-Year Prison Term For Stabbing Neighbor to Death - Attack Took Place While Defendant Was High on PCP

June 15, 2011

Temple Hills Man Sentenced to 80-Month Prison Term For Taking Part In Armed Robbery of Armored Truck

District of Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Bank Robbery

June 14, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 12-Year Prison Term for Home Invasion, Assault and Firearms Offenses - Attacked Woman in Front of Their 2-Year-Old Son

District Man Sentenced to 47-Month Prison Term For Assaulting His Estranged Wife - Broke Into Her Apartment Twice, Within Two Weeks

Man Sentenced to 15 Year-Prison Term In String of Hold-ups at ATMs - Pled Guilty to Nine Crimes That Took Place Within a One-Month Period

June 13, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting 17-Year-Old Girl - Victim Was Accosted While Walking Home From Night School

June 10, 2011

District Man Gets Six-Year Prison Term in Attack on Girlfriend - Defendant Was On Parole - And Wearing a GPS Device - For 1990 Rape Conviction

District Man Indicted on PCP Distribution Charges -Arrested After Drugs, Gun Found in His Residence

Seven Defendants Sentenced to Life Prison Terms For Conspiring to Kidnap U.S. Citizen In Trinidad & Tobago in a Crime That Led to the Victim's Death - Victim was Kidnapped in 2005, Held for Ransom

Three Arrested on Charges of Obstruction of Justice and Perjury In Investigation Into Murder of DEA Informant - Defendants Allegedly Provided False Alibi For Suspect

Former Background Investigator For Federal Government Sentenced to Prison For Making a False Statement

Maryland Woman Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison For Fatal Stabbing of Woman in Parking Lot - Defendant Ambushed Unarmed Victim in August 2010 Attack

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Company, Used Aliases to Cheat Firm of $26,000

June 9, 2011

Former Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Non-Profit - Defendant Stole More Than $95,000, Spent it on Travel, Other Personal Expenses

District Man Sentenced to Three Years In Prison For Assault with Gun on Girlfriend and Related Charges -Defendant Pressed Loaded Gun Against His Girlfriend's Head

District Man Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term In Robbery of Coffee Shop at Howard University - Defendant Posed as Police Officer, Displaying Fake Badge

U.S. Subsidiary of Belgian Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Off-Label Promotion; Company to Pay More Than $34 Million - UCB Inc. Promoted Anti-Epileptic Drug Keppra for Off-Label Uses

June 8, 2011

Accountant Convicted of Mortgage Fraud, Conspiracy, Identity Theft and Obstructing a Grand Jury Investigation

June 7, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Assault, Other Charges in PCP-Related Car Crash - Defendant's 5 Year-Old Son Among Four Injured Victims

June 6, 2011

District Man Convicted of 26 Counts, Including Obstruction of Justice and Threats, In Events Surrounding 2008 Killing - Defendant Faces a Retrial on Murder Charges

June 3, 2011

U.S. Attorney Machen Hosts Town Hall Meeting, Urges Residents to "Stand Up Today to Save a Life Tomorrow"- More Than 100 People Joined in Second of a Series of Events

June 2, 2011

U.S. Attorney's Office Closes Investigation Into the Death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed

June 1, 2011

Ninth Person Pleads Guilty in Credit Card Scheme - Another Ring Participant is Sentenced For His Role in the Crimes

U.S. Attorney's Office Hosts Faith-Based Town Hall Meeting - Thursday's Event is Second in a Series to Promote Dialogue

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July 2011

July 29, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Carjacking Of Wilson High School Teacher - Defendant Earlier Pled Guilty to Related Charges in Maryland

District Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison In Slaying That Followed a Dispute Over Drugs - Defendant Repeatedly Stabbed His Friend in Argument at Her Apartment

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Murder, Other Charges In Killing of 19-Year-Old Latisha Frazier - Defendant Later Joined in Plot to Dispose of the Victim's Body

District Man Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder While Armed In the Killing of His Teenage Daughter - He Left Her Body in a Trash Can, Tried to Cover Up the Crime

Maryland Woman Sentenced For Stealing More Than $30,000 In Checks From D.C. Government Office - Cleaning Staff Member Took Checks While Working in Building

Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms In Armed Burglary of Residence - Father and Two Young Daughters Were Inside the Apartment

Virginia Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison For Using Counterfeit Checks to Steal More Than $125,000 - Counterfeit Checks Deposited into Accounts for Sham Companies

July 28, 2011

Former Background Investigator For Federal Government Sentenced For Making a False Statement- Judge Orders Four Months of Incarceration and 150 Days of Home Detention

July 27, 2011

Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison In Murder-For-Hire Plot - Plan Unraveled by Federal Agents, No One Was Hurt

July 26, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison For Attack on Vulnerable Victim - Defendant Beat Man With Wooden Bat, Breaking Both of the Victim’s Legs

District Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison For Taking Part In Armed Robbery of Armored Truck - He and Two Others Carried Out Brazen Mid-Afternoon Crime

Maryland Woman Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison In Theft of More Than $450,000 From Employer - Clerk Created Files For Fake Real Estate Transactions

July 25, 2011

Former Caregiver is Sentenced for Abuse

Former MPD Officer Sentenced to Seven-Month Prison Term In Attempted Burglary of Apartment in Northwest Washington – Used Police Radio to Monitor Communications in Hopes of Avoiding Detection

