Security News in Brief: District Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Woman in Burst of Gunfire in Southeast Washington

Source: United States Department of Justice News

WASHINGTON – Nequan Carthens, 21, of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to opening fire last year with a handgun on a Southeast Washington street and killing a woman who was walking in the area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Security News in Brief: District Man Sentenced to 40-Year Prison Term for Killing Man in the Parking Lot of Recreation Center

Source: United States Department of Justice News

WASHINGTON – Herman Cook, 50, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 40 years in prison on first-degree murder while armed and other charges for an early evening shooting in Northwest Washington in August 2016, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Security News in Brief: Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Al-Nusra Front

Source: United States Department of Justice News

An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and Al-Nusra Front (ANF). As part of his plea agreement, the defendant agrees to the entry of an order of removal so he will be removed from the country after completing his sentence.

Security News in Brief: Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Substantial Quantities of Fentanyl and Heroin

Source: United States Department of Justice News

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man who attempted to sell two kilograms of fentanyl and nearly 400 grams of heroin while under surveillance by members of the DEA Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in March 2019 today pleaded guilty in federal court to fentanyl and heroin trafficking charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.