Man arrested in 2007 gang-related assault
A man was arrested in western Loudoun County in connection with a 2007 gang assault, authorities said.
Victor Hernandez-Suaza, 23, of Colombia, was arrested Feb. 1 on charges of two counts of assault by mob and two counts of participating in a criminal act to benefit a gang, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities identified Hernandez-Suaza as one of 11 suspects in a Sept. 21, 2007 gang assault at an apartment complex in Ashburn.
Bookkeeper sentenced to 46 months in $1.3 million theft
A former bookkeeper for a landscaping company was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for embezzling $1.3 million from his employer.
Christopher Cunningham, 46, who fled to Spain in 2010 to avoid criminal charges in Montgomery County, was extradited to the United States last year and pleaded guilty in federal court in D.C.
Cunningham used the company’s computerized bookkeeping system to write 263 checks to himself over five years, prosecutors said. He altered the company’s bank statements to disguise the fact that he wrote checks to himself and wrote checks to others to pay for his debts.
Police investigating two homicides in Prince George’s County
Prince George’s County police are investigating two shooting deaths nearby each other in the county, authorities said.
At about 10:45 p.m. Monday, police were informed that a passerby noticed a body along a wood line in New Carrollton in the 5300 block of 85th Avenue.
Authorities found the body of Christopher Donald Smith, 16, shot, Prince George’s police spokeswoman Julie Parker said.
Then at around 11:30 p.m. an ambulance crew leaving the scene of the first incident found 23-year-old Alfonso Edward Thompson Jr., who had been shot while riding a bicycle in West Lanham Hills, Parker said.
Investigators are exploring the possibility that the crimes were related, Parker said, but there is no confirmation of a connection.
— Naomi Jagoda and Scott McCabe
