Teen gets 7 years for Easter attack at zoo
A 16-year-old was sentenced Tuesday to seven years behind bars for a pair of knife attacks against another teenager at the National Zoo during an Easter celebration.
Mshairi Alkebular, of D.C., was part of group of young men who were visiting the zoo during the annual Easter Monday event for black families. The group spotted a 14-year-old rival, and Alkebular stabbed the teen twice in the arm. The group then fled.
Outside the zoo’s entrance, Alkebular’s group saw the boy again, and Alkebular stabbed the teen four times in the torso.
Man admits to carjacking van containing 4-year-old
A Landover man pleaded guilty Tuesday to carjacking a minivan at the Children’s National Medical Center with a 4-year-old girl still buckled in the back seat.
Deandre Robinson, 20, faces between seven and 21 years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
According to court documents, on the night of Feb. 9, Robinson approached a woman as she got out of her minivan in a garage of the children’s hospital and demanded her keys.
The woman yelled that her child was still in the minivan. Robinson drove to an apartment complex, took the girl out of the vehicle and sped away.
Missing activist’s car found
Police have found the car belonging to a missing Alexandria activist.
Alexandria police said Lenwood “Lenny” Harris’ 1994 Toyota Corolla was found in Prince George’s County at about 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Harris was last seen Sept. 21. Surveillance video captured a man using his credit card about four hours after he was last seen, and his cell phone was found on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
A police spokeswoman would not say exactly where the vehicle was located.
– Scott McCabe and Emily Babay
