Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia

  • Driver Smith, Manslaughter, California 2020

    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…

  • Antonio Gaither, Violent Carjacking, Washington 2024

    Antonio Gaither, Violent Carjacking, Washington 2024

    ⏱ 3 min read A teenage carjacking kingpin has gotten a lucky break in Washington D.C. after a string of robberies and carjackings in September 2024. Seventeen-year-old Antonio Gaither was sentenced to a fully suspended sentence, with just 18 months of supervised probation, for a carjacking and two robberies that took place in September 2024.…

  • Nakita Walker, Vehicular Manslaughter, District of Columbia 2023

    Nakita Walker, Vehicular Manslaughter, District of Columbia 2023

    ⏱ 2 min read A high-speed chase on Rock Creek Parkway ended in catastrophe on March 15, 2023. Nakita Walker, 45, of Washington D.C., led a Park Police officer on a 100mph dash, then plowed into another car, killing its occupants: Lyft driver Mohamed Kamara and passengers Jonathan Alberto Cabrera Mendez and Olvin Josue Torres…