One year after @USAttyPirro took office, the results are undeniable:
Homicide ⬇️ 50%
Carjackings ⬇️ 60%
Robberies ⬇️ 42%
Thanks to @POTUS, law enforcement partners, and prosecutors working around the clock, we’re making D.C. safe again 🇺🇸
When you have consequences for crime, the numbers go down dramatically—as we are seeing in the District with historic drops in homicides and carjackings.
To keep driving these numbers down, D.C. must lower the age of accountability. We need to hold juvenile offenders accountable
Today, @USAttyPirro announced that Jamil Whitley, 38, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the shooting death of 32-year-old Kevin Redd on June 11, 2020.
Today, a major win for justice.
The D.C. Circuit ruled that Abu Khatallah's 28-year sentence for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attack was too lenient and sent the case back for resentencing. This decision affirms that sentences must reflect the seriousness of terrorism offenses
Oscar Diaz Romero, aka Oscar Alonzo Salguero, 47, of El Salvador, was sentenced yesterday for shooting and killing Jose Roberto Molina, 21, and Jose Noel Coreas, 22, in August 1997, announced @USAttyPirro.
Today, Saki Frost, 19, and Azhari Graves, 20, of Washington, D.C., were sentenced for charges related to a shooting near Dunbar High School in May 2024, announced @USAttyPirro.
Today, @USAttyPirro announced that Wonell Jones, Jr., 38, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty in D.C. Superior Court, on charges stemming from the death of 33-year-old Audora Williams in her apartment on July 19, 2022.
James Davis, 36, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material, announced @USAttyPirro.
Joseph Thompson, 37, a previously convicted felon residing in Oxon Hill, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced @USAttyPirro.
John Rogers spent years secretly funneling sensitive Federal Reserve information to Chinese spies, then looked investigators in the eye and lied about it. And when that wasn’t enough, he lied again under oath at trial. Federal Reserve employees entrusted with America’s most
John Harold Rogers, 64, a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison in connection with making false statements to federal investigators about sharing restricted Federal Reserve information with
John Harold Rogers, 64, a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison in connection with making false statements to federal investigators about sharing restricted Federal Reserve information with
This week, I met with @HumaneRescue President Lisa Lafontaine and her team to strengthen our partnership and work together to combat animal cruelty and the violence that so often accompanies it.
Not only is cruelty to animals outrageous and horrifying, acts of animal cruelty
The violent crew that ambushed two young men in D.C. has been held to account. Two pled guilty, and the trial defendant, Orlin Lemus-Cruz, now faces decades in prison, which is where he belongs.
We are cleaning up the District, making it safe, and it is working!
Orlin Lemus-Cruz, 22, of the District, was found guilty yesterday on charges related to the armed robbery of two victims on March 26, 2025, in Northwest, announced @USAttyPirro.
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Orlin Lemus-Cruz, 22, of the District, was found guilty yesterday on charges related to the armed robbery of two victims on March 26, 2025, in Northwest, announced @USAttyPirro.