Tag: hostage

DeMarionne Miller, Firearms and Narcotics Charges, South Carolina 2026
A frantic cross-state drive and desperate texts sparked a takedown in Lexington County, South Carolina, leading to a 22-year-old man facing a potential life sentence. De’Marionne Miller, already a convicted felon, is staring down the barrel of decades in federal prison after pleading guilty to firearms and narcotics charges stemming from a June 14th standoff…

Thomas Venable, Armed Kidnapping, District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 3 min read Thomas Venable, 59, isn’t just delusional – he’s a menace. Last September 29th, around 12:30 p.m., Venable trapped a social worker inside his Northwest D.C. apartment on the 5400 block of Connecticut Avenue, armed with a metal pole and then, an axe. The motive? A paranoid spiral about stolen Bitcoin and…
