Juice box smuggler sentenced
A 23-year-old Rhode Island man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for trying to smuggle $500,000 worth of heroin in juice boxes through Washington Dulles International Airport.
According to court documents, Emmanuel Rios arrived on a flight originating in Guatemala. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents discovered two small crates containing juice boxes inside his luggage. The officer noticed the packages did not contain a liquid. Instead, the boxes contained a light brown powdery substance wrapped within a condom, authorities said.
Worker falls into hole
at U.S. Supreme Court
A 62-year-old worker was injured after he fell into a hole at a construction site on the U.S. Supreme Court property.
D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Pete Piringer says the man was using a pile driver or posthole digger to dig a hole and when he went evaluate his progress, he fell 25 to 30 feet Friday morning. Rescue crews used a harness to hoist the man to safety.
The man was taken to a hospital with injuries to his neck, back and lower leg, but nothing life-threatening, Piringer said.
Police closed off some nearby streets during the rescue.
Teen sentenced to 85 years for murder
An 18-year-old from Landover was sentenced to 85 years in prison for killing a 16-year-old in December 2008.
Demarqus Moore was found guilty in April of killing Rashad McMillan, of Capitol Heights, in retaliation for a fight that involved the two teens.
Authorities say Moore returned to the scene of the fight with a .38-caliber revolver to confront McMillan, and shot him multiple times.
Moore was charged with first-degree murder.
Guilty plea in card-skimming scheme
Nicole Ward admitted that she took part in a card-skimming scheme that stole the credit card numbers of diners at a D.C. Cheesecake Factory where she used to work.
Ward, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. She admitted that she paid two servers at the Cheesecake Factory at 5345 Wisconsin Ave. NW in exchange for obtaining credit card numbers from customers.
Authorities say the servers collected nearly 90 credit card numbers using card-skimming devices Ward provided, and the diners lost a total of $117,000.
– Compiled by Scott McCabe and Emily Babay
