Tag: DC

Tywan Morris, Second-Degree Murder, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tywan Morris, a 30-year-old DC man, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the brutal stabbing murder of 27-year-old mother Danielle Stuckey at a Southeast gas station on October 17, 2021. The deadly altercation occurred at the BP gas station on Alabama Avenue SE, after Morris and his girlfriend…

Keon Preston, Carjacking, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read A hail of gunfire shattered a quiet Washington D.C. afternoon when Keon Preston, 19, and two masked accomplices rained down over 30 rounds on a victim exiting his home in the 4600 block of G Street Southeast on March 23, 2025. Miraculously, the victim escaped unscathed, but his house and car…

Saul Castillo-Crespo, Unlawful Re-Entry, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read Saul Castillo-Crespo, a 28-year-old Mexican national and convicted sex offender, committed a heinous crime in the nation’s capital. On May 7, 2017, he encountered an extremely intoxicated woman near Lafayette Square in downtown Washington, DC, and instead of helping her get home, he took her to his apartment building and sexually…

London Teeter, Hobbs Act Robbery, District of Columbia 2023
⏱ 2 min read London Teeter, a 22-year-old former store manager at a Walgreens in DC’s Chinatown, was the mastermind behind a series of seven inside-job robberies that took place between July 2023 and February 2024. Teeter, who was employed at the store, used her knowledge of the store’s cash transfers to devise a scheme…

Robert Lowe, Second-Degree Murder, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read A brutal bar fight in a DC nightclub turned deadly when Robert Lowe, 42, of Montgomery Village, MD, shot and killed 45-year-old Kenneth Goins in the early hours of April 27, 2024. The altercation occurred at Desperados Burger and Bar, located at 1342 U Street, NW, when Lowe struck Goins in…

Kiyel Kearney, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Felon, District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 23-year-old DC felon is headed to the slammer for 40 months after getting caught with a loaded revolver in his waistband. Kiyel Kearney’s status as a convicted felon meant he was already barred from owning a gun. But that didn’t stop him. On May 10, 2025, around 11:45 p.m., police…

Lanoix Pierrelus, Possession of Fentanyl, District of Columbia 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 26-year-old convicted felon in DC is headed to the slammer for 41 months after getting caught with a loaded firearm and 50 fentanyl pills. Lanoix Pierrelus was busted on October 22, 2024, in a high-crime area by Metropolitan Police Department officers. When the officers approached, Pierrelus made a move for…

Jaswinder Singh, Telemarketing Scam, California 2019
⏱ 2 min read A massive scam operation in Southeast Asia swindled Americans out of billions, with the US Justice Department taking down two Chinese nationals who ran a cryptocurrency investment scam compound in Burma and attempted to set up another in Cambodia. The Scam Center Strike Force, a joint effort between the US Attorney’s…

Kristi Noem, Theft, South Dakota 2023
⏱ 2 min read A brazen purse thief who targeted former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a DC restaurant was sentenced to 36 months in prison for wire fraud and first-degree theft. Mario Bustamante Leiva, 50, a Chilean national, was caught on surveillance cameras working with an accomplice to steal a woman’s purse at…

Mark Williams, Rape, Virginia 2014
⏱ 3 min read A high school teacher’s twisted lust for a 17-year-old student ended in a 16-year prison sentence, finally bringing closure to the victim who took years to come forward. Mark Williams, 59, of Virginia, started an independent study with the student at Duke Ellington School for the Arts in the spring of…
