Fugitive tried to hide gun at school

Authorities are again on the hunt for the 20-year-old Vaughn, and U.S. marshals are asking the public to help them find him before someone gets hurt.

D.C. police arrested Vaughn in June 2009 after stopping a group of men selling drugs near the McGogney Elementary School in Southeast Washington. Vaughn fled as members of the vice squad swooped in on the group, and one of the officers saw him throw a black handgun onto the roof of the school.

“This kid has little regard for the public if he is willing to just throw [a gun] away where anyone could pick it up and potentially hurt themselves or someone else,” said Matt Burke, supervisory inspector with the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. “It’s time for him to take responsibility for this actions.”

Police climbed the roof of the school and recovered a black Jimenez Arms .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. Vaughn pleaded guilty to a felony charge of carrying a pistol and ammunition without a license, but he failed to appear before a D.C. judge after authorities claimed he had violated his probation. A warrant was issued for his arrest in October, and authorities said he has been on the run since.

Vaughn is described as 5-feet-9 and 150 pounds. His last known address was in the 2600 block of Bowen Road SE.

Anyone with information regarding Vaughn’s whereabouts is urged to call the U.S. Marshals Service at 301-489-1717 or 800-336-0102.

Tips from Examiner readers have led directly to arrests of 27 fugitives, including convicted murderers, kidnappers, child sex offenders, rapists and scam artists.

Since last month, alert readers helped capture a violent sex offender and a fugitive wanted in a near-fatal stabbing along the trendy H Street corridor. The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, is composed of 30 federal, state and local agencies from Baltimore to Norfolk. The unit has captured more than 33,000 wanted fugitives since its creation in 2004.

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