Seven Indictments Returned and One Sentencing Handed Down for Multiple Felony Second-Degree Theft Defendants

            WASHINGTON – Several individuals were indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for felony second-degree theft. One other individual was sentenced for felony second-degree theft, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

             A grand jury indicted Mohamed A. Mohamed, 36, Washington, D.C., on July 3, 2024, on one count of felony second-degree theft. Arraignment is scheduled for July 11th.

            A grand jury indicted Deangelo L. Reed, 36, of Washington, D.C., on July 5, 2024, of one count of felony second-degree theft and threats to do bodily harm. Arraignment is scheduled for July 29^th.

            A grand jury indicted Richard T. Holmes, 51, of Washington, D.C., on July 3, 2024, on one count of felony second-degree theft. Arraignment is scheduled for July 11^th.

            A grand jury indicted Emoni Hubbard, 29, of Washington, D.C., on July 5, 2024, on three counts of felony second-degree theft. Arraignment is scheduled for August 22^nd.

            A grand jury indicted Quinton Mercer, 44, of Washington, D.C. on July 3, 2024, on one count of felony second-degree theft. Arraignment is yet to be scheduled.

            A grand jury indicted Meredith Wilson, 51, of Washington, D.C., on July 3, 2024, on one count of felony second-degree theft. Arraignment is yet to be scheduled for August 1^st.

            Eugene Fleet, 61, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on July 1, 2024, in D.C. Superior Court, to one year in prison for felony second-degree theft from events occurring on January 12, 2024. According to the government’s evidence, on December 19, 2023, Fleet took a package containing a pair of jeans from a resident’s porch in Northwest, Washington, D.C.  Then, less than a month later, on January 12, 2024, Fleet took a package containing a baby blanket from a resident’s porch in Northwest, Washington, D.C. In doing so, Fleet unlawfully entered areas he was not legally allowed to be in. Fleet had multiple prior theft convictions and was therefore subject to the enhanced penalties for his alleged theft, including a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison. The government had indicted Fleet on February 23, 2024.  Fleet pleaded guilty in both cases on April 29, 2024. The Court imposed the one-year mandatory minimum of each of Fleet’s theft convictions but sentenced him concurrently.

            Since September 1, 2023, including the aforementioned cases, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has indicted 56 cases involving a felony second-degree theft charge based on a defendant’s two or more prior theft convictions, not from the same occasion.

            In announcing the indictments and the sentencing, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith commended the work of those investigating the case from the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. They acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

            An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty