Men convicted of Trinidad triple slaying
Two D.C. men were convicted in the shooting deaths of three men at a gas station in the Trinidad neighborhood in 2008.
A D.C. Superior Court jury found William McCorkle, 26, and Andre Clinkscale, 25, guilty of first-degree murder while armed with aggravating circumstances. The jury also found McCorkle guilty of obstructing justice for influencing witnesses and contempt for refusing a court order to submit to the taking of fingerprints.
The victims were Duane Hough, who was shot 17 times, Anthony Mincey, who was shot 11 times, and Johnny Jeter, who was shot nine times.
U.S. marshal admits to stealing gas
A deputy U.S. marshal has pleaded guilty to using his government fleet card to buy thousands of dollars of gas for his personal pickup truck.
Peter Rouse, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenbelt to theft of government property.
According to his plea agreement, he bought gas for his Ford F-150 with the fleet charge card he was given to purchase fuel for his Marshals Service-issued Ford Crown Victoria. Prosecutors said he made between $4,000 and $8,300 in unlawful purchases between December 2008 and December 2010.
At the time, he was working for the Marshals Service’s D.C. office. He has agreed to resign.
Man charged in attempted kidnapping
A Capitol Heights man was arrested in an April attempt to snatch a woman off a street in Takoma Park.
A woman was walking across a parking lot when a pickup truck pulled up and a man tried to grab her and put her in the vehicle, police said.
The victim pulled away and several cars stopped. The suspect got into his truck and fled.
Witnesses described the attacker and vehicle. Fredy Monroy, 37, was charged Tuesday with attempted kidnapping and other related offenses.
— Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
