Landrell Lemont Jordan, Jr., Armed Sexual Assault, Washington District of Columbia 2006

A 45-year-old Washington D.C. man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an armed sexual assault that occurred over 15 years ago. Landrell Lemont Jordan, Jr. was found guilty of attempted first-degree sexual abuse while armed with aggravating circumstances in March 2022 and sentenced accordingly by The Honorable Robert Okun.

According to the government’s evidence, on January 27, 2006, at approximately 1 a.m., a 26-year-old woman was walking home after waiting tables at a restaurant in Dupont Circle when Jordan, who was a stranger to her, approached her in the area of 9th and T Streets NW, brandished a gun, and forced her into an alley. He stole her cash and jewelry and then raped her at gunpoint.

The victim made an immediate report to police and obtained a sexual assault exam at an area hospital. Jordan was developed as a suspect in this offense by MPD’s Cold Case Sexual Assault Unit in April 2020. Evidence in the case was tested in 2006 but did not yield a sufficient male DNA profile to identify the offender. Cold case detectives linked the defendant to the attack by new DNA testing.

When detectives identified Jordan as the perpetrator of this case in 2020, the investigation revealed that Jordan had been convicted of attempted robbery in 2012 in D.C. and two felony firearms offenses in 2013, one in D.C. and the other in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III of the Metropolitan Police Department commended the work of the detectives of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit and Cold Case Sexual Assault Unit, and detectives and officers from the Third District. They also acknowledged the efforts of those handled the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Paralegal Specialist Cynthia Muhammad and Victim/Witness Advocate Tracey Hawkins.

Landrell Lemont Jordan, Jr. will serve 10 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. He must register as a sex offender for life and a gun offender for seven years.

This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit and Cold Case Sexual Assault Unit, and detectives and officers from the Third District. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kathleen Kern and Amy Zubrensky, who were assisted by former Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Buckner and Paralegal Specialist Cynthia Muhammad and Victim/Witness Advocate Tracey Hawkins.

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