Tag: DC
Marcus Reavenell, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Marcus Reavenell, 48, of Washington, D.C., went on a road rage frenzy on May 14, 2025, in Northeast DC, tailgating a victim, driving erratically, and eventually firing a pistol at the victim’s work vehicle. The shooting occurred at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and Division Avenue NE. Reavenell’s motive behind the…
Robert D’Angelo Poteat, Possession of a Firearm, District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Robert D’Angelo Poteat, a 40-year-old convicted felon from the District of Columbia, was involved in a high-stakes traffic stop on December 22, 2025, at around 12:35 a.m. in the 2400 block of 14th Street, NW. Poteat was driving a pickup truck when Metropolitan Police Department officers stopped him for a lane…
Jamil Whitley, Second-Degree Murder While Armed, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jamil Whitley, a 38-year-old Washington, D.C. man, has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for the June 11, 2020, shooting death of 32-year-old Kevin Redd, a father of four, at a Shell Gas Station in Northeast DC. Whitley was found guilty by a jury on May 12,…
James Davis, Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Washington 2025
⏱ 2 min read James Davis, a 36-year-old from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material in Washington DC. The investigation began when an undercover law enforcement officer encountered Davis on a website used to trade child sexual abuse material. Davis used the online…
Damian Barnett, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Felon, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Damian Barnett, a 22-year-old felon with a history of attempted carjacking, was caught possessing a loaded pistol in a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, DC. On July 14, 2025, police officers on patrol encountered Barnett, who appeared to be smoking a marijuana cigarette. When he spotted the officers, he handed off…
Karin L. Contreras, Unemployment Fraud, Washington District of Columbia 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Dominican Republic national, Karin L. Contreras, 45, pleaded guilty to participating in a $1 million unemployment fraud scheme in Washington, D.C. between June 2020 and March 2021. Contreras, a U.S. lawful permanent resident, conspired with others to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits using other people’s names and personal identity information.…
David Hearn, Vandalism, District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 67-year-old Maryland man, David Hearn, was indicted for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC on June 19, 2026. Hearn allegedly ripped a piece of the recently installed blue pool sealant on the bottom of the reflecting pool, an act that set back the recent renovations of the…
Nakita Walker, Involuntary Manslaughter, District of Columbia 2023
⏱ 2 min read Nakita Walker, a 45-year-old DC woman, has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for a horrific crash on Rock Creek Parkway that killed three people in March 2023. The deadly incident occurred when Walker, who was fleeing a police officer, crossed the double-yellow line and collided with another vehicle, killing…
Malik Terrell, Kidnapping, District of Columbia 2023
⏱ 2 min read A brutal kidnapping in the District of Columbia turned deadly when two men were killed after being taken at gunpoint. Malik Terrell, 24, and his co-conspirators kidnapped two people on June 9, 2023, in the 4400 block of F Street SE. The motive behind the kidnapping was to steal the victims’…
Seth Jason, Death Threats, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read Seth Jason, a 65-year-old former Voice of America employee from Edgewater, Maryland, made a series of chilling death threats against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene between October 2023 and January 2025. Jason, who was employed at VOA headquarters, used a taxpayer-funded phone line to leave voicemails threatening to shoot and murder Greene,…
