Tag: DC
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…
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,…
DC Teen Escapes Prison in Violent Carjacking Spree
A D.C. teen walked free from federal court Thursday, dodging jail time for a brazen two-night crime spree that left residents shaken and prosecutors fuming. Derrick West, 18, received a fully suspended 48-month sentence and a mere 18 months of probation for his role in multiple carjackings and robberies last September – a decision critics…
Chinatown Walgreens Robberies: Mastermind Gets 10+ Years
Gianni Robinson, 28, will spend the next decade and a half behind bars after federal prosecutors connected him to a brazen string of armed robberies targeting a single Walgreens in Washington D.C.’s Chinatown. Robinson didn’t brandish a weapon or bark demands at terrified store clerks, but the feds proved in court he was the cold,…
