Two N.Y. men convicted in jewelry store robbery
Two Brooklyn, N.Y., men were convicted Tuesday in the 2006 daylight robbery of the Georgetown Jewelry Store in which the owner was shot.
Jose Lucas, 29, and Lexton Pellew, 25, both face a potential sentence of more than 80 years in prison.
Pellew, Lucas and three other Brooklyn men conspired to rob the Georgetown Jewelry Store at 1265 Wisconsin Ave. NW, prosecutors said. In the course of the robbery, Pellew shot the owner through the stomach, at close range, with a high-powered handgun, prosecutors said. The three other men previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the robbery. – Scott McCabe
Teen’s body found in school parking lot
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 19-year-old South Riding man whose body was found in the parking lot of an elementary school.
The body of Peter Johannes Cathcart Vold was found at about 2:20 a.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of Little River Elementary School on Hyland Hills Street.
Officers don’t suspect foul play.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Kraig Troxell said police have been talking to Vold’s friends and relatives as well as community members to figure out what happened.
Vold’s body was taken to the Office of the Virginia Medical Examiner in Fairfax County, where officials there are working to determine how he died.
The sheriff’s office asks anyone with information to call 703-777-0475 or Crime Solvers at 703-777-1919. – David Sherfinski
Surrattsville High School graduate shot to death
A recent Surrattsville High School graduate was shot and killed in District Heights late Tuesday, Prince George’s County police said. Kenyatta Boodram, 17, of Clinton, was walking with friends in the 6800 block of Atwood Street around 11:30 p.m. when she and a 17-year-old boy were shot. She died a short time later at a hospital and the boy remains in stable condition. Anyone with information is asked to call 301-772-4925. –Freeman Klopott