July 22, 2011

Father Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter In Death of His Seven-Week-Old Son- Defendant Gave Misleading Information to Medical Personnel

Three Gang Members Sentenced to Prison Terms For Crimes Arising From Assault - One Threatened to Decapitate a Potential Witness

District Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl and Kidnapping Her 17-Year-Old Male Friend - Defendant Linked to Crime by Fingerprint and DNA Evidence

District Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Armed Sexual Assaults Against Two Women and One Boy - Three Cases Were Linked By DNA Evidence

July 21, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 40-Month Prison Term In Robbery Of White House Liaison - Victim Accosted While Walking in Northwest Washington

Former Background Investigator For Federal Government Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement

July 20, 2011

District Man Indicted on Murder, Other Charges In Killing of 13-Year-Old Daughter, Wounding of Two Others - Defendant Also Accused of Carjacking a MetroAccess Sedan

July 19, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice, Other Charges After Threatening to Shoot Girlfriend and Family - Defendant Was Recorded Telling Victim What to Say to Authorities

Maryland Company, Two Officers and Related Entities To Pay $3.2 Million to Resolve Claims Stemming From Operation of Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks - EPA Cited Violations of State, Federal Regulations

July 18, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term For Cocaine Trafficking, Must Forfeit More Than $95,000 - Drugs, Cash Were Discovered in Defendant's Northwest Washington Apartment

District Man Pleads Guilty to Charges in Dispute With Neighbor Over a Parking Space - Defendant Made Threats, Drove His Car Directly at the Victim

July 15, 2011

Two District Residents Plead Guilty to Weapons Charges - One Brandished a Gun at the Other's Ex-Boyfriend

District Man Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charge - Defendant Used a Starter Pistol to Threaten His Family

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Burglary and Assault In Attack Against 19-Year-Old Woman in Her Home - Victim Was Attacked While Bathing Her One-Year-Old Son

Internet Communications Firm Owners Plead Guilty To Employment Tax Fraud and Failure to Pay Tax

District Man Pleads Guilty to Weapons Offense - Defendant Stabbed Victim During an Argument at His Mother's House

Member of Violent Drug Ring Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison For Slaying of Man He Mistakenly Viewed as a Witness - More Than 30 Shots Fired at Victim

District Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison For Shooting Motorist in the Third Street Tunnel - Victim Was Hit Twice, Car Had At Least Eight Bullet Holes

July 14, 2011

MPD Officer Accused of Sexually Assaulting Three Women

Three Men Sentenced to Prison Terms For Taking Part in Drug Organization - Defendants Admit Roles in Organization That Distributed PCP, Other Drugs

District Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For Role As Heroin Supplier to Drug Trafficking Network - Drug Ring Operated in Potomac Gardens Housing Complex

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Murder And Weapons Charges In 2009 Slaying - Claimed She Kept Shooting Victim So That He Could Not Identify Her

July 13, 2011

Former Employee Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison For Stealing Over $200,000 From The Federal Trade Commission - Supply Clerk Made Unauthorized Purchases of Laptops, Televisions, Other Items

July 12, 2011

Former Police Officer for the Department of Defense Sentenced For Traveling Into the District of Columbia To Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Enticing a Minor Child

District Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Social Security Checks

Man Sentenced to Six Months in Prison For Defrauding The Government To Collect Pension of His Deceased Father - More Than $130,000 Collected Through Scheme

District Man Convicted of Shooting at Father and Brother During Argument on Christmas Eve - Stray Bullet Went Through Nearby Apartment Bedroom Window

District Man Sentenced to 13 1/2 Years in Prison For Armed Robbery, Other Crimes - In One Case, He Robbed a Woman, Then Fled From Police

July 11, 2011

Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge, Admits Receiving More Than $1,700 to Bring Contraband Into Jail - Defendant Was Caught With Concealed Items Last Fall

District Man Found Guilty of Aggravated Assault While Armed -Defendant Sliced Ex-Girlfriend's Arm with Machete

July 8, 2011

District Teenagers Sentenced to Prison Terms in 2010 Slaying - Mother of One Defendant Also Sentenced for Obstructing Justice

District Man Pleads Guilty to Charges in Daytime Robbery and Assault in Northwest Washington - Defendant Admits Choking One Victim and Stealing $60 From Another

Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms In Shooting That Followed Argument at Party - One Gunman is Cousin of Victim

District Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Daytime Burglary in Northeast Washington - Neighbor's Call, Fast Police Work Lead to Arrest

District Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison In September 2010 Slaying in Southeast Washington- Defendant Pled Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter, Weapons Charges

District Man Sentenced to 25-Year Prison Term For Two Murders in Northeast Washington -One Victim Slain on 17th Birthday, Other While With His Family

Former Managing Director of PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Charged with Illegally Exporting High-Performance Coatings To Nuclear Reactor in Pakistan

July 7, 2011

Armor Group North America and Its Affiliates Pay $7.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

July 6, 2011

Maryland Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison For Armed Assault Against U.S. Capitol Police Officers - Defendant Brandished Gun in Confrontation With Police

July 5, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon -Defendant Pulled a Loaded Gun During Argument With His Brother

District Man Sentenced to 19 Months In Prison For Assaulting Employee Outside Day Care Center -Defendant Attacked Security Employee in Failed Attempt to Get to Girlfriend

July 2, 2011

District Woman Convicted of Stalking, Contempt and Identity Theft Charges - Made Thousands of Calls to Victim at Home and Place of Employment

