Convicted rapist seeks sentence discount; MD teen brutally assaulted in school; man kidnapped in DC
FOX 5 is keeping track of crime in your group. Here is a have a look at among the most notable tales from throughout the DMV this week.
WASHINGTON – FOX 5 is keeping track of crime in your group. Here is a have a look at among the most notable tales from throughout the DMV this week.
Man serving life for 1982 homicide of Stephanie Roper seeks sentence discount
A person convicted for his function in a lethal kidnapping and rape of a Frostburg State College scholar may have his sentence lowered.
Jerry Beatty, now 59, is serving two concurrent life sentences and a concurrent 20-year sentence for the 1982 kidnapping, rape, and homicide of 22-year-old Stephanie Roper.
Beatty entered a responsible plea, whereas his co-defendant, then 26-year-old Jack Jones, was convicted by a jury for a similar offenses. He was 17 years previous on the time of the offense.
Brutal college assault caught on video: Dad and mom demand justice for Maryland teen
A 14-year-old scholar at Potomac Excessive College in Oxon Hill, Maryland, was brutally attacked final Thursday, and among the assault was captured on mobile phone video. The lady’s dad and mom are demanding justice, and at the moment are calling on police to arrest the teenage suspects concerned within the assault.
The incident happened in a utility room on college property, the place the lady was ambushed by seven different college students. After the assault, the lady was discovered within the utility closet, severely injured and unresponsive in her personal blood. Her dad and mom say it took about half-hour for varsity officers to find her.
Bitcoin for ISIS? Feds say Virginia man bankrolled terrorists with crypto
A Virginia man accused of funneling tens of 1000’s of {dollars} to ISIS is on trial in a federal court docket in Alexandria, with prosecutors alleging he used cryptocurrency to assist the terrorist group. Mohammed Chhipa, 35, of Springfield, is charged with sending funds earmarked for the Islamic State by means of a Turkish middleman.
Prosecutors declare Chhipa transformed greater than $74,000 into Bitcoin and transferred it to accounts supposed for an Islamic State member in Syria, referred to as Umm Dujanah.
Police discover extra proof linking suspect Luigi Mangione to homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO
The gun discovered on the suspect within the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson matches shell casings discovered on the crime scene in New York Metropolis, police stated. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated lab outcomes matched Luigi Mangione’s prints to a water bottle and protein bar wrapper discovered close to the scene of Thompson’s killing exterior a Hilton Lodge on Dec. 4, the Related Press studies.
Mangione, a Maryland native, is being held with out bail in Pennsylvania on expenses of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and offering false identification to police. Whereas in court docket Tuesday, Mangione contested his extradition again to New York the place he faces homicide expenses. His protection lawyer Thomas Dickey is asking for a listening to on the extradition.
Maryland man kidnapped in Northwest DC, 12 suspects arrested: police
A person has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and a number of arrests for illegal entry in Northwest, D.C. Police responded to the 4000 block of Kansas Avenue, Northwest on Thursday, December 12, round 6:30 a.m. the place they discovered 13 people inside. Police say one of many people, an grownup man, was discovered with damaged zip ties on his legs and arms and accidents to his again and leg.
Police decided that on Wednesday night, Dec. 11, the suspects saved the sufferer on the above location, towards his will and assaulted him all through the night. The suspects made a number of makes an attempt to extort cash from the sufferer and have been unsuccessful.
