Category: Violent Crime
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 –…
Yellowstone Rampage: Guns Seized in Failed Attack
⏱ 3 min read Yellowstone National Park almost became a bloodbath this past July 4th. Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, 28, held a woman hostage in Canyon Village for two hours, ranting about a mass shooting he planned to carry out. The next morning, when National Park Service rangers moved in, Fussner opened fire with a…
Cross-State Stalker Pleads Guilty
⏱ 3 min read Brett Dadig, 31, of Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania, admitted in federal court today to a year-long campaign of terror against eleven women across the country. Between May and November 2025, Dadig stalked victims in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, and New York, escalating from online harassment to in-person intimidation. The feds say Dadig,…
Savannah Trio Hit With Robbery & Visa Rap
⏱ 3 min read Three Savannah residents are in deep trouble with the feds after a recent indictment alleges they were involved in an armed robbery and an immigration “facilitation” scheme. The trio – names are still being closely held – are accused of holding up an undisclosed target at gunpoint, then allegedly extending their…
Savannah Street Crew Faces Federal Heat
⏱ 2 min read A daylight robbery in Savannah spiraled into a federal case this week, with three suspects now facing felony charges. The incident, which left one victim injured, allegedly involved forced theft and quickly broadened to include illegal firearms. Authorities haven’t released details of the weapons, but the charges confirm they weren’t registered…
San Antonio Kidnapper Faces Life Behind Bars
⏱ 3 min read Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, a repeat immigration violator, is facing a potential life sentence after San Antonio police busted him February 19th. He’s accused of snatching another undocumented immigrant and demanding ransom for their safe return. This wasn’t just an illegal re-entry – it was a full-blown kidnapping, according to federal prosecutors.…