Maryland Man Convicted of Assault In Attack Against Ex-Girlfriend, Another Man - Incident Took Place on the Street in Southeast Washington

July 1, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 24-Year Prison Term In February 2009 Slaying of 14-Year-Old Boy

District Man Sentenced to 47-Month Prison Term For Possession of Child Pornography - Defendant Collected More Than 100,000 Images of Child Pornography

District Man Convicted of Shooting 17-Year-Old Victim On Christmas Eve 2009, Brandishing Gun in Front of 11-Year-Old - Victim Survived, But Doctors Had to Remove Kidney to Control Internal Bleeding

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August 2011

August 31, 2011

District Woman Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years in Prison On Stalking, Contempt and Identity Theft Charges - Made Thousands of Calls to Victim at Home and Place of Employment

August 30, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing 15-Year Old Girl

District Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For Armed Bank Robbery in Northwest Washington -Crime Took Place in Mid-Morning in Busy Chinatown Area

Former Employee Pleads Guilty to Two Burglaries At the Veterans Administration Hospital in the District of Columbia - Defendant Admits Committing Seven Other Burglaries at the Facility

August 29, 2011

Retired Naval Officer Convicted of Stealing From the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

District Man Sentenced to More Than 74 Years in Prison For Crimes Surrounding 2008 Killing - Defendant Still Faces a Retrial on Murder Charges

August 26, 2011

Four Sentenced to Prison Terms in Armed Kidnapping - Defendants Bound, Beat and Burned Victim in Retaliation For Burglary

Maryland Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison For Sexually Abusing 13-Year-Old Girl - Defendant Also Provided Victim With Pornographic Pictures and Videos

District Man Sentenced to Prison For Attacking Man in Northeast Washington -Victim's Head Wounds Required at Least 20 Stitches to Close

District Man Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term For Stabbing Teen Near Northeast Washington Recreational Center - Victim Was Stabbed in the Neck, Severing a Muscle

August 25, 2011

Cousins Found Guilty of First Degree Murder While Armed, Other Charges in 2008 Slaying in Northwest Washington - Defendants Believed Victim Had Killed Family Member

August 24, 2011

Former Senior Executive For U.S. Postal Service Pleads Guilty To Bribery, Offered Contracts in Return For Payments - Defendant Took Total of $15,000 in Cash

Former Employee Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Prison For Defrauding Non-Profit - Defendant Stole More Than $95,000, Spent it on Travel, Other Personal Expenses

District Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Assault After Brutal Stabbing of Housemate - Victim Was Hospitalized About Two Weeks

August 23, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 6 1/2-Year Prison Term For 2010 Attack in Northwest Washington - Defendant Repeatedly Yelled, "I Just Want to Hit Someone!"

August 22, 2011

Former D.C. Public Schools Employee Pleads Guilty To Accepting $20,300 From Government Contractor - Money Paid After Defendant Recommended Contract For His Friend

Albert Haynesworth Enters Plea of Nolo Contendere In Incident at Northwest Washington Lounge - Deferred Sentencing Agreement Sets Conditions Covering Next 18 Months

August 18, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Seven Months of Incarceration For Threatening Man in a Bias-Related Crime - Call to 911 and Quick Police Work Led to Defendant's Arrest

August 17, 2011

Eleven Arrested on Federal Drug Charges, Accused of Trafficking In Cocaine, Crack Cocaine and Marijuana - Drugs, Firearms, Cash Seized in Series of Searches Today

District Teenager Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Burglary in Northeast Washington - Defendant Admitted Putting a Knife to an Elderly Victim's Neck

D.C. Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison For Kidnapping Victim at Gunpoint, Holding Him For Ransom - Threatened to Kill the Victim Unless He Received $150,000

August 16, 2011

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing More than $240,000 From Employer -Payroll Manager Admits She Manipulated Payroll System to Embezzle Funds

District Man Sentenced to Jail And Ordered To Pay $161,000 in Restitution in Tax Fraud Conspiracy

California-Based Taleo Corp. Agrees to Pay U.S. $6.49 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

District Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison In Brazen Downtown Attack And Robbery of Pedestrian - Defendant Had Two Additional Stolen Cell Phones at Time of Arrest

Maryland Man Convicted of Embezzling More Than $500,000 From District of Columbia Church - He Used Church Money to Buy Cars, Diamond Ring, Sports Tickets and Other Luxuries

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Kidnaping and Assault In Abduction of Two-Year-Old Family Member - Defendant Used Toddler As Bargaining Chip To Get To His Wife

District Man Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice, Other Charges In Sexual Assault Against His Ex-Girlfriend - Defendant Called Victim From Jail in Hopes of Keeping Her Away From Court

August 12, 2011

Maryland Man Sentenced to 15 Years In Series of Assaults and Robberies - Brandished Knife in Some of the Attacks

August 11, 2011

Man Sentenced to 94 Months For Robbing One Victim, Attempting to Rob Another in Separate Attacks - Shot One Victim in the Chest

August 9, 2011

Seventeen Charged in Drug Conspiracy, Accused of Distributing Cocaine in Washington Area - Cocaine, Firearms, Cash Seized in Searches

August 5, 2011

Jury Convicts Gang Members of Murder in April 2008 Rush Hour Murder

District Man Convicted of Operating Large Scale Crack Cocaine and Marijuana Distribution Business from Northeast DC Residence

