The Grime
Crypto Laundering: Puerto Rico Duo Nabbed
⏱ 3 min read Two alleged money launderers are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after a transatlantic takedown. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta were extradited from the Dominican Republic on March 11, 2026, to face federal charges for washing drug proceeds through cryptocurrency. The schemes allegedly ran from April 2021 through…
D.C. Man Held Worker With Axe
⏱ 3 min read Thomas Venable, 59, isn’t just delusional – he’s a menace. Last September 29th, around 12:30 p.m., Venable trapped a social worker inside his Northwest D.C. apartment on the 5400 block of Connecticut Avenue, armed with a metal pole and then, an axe. The motive? A paranoid spiral about stolen Bitcoin and…
DC Teen Gets 10 Years in Armed Carjacking
⏱ 3 min read Eighteen-year-old Eric Woods is heading to prison for a decade after a late-night armed carjacking in Northwest DC last October. Woods and an accomplice cornered a man in his Hyundai Elantra near Hanover Place and North Capitol Street around 1:33 a.m. on October 11, 2024, and stole the car at gunpoint.…
DC Carjacking Crew: Teen Walks Free
⏱ 3 min read Derrick West, 18, walked a free man Thursday after a D.C. judge handed down a fully suspended sentence for a brazen September 2024 carjacking spree. West, along with accomplices including Antonio Gaither, terrorized D.C. residents, strong-arming victims out of their cars at gunpoint. The 500 block of 48th Place NE and…
Chinatown Walgreens Robber Gets 10.5 Years
⏱ 3 min read Gianni Robinson, 28, is trading city sidewalks for concrete cells after getting 126 months in federal prison for a brazen series of armed robberies targeting a single Walgreens in D.C.’s Chinatown. Between July 2023 and February 2024, Robinson masterminded seven inside-job heists at the store on 7th Street NW, racking up…
D.C. Road Rage: Life Behind Bars
⏱ 3 min read Rasheek Abdullah, 31, is dead because of a man’s temper. Rodney Baggott, 58, will spend the rest of his life in prison after a D.C. jury convicted him of first-degree murder for gunning down Abdullah on January 30, 2024, near Dupont Circle. The shooting stemmed from a simple traffic dispute –…
DC Gunner Gets 13+ Years
⏱ 3 min read Michael Stuckey, 36, is staring down 13 years and four months in federal prison after a two-year run pushing illegal firearms onto DC streets. Federal prosecutors sentenced Stuckey to 160 months today after he copped a plea in January 2026. The bust, a joint effort between local detectives and federal agents,…
Ex-Con Dumps Glock, Gets 2 Years
⏱ 3 min read David Oday Smith, 39, is headed back inside for two years. Cops spotted him lugging a bag near a D.C. bus stop on July 14, 2025. When they moved in, Smith ran, tossing the bag over a fence. Inside? A loaded .40 caliber Glock 27 with 15 rounds. Witnesses saw the…
Stolen Glock Lands DC Felon 2 Years
⏱ 3 min read Charles General, 29, is trading the streets of D.C. for a federal cell after getting two years for packing a stolen .45 caliber Glock 30S. Metro PD flagged him and a crew smokin’ weed in a Cedar Street SE parking lot back in October 2023. The smell led to a search,…
Fentanyl Dealer Dumped Gun, Drugs
⏱ 3 min read Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, is facing a lengthy federal sentence after a frantic attempt to ditch a deadly payload backfired. On November 25, 2024, D.C. police went to Martin’s apartment on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE – acting on a warrant from Maryland – and he responded by hurling a backpack out…
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