Tag: District Heights, MD
‘Kill All Rats’: District Heights Man's Chilling Jailhouse Letter Adds Decades To Sentence
He tried to kill a man. Then, from behind bars, he wrote letters promising to finish the job.
Now, a Maryland inmate will spend nearly three more decades in prison.
Nasir Wilkinson, 23, of District Heights, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 16, to 35 years in prison after Judge Marybeth Ayres in Montgomery County Circuit Court stacked new time on top of his attempted murder conviction, prosecutors announced.
Wilkinson had already been serving time for a brutal stabbing on March 26, 2024, when he left a man bleeding out in the 20300 block of Notting Hill Way in Germantown.
The man survive…
Teen Arrested Nearly 2 Years After 16-Year-Old Killed In Clinton Gas Station: Police
Nearly two years after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a Maryland gas station, a suspect is finally behind bars, police said.
Stephon Johnson, 18, of District Heights, was arrested and charged this week in connection with the 2023 murder of Robert Isiah Walker, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.
The deadly shooting happened around 2:40 a.m. on Aug. 12, 2023, at a gas station in the 9800 block of Piscataway Road in Clinton, police said.
When officers arrived, they found Walker suffering from gunshot wounds inside the store. He was pronounced dead a…
Alexandria Man Among Four Charged With $800K Maryland 'Flash Mob' Thefts In Six Counties: AG
Four men have been indicted in connection with an organized retail crime ring responsible for 37 thefts across six Maryland counties, causing approximately $800,000 in losses, authorities announced Monday.
The suspects are accused of overwhelming stores with “flash mob” tactics, targeting high-end retail items, and reselling stolen goods.
Attorney General Anthony Brown revealed details about the operation, which spanned Howard, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Queen Anne’s, and Prince George’s counties.
Those charged include:
Donte Bernard Shaw, 34, of Washington, DC;
Taquan An…
Two Teens Among Four Hit With Hundreds Of Charges For Gun Shop Burglaries In Prince George's
Four suspects are facing hundreds of charges for their alleged roles in a string of commercial burglaries and attempted burglaries of gun stores in Maryland, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Between December 2023 and March 2024, officials say that the group is connected to at least 10 incidents in Anne Arundel, Prince George's, and Baltimore counties.
Those charged:
Cy'juan Hemsley, 19, of District Heights, who was charged with 200 counts;
Mahkiya McQuinn-Woodley, 20, of Baltimore, who was charged with 189 counts;
A 17-year-old from Temple Hills who was charged with 199 count…
