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A Maryland Cop Helped Make Fake Car Thefts Look Real, Now Comes The Price
A Maryland cop who helped turn police reports into props for an insurance fraud scheme is trading his badge for a prison jumpsuit.
Michael Anthony Owen Jr., 37, of Accokeek, was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Greenbelt to six months in federal prison for falsifying records while serving as a Prince George's County Police officer, federal prosecutors announced.
And prison won't be the end of it.
US District Judge Lydia Griggsby also sentenced Owen to two years of supervised release, with the first six months to be served on home detention, and ordered him to pay $17,585 in restitution.…
Love, Drugs, Guns: DC Couple Busted In Fentanyl Operation Out Of Apartment, Feds Say
Tainted Love?
A DC couple who ran an alleged drug trafficking operation from their apartment in the nation's capital is facing charges, federal authorities announced.
Katie Shameka Williams, 33, and Kenneth Darnell Smith Jr., 32, have been arrested for allegedly running their drug distribution operation in the Congress Heights neighborhood.
In March, officials say an investigation was launched into a narcotics distribution operation based in the 1600 block of Savannah Street SE.
Over the course of several months, investigators say they documented at least nine instances of crack cocaine a…