ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Maryland man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, on Dec. 7, 2024, an officer of the Pentagon Force…

WASHINGTON – Tyrell Anthony West, 30, a previously convicted felon and resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison in connection with being in possession of a loaded Glock semiautomatic pistol when police encountered him with a stolen…

WASHINGTON – Jason Jerome Bell, 21, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 21 months in federal prison for brandishing a fully loaded machine gun at a passing car, on a heavily trafficked street in the middle of the afternoon, in the direction of an…

RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, on March 16, 2023, Richmond Police detectives performed a traffic stop on a…

ROANOKE, Va. – A federal jury sitting in Roanoke convicted a man from South Boston, Virginia, yesterday of federal drug and gun charges. Following a two-day trial, the jury found Richard Elijah Jacobs, 27, guilty of possessing cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute it, possessing…

RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, on Jan. 16, law enforcement received a 911 call reporting that three individuals attempted to enter an occupied…

WASHINGTON – Joly Germine, 32, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was found guilty today by a federal jury in the District of Columbia for his role in orchestrating the 2021 hostage taking of 16 American citizens, including five children, and holding them hostage for 62 days. The verdict was…

RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, on May 15, 2024, officers with the Richmond Police Department (RPD) were…

Two men were sentenced to prison today for a wire and tax fraud scheme to obtain title to a $1.3 million home in Roanoke County, Virginia. Herman Estes Jr. of Fieldale Virginia was sentenced to 84 months in prison; his co-conspirator Daniel Heggins of Charlotte, North Carolina was sentenced to…

WASHINGTON – Dremale Vanterpool, 27, and Torrance Brock, 23, both of the District, have been indicted on federal firearms and drug trafficking charges following a 2023 high-speed vehicle pursuit and foot chase in the District, resulting in the recovery of loaded firearms, cocaine, fentanyl, and…

WASHINGTON – Rasheed Mullins, 27, and Josiah Warfield, 24, both of Washington, D.C., were sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 90 months and 100 months in prison, respectively, for participating in an April 2024 daylight drive-by shooting near an elementary school in Southeast D.C…