Girl charged in student’s slaying
D.C. police said a 15-year-old girl has been charged in the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old high school student.
Around 2 p.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence in the 2600 block of Stanton Road SE. When they got there, they found the male victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
The victim has been identified as Gary Gordon. He was scheduled to graduate from Anacostia Senior High this year.
The girl was charged as a juvenile with manslaughter and other charges.
Two admit to taxi scheme
Two men in the taxi cab industry pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to bribe D.C. officials.
Berhane Leghese, 45, of Arlington, and Amanuel Ghirmazion, 52, of Washington, face up to five years in prison.
Leghese and Ghirmazion admitted to conspiring to bribe public officials in an effort to obtain multi-vehicle taxicab company licenses. Their scheme involved approximately $270,000 in illegal payments and attempted illegal payments.
Wrongly convicted man released after 27 years
A Richmond man convicted of crimes in 1984 that authorities now believe he did not commit was released from prison Monday after being behind bars for 27 years.
On his 46th birthday, Thomas Haynesworth was released from the Greensville Correctional Facility in Jarratt, Va.
Haynesworth was convicted for sexual assaults in Richmond and Henrico counties, but DNA evidence implicated another man named Leon Davis, also known as the “Black Ninja,” in two of the attacks.
Haynesworth, with the backing of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, is petitioning for writs of innocence in two remaining cases that lack DNA evidence. A hearing before the state Court of Appeals is scheduled for March 30.
– Scott McCabe and David Sherfinski