Former D.C. Deputy Assistant Inspector General Sentenced For Filing False Statements, Fraud - Admits Helping a Friend Fake D.C. Residency to Obtain a Job

August 4, 2011

Former Accountant Sentenced to 63 Months For Stealing From Georgetown University's Credit Union - Used Access to Bank's Internal Systems to Steal More Than $200,000

August 3, 2011

Sister and Brother Are Found Guilty in 2009 Murder and Robbery of Northeast Washington Store Owner - Defendants Later Burned Gloves, Other Evidence

Former Head of Non-Profit Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Documents To Obtain HUD Funds Intended to Assist People With HIV/AIDS - Scheme Used Falsified Time Cards and Invoices

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Check-Kiting Scheme That Cheated Banks Out of More Than $188,000 - He and Others Opened Fraudulent Accounts, Targeting at Least Nine Banks

Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $250,000 From Vulnerable Adult Who Trusted and Relied Upon Her - Defendant Took Control of Victim's Money, Spent it on Vacations, Other Expenses

August 2, 2011

Maryland Man Convicted of Acting as an Accessory In September 2008 Bank Robbery - Defendant Served as Getaway Driver

August 1, 2011

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud - Admits Providing False Information and Stealing Checks Intended for Her Son

District Man Sentenced to 9 1/2 Years in Prison For Shooting a Friend After Argument Over Money - Victim Remains at Rehabilitation Hospital, One Year After Attack

Maryland Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison On Charges Stemming From Deadly Home Invasion - Two Other Assailants Were Fatally Shot in Confrontation With Police

MPD Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft, Admits Taking $40,000 From 85-Year-Old Victim - Defendant Met the Victim While Investigating a Crime

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September 2011

September 29, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Assault While Armed In Recent Shooting in Southeast Washington - Shot Victim in the Neck After She Refused to Turn Over Money

District Man Found Guilty of Child Sexual Abuse

September 28, 2011

Former Guard Charged With Attempting to Communicate National Defense Information to People's Republic of China

September 27, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 51-Month Prison Term For Travel With the Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct And Possession of Child Pornography

September 26, 2011

Former USAID Controller Pleads Guilty To Theft of Government Property and Tax Charge - Defendant Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million in Penalties to IRS

District Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Obstruction of Justice, Other Charges - Defendant Threatened to Shoot Girlfriend and Her Family

District Man Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term For Shooting at Father and Brother on Christmas Eve - Stray Bullet Went Through Nearby Apartment Bedroom Window

Former Insurance Professional Sentenced for Insurance Fraud and Agrees to Pay Up to $995,000 in Civil Penalties

$55 Million Being Returned to Victims of Internet Fraud - Victims Receive Forfeited Ponzi Scheme Proceeds

September 23, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 20-Year Prison Term In Fatal Stabbing of Family Friend - Defendant's Family Tried to Stop the Attack, Aided the Victim

District Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing 12-Year Old Girl

Four Area Men Plead Guilty To Federal Narcotics Conspiracy Charges - Significant Amounts of Cocaine Recovered During Investigation

District Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Murder at Bus Stop Following Funeral Service - Defendant and Two Others Attacked Victim After Seeing Him at the Funeral Home

September 21, 2011

U.S. Attorney Machen to Host Public Safety Forum For Latino Communities in the District of Columbia - "One City, Safe City" Program is Part of Series of Community Events

September 19, 2011

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of the Mail - Admits Taking Mail That Included Donations For Charities

September 16, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Children And Transporting a Child for the Purpose of Prostitution - Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Evidence

Maryland Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison For Distribution of Child Pornography

District Man Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in Prison For Threatening Neighbor in Dispute Over a Parking Space - Defendant Made Threats, Drove His Car Directly at the Victim

Maryland Woman Sentenced to Nearly 30 Years in Prison On Murder and Weapons Charges in 2009 Slaying - Claimed She Kept Shooting Victim So That He Could Not Identify Her

September 14, 2011

Former District Man Sentenced to Seven-Year Prison Term On Charges of Identity Theft and Theft - Defendant Stole Maryland Woman's Identity, Got Phone Service in Her Name

District Man Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme - Defendant Admits Obtaining $2.4 million as a Result of the Fraud

District Man Pleads Guilty to Murder In November 2010 Slaying in Southeast Washington - Defendant Chased Victim, Firing a Semiautomatic Pistol

Father Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term For First-Degree Cruelty to Children - Defendant Punched Son in the Eye and Nose, Causing Fractures to Orbital Bone

District Man Pleads Guilty to Murder In July 2008 Slaying in Northeast Washington - Victim Was Shot With an Assault Rifle

Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Specialist Sentenced for Conflict of Interest

September 12, 2011

Three Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support To the Pakistani Taliban

Two Plead Guilty to Charges In January 2011 Slaying of District Teenager

U.S. Attorney Machen to Host Public Safety Forum For African Immigrant Communities in the District of Columbia -"One City, Safe City" Program is Part of Series of Community Events

September 9, 2011

Virginia Man Sentenced to 34 Months in Prison For Failing to Register as a Sex Offender - Defendant Had Been Convicted in Child Pornography Case

District Men Convicted in Pair of Attacks on the Same Victim - Victim Was Stabbed in Both Incidents, and Told: "I Knew I’d Catch You Alone"

District Man Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term For Attacking Ex-Girlfriend With Machete - Defendant Convicted of Aggravated Assault While Armed, Other Charges

