Tag: D.C.
Orlin Lemus-Cruz, Armed Carjacking, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read On March 26, 2025, Orlin Lemus-Cruz and his co-conspirators, Jason Benitez-Umanzor and Julio Villafranco, approached two victims watching a soccer game at the Bell Athletic Field in Northwest D.C. and robbed them at gunpoint. The victims were pistol-whipped and had a coat and a moped stolen. Lemus-Cruz was arrested on April…
Avery Ricardo Robinson III, Carjacking, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Avery Ricardo Robinson III, 26, carjacked a victim at gunpoint in Columbia Heights, D.C., on September 20, 2025, making off with a 2017 Nissan Altima. The incident occurred near the 1400 block of Park Road NW, where the victim had parked the vehicle. Robinson, who was on a bicycle, pulled a…
Charles Lewis, Second-Degree Murder, District of Columbia 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Washington D.C. man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the brutal beating of a 55-year-old man in an alleyway off Southern Avenue SE on October 10, 2022. Charles Lewis confronted Mark Carter in the alleyway, where Carter was parked in a car that belonged to Lewis’ family member.…
Six Individuals Charged, Auto Theft, District of Columbia 2023
⏱ 3 min read A brazen auto-theft ring that stole at least 20 cars in the Washington D.C. area and Pennsylvania has been busted. The six defendants allegedly reprogrammed the vehicles with blank key fobs and sold them to buyers in the U.S. and Ghana. According to the indictment, the conspirators used electronic devices to…
Mark Thomas Moore, Armed Postal Robbery, District of Columbia 2022
D.C. Man Charged in a Six Count Federal Indictment for String of Armed Robberies in Southeast Washington, D.C. Arrested after Fleeing Scene
