Victim stabbed during robbery on Columbia Road in DC
Washington, DC – A man was hospitalized early Friday after being stabbed during a robbery in Northwest, according to police. The incident occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on August 15 in the…
Columbia Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking after he received a large package of methamphetamine shipped from California to distribute locally. Bryan…
District of Columbia Fire/EMS Employees Arrested on Charges Alleging Bribery Conspiracy
WASHINGTON—Two District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS) employees were arrested today on conspiracy and bribery charges for allegedly accepting payments from a…
Police investigating deadly shooting in Columbia
COLUMBIA, MD – Police in Howard County are investigating a fatal shooting in Columbia. At approximately 8:11 p.m., police responded to the 7300 block of Hickory Log Circle for a report of…
District of Columbia Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Minor
WASHINGTON – Jerome J. Simmons, 35, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 15-year prison term for sexually abusing an under-aged girl, announced U.S. Attorney…
Columbia Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Jeremiah Ezekiel Brown, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey…
District of Columbia Couple Plead Guilty to Charges In Death of Woman’s Two-Year-Old Son
WASHINGTON –A District of Columbia couple pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from the death of a 2-year-old boy who had suffered extensive injuries while in…
Columbia Gang Member Sentenced to More than 12 Years for Selling Firearms
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — United States Attorney Corey F. Ellis announced today that Dashawn Terrell Swygert, 27, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
Columbia Man Sentenced for Enticing a Minor for Illicit Sex
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to meet a law enforcement officer, posing online as a 14-year-old girl, for illegal sexual activity.…
New Year’s Millionaire Raffle $50,000 Winners Sold in Columbia and Dauphin County
MIDDLETOWN, PA – The Pennsylvania Lottery today announced the winning raffle ticket numbers drawn for the fourth, two $50,000 Weekly Drawing prizes as part of the New Year’s Millionaire Raffle. This Raffle features eight…
Columbia Man Sentenced to More Than 30 Years for Drug and Firearms Crimes
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Kenyada Jaqu, 45, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison after a three-day…
District of Columbia Man Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder in 2017 Shooting in Southeast Washington
WASHINGTON – A District of Columbia man has been found guilty of first-degree (felony) murder while armed, with aggravating circumstances, and attempted robbery while armed in…
Two District of Columbia Men Sentenced to Prison Terms for Carjacking Spree
WASHINGTON – Cristian Santay-Rosales and Diego Rigoberto Lopez, both 19 and from Washington, D.C., were sentenced today for committing a series of armed carjackings across the…
Columbia Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years for Possessing Ammunition
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Leonard Earl Mitchell, 30, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after pleading…
New Jersey child predator who attacked 7-year-old girl extradited after fleeing to Columbia
On Sunday, November 7, 2021, Colombian law enforcement, in conjunction with the United States Marshals Service Colombia Foreign Field Office and the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task…
Columbia Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison on Narcotics and Firearms Charges
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Darryl Ryan Bostick, 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
District of Columbia Couple Pleads Guilty to Child Cruelty Charges
WASHINGTON – A District of Columbia man and his fiancé have pleaded guilty to child cruelty charges stemming from an assault of a five-year-old girl in…
Columbia Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced that James Eric Hampton, Jr., 37, of Columbia, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison today after pleading guilty…
Columbia Couple Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Disney Movies on eBay
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Missouri, couple pleaded guilty in federal court today to a scheme to smuggle counterfeit Disney DVDs into the United States and sell them on eBay. Tabitha…
Columbia Man Gives Powerball One last Chance, wins $100,000 and then goes back to bed
COLUMBIA, MARYLAND – A federal employee who visited Maryland Lottery headquarters last week to claim his $100,000 Powerball prize almost didn’t get to make the trip. Although loyal to the multistate game, especially when…
Columbia Man Indicted for Distributing Methamphetamine
Bowling Green, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, KY returned an indictment on October 5, 2021, charging a Columbia, KY man with distributing greater than 500 grams of a mixture…