District Man Pleads Guilty to Murder In July 2011 Slaying in Southeast Washington - Victim Tried to Flee the Attack

District Man Sentenced to 80-Month Prison Term For Possession of Child Pornography - Defendant Collected More Than 8,800 Images and 250 Videos of Child Pornography

Teenagers Sentenced to 40-Year Prison Terms For Murder, Other Charges in Killing That Took Place During An Attempted Robbery - Victim Was Slain While Trying to Save His Friend

District Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison In Stabbing Outside Northeast Washington Nightclub - Admitted Stabbing Two Women, Carrying a Fully Loaded Firearm

District Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison For Receipt of Child Pornography - Arranged to Have Photos Taken and Mailed of Child in Guatemala

September 8, 2011

Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Check-Kiting Scheme That Cheated Banks Out of More Than $188,000 - He and Others Opened Fraudulent Accounts, Targeting at Least Nine Banks

Former Title and Escrow Agent Sentenced to 31 Months in Prison Following Guilty Plea for Mortgage Fraud - Admitted to Stealing Money From Banks and Client Escrow Account

Florida Man Sentenced to One Year in Prison For Defrauding Company - Defendant Used Aliases to Cheat Firm of $26,000

District Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Burglaries - Defendant Stole Laptops from Businesses in Northwest Washington

September 7, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography

Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Official Sentenced For a Conflict Of Interest Offense

District Man Sentenced to 16-Year Prison Term For Shooting 17-Year-Old Victim On Christmas Eve 2009 - Victim Survived, But Doctors Had to Remove Kidney to Control Internal Bleeding

Noted Scientist Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage - Scientist Arrested in 2009 Following Undercover Operation

September 6, 2011

District Man Convicted of Shooting a Man And Conspiring to Cover Up His Involvement in Crime - Co-Defendant Convicted of Joining in the Cover-up

September 2, 2011

Man Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term For Sexually Assaulting Ten-Year-Old Child Under His Care - Defendant Also Must Register as a Sex Offender For Rest of His Life

Two District Department of the Environment Officials Arrested, Accused of Demanding Bribes in Exchange For Covering Up Asbestos Contamination - Arrests Followed Investigation by FBI, D.C. Inspector General's Office

District Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter In Killing of His Then-Girlfriend's 20-Month-Old Son - Child Had Numerous Injuries, Marks and Bruises

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling Into the District of Columbia and Virginia to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Enticing a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography

San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling Into the District of Columbia to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct With a Minor and Transportation of Child Pornography

September 1, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison For Assault with a Dangerous Weapon - Defendant Pulled a Loaded Gun During Argument With His Brother

Maryland Man Sentenced to Seven-Year Prison Term For Bank Robbery - Held Up Bank in Northwest Washington in December 2010

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October 2011

October 31, 2011

Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For 11 Bank Robberies and One Attempted Bank Robbery - Admitted Taking Part in 16-Month Robbery Spree -

Former Employee Sentenced to Five-Year Prison Term For Burglaries at the Veterans Administration Hospital – Defendant Admits Committing Series of Burglaries at the Facility -

October 28, 2011

Convicted Burglar Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Invading Two Homes, Sexually Assaulting Women Who Had Been Sleeping - Defendant Was Linked to the Crimes by DNA Evidence -

Sister and Brother Are Sentenced to Decades in Prison For 2009 Murder and Robbery of Store Owner -Defendants Later Burned Gloves, Other Evidence-

October 27, 2011

Florida Broker-Dealer Sentenced to 105 Months in Prison For Defrauding Customers - Used Customer Accounts in $3.8 Million Investment Scheme That Targeted Senior Citizens -

District Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For the Killing of His Teenage Daughter - He Left Her Body in a Trash Can, Tried to Cover Up the Crime -

Six Men Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Charges, Admit Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine In Washington Area - Ring Claimed Ties to Mexican Drug Cartel -

October 25, 2011

District Man Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder For Killing His Wife in Front of Their Children - Stabbed the Victim in Broad Daylight in Northeast Washington -

Administrator of VisionTech Components, LLC Sentenced To 38 Months in Prison For Her Role in Sales of Counterfeit Integrated Circuits Destined to U.S. Military and Other Industries - Counterfeit Devices Were Sold to U.S. Navy and Defense Contractors -

Public Relations Specialist Sentenced on Tax Charges, Ordered to Pay More Than $200,000 in Restitution - Michael Jackson's Former General Manager Didn't File Her Own Tax Returns -

Five Individuals Indicted in a Fraud Conspiracy Involving Exports To Iran of U.S. Components Later Found in Bombs in Iraq - Indictment Also Alleges Fraud Conspiracy Involving Illegal Exports of Military Antennas to Singapore and Hong Kong

October 24, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting His Teenage Daughter

District Man Found Guilty of Burglary and Robbery -Defendant Joined Masked Men in Breaking Into His Own Cousin's Apartment -

District Man Pleads Guilty to Assault and Weapons Charges In Stabbing of Acquaintance Outside the Victim's House - Defendant Admits to Stabbing the Victim in the Stomach, Back and Wrist -

October 21, 2011

Former Police Officer Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term For Robbery Attempt That Ended In Murder - Officer Was On Duty In Marked Squad Car At Time of Attack -

Former District of Columbia Employee Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison For Sexually Accosting Teenage Girl - Defendant Was Supervising Victim, Others Assigned to Summer Jobs Program -

