A New Carrollton man has been indicted for his role in a 2008 triple slaying during a home-invasion drug robbery in Fairfax County, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Two brothers and a third man who rented a home together were fatally stabbed on Nov. 19, 2008. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Delante T. Cook was indicted on robbery charges for his role in the slayings.
The indictment alleges that Cook and Jelani Slay robbed people who engaged in marijuana trafficking in Fairfax County to obtain money and drugs. The pair scoped out the the house two days prior to the robbery, the indictment says. The house is located on the 5400 block of Moultrie Road in Springfield, according to police.
They dressed in “clothing adorned with law enforcement-related lettering and insignia” to gain entrance to the home, the indictment says. During the robbery, three men – 26-year-old Ryan Strope, 38-year-old Terence Strope and 26-year-old Andres Yelicie – were fatally stabbed.
Slay was shot and killed by an off-duty D.C. police officer during an attempted robbery in 2009.
