U.S. marshals believe that the D.C. inmate who escaped during his father’s funeral has returned to the Washington area and are asking for the public’s assistance in bringing him in.
In April 2008, William Brice was awaiting trail on charges that he shot a man in Northeast Washington and for violating his parole on a previous weapons conviction. A D.C. Superior Court judge allowed Brice to be released from jail for three hours in the custody of one of Brice’s two public defense attorneys to attend his father’s funeral service at Pope’s Funeral Home at 2617 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. That’s when Brice made his getaway and he’s not been seen since.
Brice, a member of The Washington Examiner’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive list, is believed to be back in D.C. after previously hiding out with family in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Although he has family in Southeast D.C., marshals said this time he’s hiding out in Northwest D.C.
Brice has a history of arrests on burglary, assault and three weapons charges and should be considered armed and dangerous.
Police said on the night of Jan. 24, 2008, Brice walked up to a group of people at Fifth and Dix streets NE, and fired through the group at one of the men, wounding him. As the crowd dispersed and the victim fell to the ground, Brice approached and fired a second shot before placing the weapon back in his jacket, according to charging documents. The shooting victim survived.
Brice, 26, is described as 5-foot 7-inches, 165 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has scars near both his right and left eyes. He sometimes uses the name Anderson Peoples.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Brice can call the U.S. Marshals Service at 800-336-0102 or 301-489-1717. The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, is composed of 30 federal, state and local agencies from Baltimore to Norfolk. The unit has captured more than 23,000 wanted fugitives since its creation in 2004.