District Man Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term For Operating Large-Scale Crack Cocaine and Marijuana Distribution Business From a Residence

Maryland Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Killing Another Man Outside a High School - Defendant Chased Victim, Firing At Least Four Gunshots -

October 20, 2011

Former District of Columbia Government Tax Examiner Pleads Guilty in Scam Involving More Than $400,000 in Refunds - Defendant Had Refunds Sent to Herself and Others -

October 19, 2011

Attorney General Holder Recognizes Chief of Appellate Division With Award for Outstanding Service - Roy W. McLeese III Honored at Ceremony Today -

October 18, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years in Prison For Obstructing Justice, Violating Protection Order - Tried to Shift Blame in Assault on the Mother of His Child -

October 17, 2011

Man Convicted of Stabbing Longtime Acquaintance in the Neck, Then Obstructing Justice to Cover Up His Act - Defendant Was Upset that Victim Wouldn't Loan Him Money -

District Man Pleads Guilty to Assault in Stabbing, And to Obstruction of Justice - Victim Was Stabbed in the Stomach, Left on the Ground, Bleeding from Wounds -

October 14, 2011

Former Bookkeeper Indicted on Federal Charges In $1.3 Million Embezzlement - Victim Was Small Landscaping Company -

Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Providing False Information to Federal Agencies to Procure Contracts - A Second Government Contractor is Indicted for Similar Offenses In Cases Related to Arrests of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Employees -

Two Men Sentenced to 32-Year Prison Terms For Killing a Man Who Was Trapped in Traffic - April 2008 Slaying Sparked Other Violence -

District Man Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years in Prison For Daytime Robbery and Assault in Northwest Washington - Defendant Admitted Choking One Victim and Stealing $60 From Another -

Father Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter In Death of His Seven-Week-Old Son - Defendant Gave Misleading Information to Medical Personnel -

District Man Pleads Guilty to Murder and Kidnapping In Killing of 18-Year-Old Latisha Frazier - Defendant Later Joined in Plot to Dispose of the Victim's Body -

October 12, 2011

Three District Men Sentenced to Prison Terms For Carrying Out Nighttime Home Invasion and Burglary - Entered Home While Victims, Including a Baby, Were Asleep -

Two District Men Convicted of First-Degree Murder While Armed In Triple Homicide in Trinidad Area of Northeast Washington - Defendants Fired at Least 38 Shots, Killing Three Unarmed Men Outside Gas Station -

October 11, 2011

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Carjacking At Children's National Medical Center - Defendant Drove Off With Victim's Four-Year-Old Child -

District Teenager Sentenced to Nearly Seven Years in Prison For Easter Monday Attack at the National Zoo - He Stabbed Victim in Two Attacks That Day -

October 7, 2011

Former District of Columbia High School Teacher Sentenced to Jail for Sexually Abusing Student - First Conviction Under New D.C Law -

Man Sentenced to More Than 82 Years in Prison For Shooting Two People at School, Carjacking Vehicles, and Shooting at Police - School's President Was Shot in the Face -

District Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl And Kidnaping Her Male Friend - Crimes Were Committed at Gunpoint -

New York Resident and His Company Plead Guilty To Conspiracy to Export Computer-Related Equipment to Iran

October 6, 2011

Accountant Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Conspiracy, Identity Theft And Obstructing a Grand Jury Investigation

Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Sentenced for Making a False Statement

Maryland Man Sentenced to Seven-Year Prison Term In Carjacking Of Wilson High School Teacher - Defendant Also Will Serve 10 Years in Prison for Related Charges in Maryland -

October 5, 2011

District of Columbia Woman Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years in Prison In Massive Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme - She and Others Stole Identifying Information, Obtained and Accessed Credit -

Maryland Sports Manager Sentenced to Three-Year Prison Term For Tax Evasion, Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud - Admitted to Evading More Than $1 Million in Taxes -

October 4, 2011

District Tax Preparer Pleads to Federal Charges In Conspiracy to Generate Millions in Fraudulent Refunds- Scheme Involved More than 3,000 Fraudulent Federal Income Tax Returns -

Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Employees and Two Others Indicted in $20 Million Bribery and Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contracts - Defendants Arrested Today as Authorities Seize Millions in Assets

Australian Man Pleads Guilty to Accepting Payment as Reward For Steering $15 Million in U.S.-Funded Contracts in Afghanistan - Defendant Accepted $10,000 and Sought $190,000 -

***MEDIA ADVISORY***
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, FBI AND OTHER INVESTIGATING AGENCIES TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON ARRESTS TODAY IN BRIBERY AND KICKBACK CASE INVOLVING MILLIONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS



November 2011

November 30, 2011

District Man Sentenced to More Than 40 Years in Prison For Child Sexual Abuse - Victim Came Forward Several Years After Abuse

District Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Prison For Series of Attacks Against Taxicab Drivers - Defendant Targeted Drivers From Virginia and Maryland

Pennsylvania Man Convicted of Traveling to District of Columbia To Have Sex With Under-Aged Child

November 29, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison For Carjacking in Southeast Washington - Later Crashed Car While Fleeing Police, Injuring Two People

District Man Sentenced to 18-Year Prison Term In November 2010 Slaying in Southeast Washington - Defendant Chased Victim, Firing a Semiautomatic Pistol

