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Wmata Train Operator Forged Doctors' Names, Recruited Coworkers: Feds
It wasn't just one fake claim.
Federal prosecutors say a WMATA train operator built a years-long insurance fraud scheme by recruiting coworkers, forging doctors' names and cashing in on injuries that never happened.
Michelle Shropshire, 55, of Waldorf, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 4, to 24 months in federal prison after orchestrating a four-year plot that defrauded AFLAC of more than $362,000, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
Prosecutors say Shropshire, who worked as a train operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, recruited fellow …
140 Guns Hidden In Air Compressors: Ex-Haitian Police Officer Pleads Guilty In DC
They weren't shipping air compressors. They were shipping an arsenal.
A years-long gun trafficking scheme unraveled in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, when a former Haitian National Police officer admitted smuggling at least 140 firearms from South Florida to Haiti by hiding them inside industrial air compressors packed with foam insulation, federal prosecutors announced.
Jean Robert Casimir, 53, of Lauderhill, FL, pleaded guilty in US District Court in DC to conspiracy, smuggling, and violating US export control laws for orchestrating the operation, according to the US Attorney's Offic…
Maryland Gang Member Convicted After Innocent Man Mistaken For Rival In Deadly DC Hit: DOJ
One wrong walk home turned into a death sentence.
A Maryland man was among four members of a violent Southeast Washington street crew convicted Monday, Aug. 3, for running an armed drug operation that used machine guns to defend territory and ultimately gunned down an innocent bystander, federal prosecutors said.
Markquette Rajon Cowan, 27, of Maryland, was found guilty alongside Washington, DC residents Christopher Jordan Broady, 26; Joshua Nicholas Stephenson, 25; and Larry Duncan, 35, following a four-week trial in US District Court.
Prosecutors said the men belonged to the "Push Dat Sh…
Virginia Sheriff's Sergeant Secretly Bought Child Sex Abuse Material On Telegram: FBI
A Virginia sheriff's sergeant is facing federal child sexual abuse material charges after investigators say he spent years using Telegram to buy and receive graphic images and videos depicting the abuse of children.
Justin Thomas Lee Forman, 37, of Fredericksburg, a sergeant with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, was arrested on Thursday, July 30, following an FBI investigation, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Monday, Aug. 3.
According to federal court documents, Forman allegedly used a Telegram account beginning as early as 2023 to solicit, purch…
Suspect Arrested In Fatal Stabbing Of 18-Year-Old Brielle Handy In Maryland: Police
It took a week, but detectives say the woman accused of killing an 18-year-old in Maryland is finally behind bars.
Baltimore Police have arrested Dasianne Richardson, 34, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Brielle Handy, 18, in Southwest Baltimore.
Richardson was taken into custody on Saturday, Aug. 1, by Warrant Apprehension detectives and transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where she was charged with first-degree murder, police announced Monday, Aug. 3.
The arrest stems from a stabbing reported around 8 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the 3200 block of West Baltimore Stree…
