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A former staffer in the religious affairs division of the office of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, according to court files in the U.S. District Court for the District. A former staffer in the religious affairs division of the office of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, according to court files in U.S. District Court for the District.
Lorenzo R. Sanders, 51, pleaded guilty Friday and faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison. Prosecutors and Sanders’s defense agreed in a written plea deal that a five-year prison sentence was appropriate.Lorenzo R. Sanders, 51, pleaded guilty Friday and faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison. Prosecutors and Sanders’s defense agreed in a written plea deal that a five-year prison sentence was appropriate.
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton set sentencing for April 8, and Sanders remains in custody. In court filings, Sanders acknowledged that police field tests, subject to confirmation, found 10 grams of crack cocaine, 123 grams of powder cocaine and 0.6 grams of heroin in an Oct. 6 raid at his Southeast Washington apartment.U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton set sentencing for April 8, and Sanders remains in custody. In court filings, Sanders acknowledged that police field tests, subject to confirmation, found 10 grams of crack cocaine, 123 grams of powder cocaine and 0.6 grams of heroin in an Oct. 6 raid at his Southeast Washington apartment.
— Spencer S. Hsu— Spencer S. Hsu
A former White House switchboard supervisor was charged Wednesday with embezzling thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds by manipulating employee time sheets.
Prosecutors accused Andrea Turk of Upper Marlboro of stealing nearly $11,000 via one of the employees she supervised.
Turk, 46, was director of switchboard operations at the White House, supervising 15 operators, from 2009 until she was fired in 2013. She also was in charge of overseeing employee work schedules and approving overtime.
Turk’s attorney did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
A man who was fatally shot Tuesday night in the Camp Springs area of Prince George’s County has been identified as Franklin Latour Young Jr., 29, of Camp Springs.A man who was fatally shot Tuesday night in the Camp Springs area of Prince George’s County has been identified as Franklin Latour Young Jr., 29, of Camp Springs.
Police said the shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. in the 4300 block of West Village Avenue. Police who responded to a report of a shooting found a man with a gunshot wound in his apartment. Police said the shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. in the 4300 block of West Village Avenue.
Authorities said the shooting does not appear to have been random. Police said they are working to identify an assailant and determine a motive. Police who responded to a report of a shooting found a man with a gunshot wound in his apartment.
Authorities said it does not appear that the shooting was random. Police said they are working to identify an assailant and determine a motive.
Police said two sheep were stolen from a farm in the Broad Run area of Prince William County.Police said two sheep were stolen from a farm in the Broad Run area of Prince William County.
The theft occurred Saturday evening or Sunday morning on a farm on Gaines Road, authorities said. Officer Jonathan Perok, a spokesman for the Prince William County Police Department, said such a case is “unusual.” The theft occurred Saturday evening or Sunday morning on a farm on Gaines Road, authorities said.
Officer Jonathan Perok, a spokesman for Prince William police, said such a case is “unusual.”
It is not the only recent case of animals being stolen in the area. In Stafford County, officials are investigating the theft of eight goats from two locations between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening.It is not the only recent case of animals being stolen in the area. In Stafford County, officials are investigating the theft of eight goats from two locations between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening.
“There is nothing to say definitively they are connected,” Perok said.“There is nothing to say definitively they are connected,” Perok said.