U.S. Attorney's Office in District of Columbia Collects More Than $500 Million In Financial Recoveries During Fiscal 2011 - Office Has Collected More Than $1.5 Billion Over Past Two Years -

November 28, 2011

District Man Convicted of Aggravated Assault, Other Charges In Shotgun Attack Against Woman - Violence Occurred in Defendant's Home -

District Man Convicted in the 1999 Killing of His Estranged Wife, Following a Renewed Investigation of the Crime - Murder Followed Series of Violent Incidents -

November 22, 2011

Second Maryland Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison In Check-Kiting Scheme That Cheated Banks Out of $188,000 - Co-Defendant Was Sentenced Last Week

November 21, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison For Shooting a Man And Conspiring to Cover Up The Crime - Co-Defendant Sentenced to Six Years For Joining in the Cover-up

November 19, 2011

District Man Convicted of Assault in Daytime Attack Last Summer in Northwest Washington - Defendant Punched Victim in Struggle Over Her Purse

November 18, 2011

District Teenager Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge In Killing of Another Teenager - Slaying Took Place Last Month Near Recreation Center

Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms for Armed Robberies, Including One in Which Victim Was Shot - Attacks Took Place in Spring of 2011

Woman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Stealing More Than $250,000 From Vulnerable Adult Who Relied Upon Her - Defendant Took Control of Victim's Money, Spent it on Vacations, Other Expenses

November 17, 2011

Maryland Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison In Check-Kiting Scheme - He and Others Cheated Banks Out of More Than $188,000

Maryland Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison For Acting as an Accessory in September 2008 Bank Robbery - Defendant Served as Getaway Driver

District Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For Obstruction of Justice, Other Charges In Sexual Assault Against His Ex-Girlfriend - Defendant Called Victim From Jail in Hopes of Keeping Her Away From Court

November 15, 2011

Former Managing Director of PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export High-Performance Coatings to Nuclear Reactor in Pakistan

November 14, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison For Burglaries of Businesses, Non-Profits - Defendant Stole Laptops In Series of Break-ins

Two Men Found Guilty of Shootings During an Armed Burglary In Southeast Washington Last Thanksgiving Eve - Attack Wounded a Man, Terrorized His Family

November 10, 2011

Three Men Convicted in Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, Retaliate Against Witnesses, and Kill a Witness, and Related Acts of Violence - Violence Included Shootings of Bystanders

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide and Other Charges In Traffic Fatality on the Key Bridge - Impaired Driver Struck Victim, Who Was Pushing Stalled Moped, Then Fled

District Man Pleads Guilty to December 2010 Murder Of Southwest Washington Woman - Defendant Staged the Scene to Make it Look Like the Victim Was Killed by a Burglar -

District Man Convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Other Charges in Attack of Unarmed Store Security Officer - Defendant Beat and Stabbed the Victim Several Times -

Former Loan Processor Sentenced to Nine-Month Prison Term And Ordered to Pay $2.3 Million in Restitution For Mortgage Fraud - Scam Targeted Homes for Quick Resale at Fraudulently Inflated Prices -

District Man Sentenced to 13-Year Prison Term In July 2008 Slaying in Northeast Washington - Victim Was Shot With an Assault Rifle -

November 9, 2011

District Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison For Sexually Abusing Three Children Under the Age of 12 - Victims Were Related to a Former Girlfriend -

Former Employee Sentenced To More Than Eight Years in Prison For Embezzling More Than $850,000 From Church - He Used Church Money to Buy Cars, Diamond Ring, Sports Tickets and Other Luxuries -

District Man Sentenced to 39 Months in Prison For Sexually Abusing Teenage Girl

Internet Communications Firm Owners Sentenced to Prison Terms For Employment Tax Fraud and Failure to Pay Tax

November 8, 2011

Former Senior Executive For U.S. Postal Service Sentenced To Two Years in Prison for Bribery - Defendant Offered Contracts in Return For Money, Took $15,000 -

November 7, 2011

Jury Convicts District Man of Series of Armed Robberies Targeting Taxicab Drivers - Defendant Had Drivers Take Him to Secluded Areas, Where He Robbed Them -

November 4, 2011

District Man Sentenced For Sexually Abusing 14-Year-Old Girl

District Man Sentenced to 10 1/2 Years in Prison -For Sexually Abusing 15-Year-Old Girl-

Former New York Lawyer Sentenced For Making a False Statement In Connection With Securities Fraud Investigation

District Man Pleads Guilty to Series of Arsons In Densely Populated City Neighborhoods Several Firefighters Were Hurt in One of the Blazes; Fires Caused Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Damages

November 3, 2011

Five Alleged MS-13 Leaders Indicted on Racketeering Charges, Accused of Ordering and Carrying Out Murders and Other Attacks -Two Defendants Allegedly Ran Operations From Prisons in El Salvador; 16 Defendants Now Facing Charges in Case-

November 2, 2011

Two Men Indicted in Kidnapping, Murder, and Dismemberment of 18-Year-Old Latisha Frazier - If Convicted, Men Could Face Life Prison Terms With No Possibility of Release -

District Man Convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter, Other Charges In 2010 Slaying in Southeast Washington - Shooting Followed a Confrontation in a Parking Lot -

Former Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty in $1.3 Million Embezzlement - Victim Was Small Landscaping Company -

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December 2011

December 23, 2011

Maryland Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison For Traveling Into the District of Columbia and Virginia to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Enticing a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography

December 22, 2011

District Man Sentenced To 63-Month Prison Term For Sexually Abusing 13-Year Old Girl

Three District Men Found Guilty of Charges In Attempted Drive-By Shooting of Rival Neighborhood - More Than 25 Shots Fired in Pre-Dawn Attack -

December 21, 2011

MPD Officer Convicted of Attempted Receiving Stolen Property - He Was On Duty When He Purchased Goods Believed To Be Stolen -

District Man Sentenced to 18-Month Prison Term In Stabbing of Acquaintance Outside the Victim's House - Defendant Admits to Stabbing the Victim in the Stomach, Back and Wrist -

Defendant Charged With Alleged Participation in the Murder of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the Attempted Murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila Is Extradited From Mexico to the U.S.

District Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Sex Trafficking of Children And Transporting a Child for Purpose of Prostitution - Co-Defendant Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tampering With Evidence -

Medicare Recipient Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud - Defendant Used Forged Receipts to Collect More Than $71,000 -

December 20, 2011

Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Official Pleads Guilty to Taking Part in Fraud Against Government - Scheme Involved More Than $50,000 Obtained Through Travel Vouchers -

District Man Sentenced to 18-Year Prison Term In Two Armed Sexual Attacks Against Women - Defendant Targeted Women Working as Prostitutes -

Australian Man Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison For Accepting Payment as Reward For Steering $15 Million in U.S.-Funded Contracts in Afghanistan - Defendant Accepted $10,000 and Sought $190,000 -

District Man Sentenced to Eight-Year Prison Term For Sexually Abusing 12-Year Old Girl

District Man Sentenced to 15-Year Prison Term For Shooting Three People in Dispute at Cook-Out - Shooting Took Place in Broad Daylight, With Children Nearby -

December 16, 2011

District Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison On Charges in Stabbing in Northeast Washington - Victim, Stabbed in the Stomach, Was Left on the Ground, Bleeding from Wounds -

District Man Convicted of Second-Degree Murder While Armed And Other Charges in 2010 Slaying of Teenager -Victim Was an Intern for D.C. Council Member -

District Man Sentenced to 64 1/2-Year Prison Term For Killing a Man and Wounding a Child in Home Invasion - Second Defendant Earlier Got 58-Year Prison Term for Murder - Third Defendant Sentenced to Seven Years for Obstructing Justice, Perjury -

Two District Men Sentenced to More Than 100 Years in Prison For Triple Homicide in Trinidad Area of Northeast Washington - Defendants Fired at Least 38 Shots, Killing Three Unarmed Men Outside Gas Station -

District Man Sentenced to 7 1/2 Years in Prison For Burglary of D.C. Government Building, Other Charges - Contract Employee Broke into Government Offices During New Year's Holidays -

District Woman Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison In Massive Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme - Helped Lead a Ring that Stole Identifying Information, Obtained and Accessed Credit -

December 14, 2011

Convicted Sex Offender Found Guilty of Abducting And Raping 16-Year-Old Girl 2000 Attack - DNA Linked Defendant to the Crime -

December 13, 2011

Virginia Man Convicted in Counterfeit Check Scheme Involving $2.5 Million in Bad Checks - Banks Kept Him From Collecting Most of the Money -

Former District of Columbia Teacher Sentenced to Jail Term For Failing to Register as a Sex Offender - U.S. Marshals Service Tracked Defendant to Ohio

December 12, 2011

Retired Naval Officer Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison For Stealing From the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

December 9, 2011

District Men Sentenced in Pair of Attacks on the Same Victim - Victim Was Stabbed in Both Incidents, and Told: “I Knew I’d Catch You Alone”

District Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison For Shooting Man During Botched Robbery Attempt - Victim Nearly Bled to Death After the Attack

District Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder While Armed and Other Charges in Random Slaying of Honor Roll Student - Victim and His Friend Were Accosted and Shot While Walking on Street

Two Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme - D.C. Housing Authority Was Among Targets of the Scam

Former Corrections Officer Sentenced to One Year in Prison For Bribery; Received Money to Bring Contraband Into Jail - Defendant Was Caught With Concealed Items Last Year

December 8, 2011

Two District Men Convicted of Armed Robbery, Felony Assault - Victim Was Threatened With Death If He Called Police

Seven Alleged Gang Members Indicted For Taking Part in Conspiracy That Led to Murders, Shootings and Other Violence - Group Based at 14th and Girard Streets in Northwest Washington - One Murder Took Place Outside a Funeral

December 6, 2011

New Zealand Fishing Company Indicted For Environmental Crimes and Obstruction of Justice

District Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison For Recent Shooting in Southeast Washington - Shot Victim in the Neck After She Refused to Turn Over Money

December 2, 2011

Former USAID Controller Sentenced to 29-Month Prison Term On Theft of Government Property and Tax Charges - Defendant Also Must Pay $1.9 Million in Penalties to IRS

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Teenage Friend In Daytime Confrontation in Northwest Washington - Defendant Fired at Least Nine Times at Victim

Maryland Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison For Distribution of Child Pornography

December 1, 2011

Jury Convicts Two District Men of Felony Murder While Armed and Other Charges in Armed Robberies at Check-Cashing Stores - Men Killed Store Owner in June 2010 Robbery on Benning Road NE

Virginia Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing District of Columbia Tax Official, Who Was Working With Authorities Defendant Caught After Making $10,000 Payment

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