Tag: Metropolitan Police Department
Phil Darkwah, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Convicted Felon, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read On May 6, 2025, Phil Darkwah, a 32-year-old previously convicted felon, fled from police in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C., after being pulled over for a traffic violation. As he ran, he discarded a loaded .40 caliber Glock 27 handgun into a planter near an apartment building. The incident…
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…
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.…
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…
Driver Smith, Manslaughter, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read On a sweltering summer day, July 30, 2023, Iesha Marks pulled the trigger, firing multiple shots into a Washington D.C. street, killing 46-year-old Donald Childs. Her getaway driver, Daniel Bangura, sped away, leaving Childs to bleed out on the sidewalk. Bangura, 22, of Washington D.C., was sentenced to 66 months in…
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…
Pierre Black, Fentanyl Trafficking, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read A notorious fentanyl kingpin peddled death in Washington D.C.’s streets, selling 80,000 potentially lethal doses to undercover officers. Pierre Black, 63, operated a storefront in the 700 block of H Street NE, where he kept a loaded gun and cooked up his deadly wares. According to investigators, Black’s operation was a…
Antonio Nicks, Obstruction of Justice, District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 34-year-old Washington D.C. man, Antonio Nicks, has pleaded guilty to obstructing a homicide investigation. The probe was into the 2022 stabbing death of Brittany Palmer. Nicks was called to testify under oath in a Superior Court grand jury proceeding. During his grand jury testimony, Nicks declined to answer certain questions…
Samantha Johnson, Murder Investigation, District of Columbia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 36-year-old D.C. resident, S.J., took their own life during a police pursuit on February 11, 2026, in the 1500 block of 30th Street, SE. The chase began when officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department attempted to apprehend S.J. in connection with a homicide…
Phillip Alphonso Mayes, Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Washington 2025
⏱ 2 min read Phillip Alphonso Mayes, a 74-year-old convicted felon from the District of Columbia, was sentenced for possessing two loaded revolvers and resisting arrest. On August 22, 2025, a Metropolitan Police Department officer was dispatched to a multiunit housing building in the 3800 block of W Street SE, where a .38 Special revolver…
