Two District Men Indicted for Violent Kidnapping Live-Streamed on Social Media

justice.gov ^ | March 2, 2021 | U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Columbia

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 WASHINGTON – Sincere Howard (“Howard”), 20, and Garrett Hawkins (“Hawkins”), 21, both of Washington, D.C., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping, and cyber stalking. The indictment was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin, Acting Police Chief Robert Contee of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”), and Steven D’Antuono, Assistant Director in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”).

      The investigation began after officers from MPD’s Violence Reduction Unit became aware on January 24, 2021, of a live stream on the Instagram social media platform showing an injured and distressed adult male being held against his will and assaulted.  The defendants are alleged to have violently assaulted the victim, on January 23, 2021, with a variety of implements, including an electrical extension cord, all while broadcasting their actions on social media. MPD apprehended both defendants on scene and also recovered a firearm.

     An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence of guilt.  A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. 

     In announcing the indictment, Acting U.S. Attorney Sherwin and FBI Assistant Director in Charge D’Antuono commended the work of MPD’s Violence Reduction Unit who investigated the case.  Finally, they acknowledged the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emory V. Cole and William Hart, Paralegal Specialist Teesha Tobias, and Legal Assistant Kate Abrey of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Component(s): 

USAO - District of Columbia

Contact: 

Public Affairs (202) 252-6933 http://www.justice.gov/usao/dc/index.html

Press Release Number: 

21-031

[Hambone 1934]

Welll,it makes the job a lot easier than trying to find their guilt....THEY VIDEOTAPED FOR THE JURY......

[Amberdawn]

Good thing they did live stream it-for the victim that is.

[NetAddicted]

There are maybe 6 posts almost in a row, about man and/or men sexually molesting kids and selling pictures. I wish I knew where to keyword these. Childrape?

[ransomnote]

childrape, pedophilia?

[mad_as_he$$]

Are you asking how to label these events or how to tag them in the FR database?

[NetAddicted]

After the article, Topics and Keywords are listed. I use Keywords a lot to find articles. I just don’t know what keywords could be appropriate for these heinous acts.
In other words, I don’t know what you are asking. Label how? Tag?

[NetAddicted]

Thanks for the keywords.

[mad_as_he$$]

Sorry, it seems you understand how to add keywords etc. As to what they should be called(labeled) there are many various thoughts on that. I add keywords of my liking to posts that I am interested in. Searching based upon what other FReepers enter is often a roulette of word soup.