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Open-Air Drug Market Thrived In This Maryland Community Until Massive Federal Takedown: DOJ
It wasn't just a corner operation. Federal investigators say it was a full-blown street-level drug enterprise that kept West Baltimore stocked with fentanyl, heroin, and crack for years.
In Maryland, federal prosecutors announced that 14 Baltimore men have been indicted following a lengthy investigation into what authorities describe as an organized open-air drug market operating in West Baltimore.
The indictment, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland, names:
Walter Epps, 41;
Luther Amos, 54;
Antoine Benjamin, 34;
Wendell Boykins Jr., 37;
Davon Brown, 30;
Zy'…
DC Man Strangled Wife Until She Passed Out During Laundry Detergent Fight: Feds
Something as ordinary as laundry detergent turned into a life-threatening attack in DC.
Washington resident Johnny Gregory, 42, was sentenced on Friday, July 31, to 24 months in prison after a judge found him guilty of strangling his wife during a violent domestic assault earlier this year, the US Attorney's Office announced.
The attack happened on Jan. 5, 2026, after the couple began arguing over laundry detergent, prosecutors said.
According to trial evidence, Gregory shoved his wife to the ground, punched her in the face multiple times, then pinned her down by placing his knee on her ch…
DC Teen's Crime Spree Got More Violent After Assault Arrest, Feds Say
A violent crime spree that began at a Maryland-area commuter gateway ended with a teenager headed to prison for the next decade.
District resident Makai Bridges, 17, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars for a series of violent crimes committed when he was just 16, including an armed robbery, a carjacking, and assaults while locked up, federal prosecutors announced.
The crime spree began around 2 a.m. on May 1, 2025, near the intersection of 3rd Street and Rhode Island Avenue NE, where prosecutors said Bridges and another suspect ambushed a woman waiting at a bus stop.
Both appeared to be …
