Third man charged in rape of girl, 11
A third man was charged with raping an 11-year-old girl in Silver Spring.
Rogelio Mondragon, 39, was taken into custody Friday. Two other men, both suspected illegal immigrants, were charged on Wednesday with raping the girl in an apartment on the 8700 block of Carroll Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Police said they do not believe the incident was gang related.
Lawyer admits to laundering cash for meth ring
A New York lawyer pleaded guilty to laundering cash for a large Arlington-based crystal meth ring.
Brian Chase Malady, 42, admitted Friday to holding the meth ring’s profits and siphoning $55,000 to pay legal fees for a ring member. Prosecutors say the ring regularly received five- to seven-pound shipments of the drug from Atlanta and distributed it across the Washington region.
Malady faces up to 20 years in prison.
11th suspect in Gaithersburg gang stabbing arrested
Montgomery County police say they’ve arrested the 11th and last of suspected 18th Street gang members accused of stabbing a 15-year-old Hyattsville boy to death in a Gaithersburg park.
Edgar Antonio Garcia-Zavala was arrested on first-degree murder charges in Texas Thursday, police said. He and 10 other suspected gang members are accused of stabbing Dennis Guzman-Saenz to death because they believed he was a member of rival MS-13.
Mayor’s lawsuit over dogs killed in drug raid can proceed
Prince George’s County Circuit Judge Arthur Ahalt has ruled that Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo’s lawsuit against the county’s sheriff’s office for killing his two dogs in a drug raid can proceed over objections from county attorneys.
Calvo’s dogs were killed in July 2008 when a SWAT team raided his house because police believed he had 32 pounds of marijuana in his house. Pot was found, but it was sent there by smugglers who planned to pick it up before Calvo accepted the package.
Compiled by Freeman Klopott
