Maryland Casino and Hotel Kidnapping Defendant is Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Decide George J. Hazel sentenced Anthony Erik Hebron, a/ok/a “Ache”, age 29, of Washington, D.C., to 14 years in federal jail, adopted by 5 years of supervised launch, for conspiracy to commit kidnapping. 

The sentence was introduced by United States Legal professional for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Particular Agent in Cost Wayne Jacobs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Washington Subject Workplace Legal Division; and Appearing Particular Agent in Cost Robert Turner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Subject Workplace.

Based on his responsible plea, in February 2021, Hebron, and co-defendants Darius Younger, a/ok/a “Mup”, age 30, Christopher Younger, age 27, Lamar Perkins, age 28, and Tray Sherman, age 27, all of D.C., labored collectively to kidnap a sufferer from a Maryland on line casino and lodge.

Hebron and Sherman met Sufferer A on the on line casino and lodge, the place they made the false promise that they might get girls for Sufferer A if Sufferer A accompanied them to Southeast Washington, D.C.  At roughly 7:30 a.m., Sufferer A agreed to journey to Southeast Washington, D.C. in Sherman’s automotive with Hebron.

At 8:13 a.m., Younger known as Mup to report that Hebron and Sherman had “snatched” Sufferer A.  Quickly after Sherman, Hebron, and Sufferer A arrived in Southeast D.C., Mup and Younger entered Sherman’s car with Sufferer A inside.  Hebron then pointed a gun at Sufferer Some time his co-conspirators took Sufferer A’s private objects together with Sufferer A’s pockets, cellular phone, lodge room key, and a watch valued at $500.

Hebron, Mup, Younger, and Sherman then demanded the code to Sufferer A’s lodge protected.  When Sufferer A refused, Hebron struck Sufferer A within the brow with the gun.  In response, Sufferer A informed the co-conspirators the code to the lodge protected.  Sufferer A was then pressured out of the automotive by Hebron.  Quickly after, Mup and Younger exited the car with Sufferer A and compelled the sufferer right into a boiler room inside a D.C. condominium constructing whereas Hebron and Sherman drove again to the lodge and on line casino to burglarize Sufferer A’s lodge room.

Contained in the boiler room, Mup and Younger repeatedly assaulted Sufferer A, threatened his life, demanded Sufferer A’s PIN quantity to his ATM card, and demanded details about the objects positioned in his lodge room. 

Concurrently, Hebron and Sherman accessed Sufferer A’s lodge room, the place they stole Sufferer A’s property, together with a gaming system, $1,500 in on line casino chips, and roughly $6,000 in money. 

After Sufferer A was launched by the conspiracy members, regulation enforcement noticed Sufferer A close to the condominium constructing.  Sufferer A sustained a number of accidents, together with a bloody wound on his brow, a damaged nostril, and cuts on his mouth and eye. 

Co-defendants Perkins, Younger, Sherman, and Mup pleaded responsible to federal fees regarding the kidnapping earlier this yr.  Mup was sentenced to 126 months in federal jail.  Younger was sentenced to 126 months in federal jail.  Perkins was sentenced to 120 months in federal jail.  Sherman is scheduled to be sentenced in October 2022 to at the very least 96 months.

This case is a part of Challenge Secure Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing collectively all ranges of regulation enforcement and the communities they serve to cut back violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everybody.  PSN, an evidence-based program confirmed to be efficient at lowering violent crime, is the centerpiece of the Division of Justice’s violent crime discount efforts.  By PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work collectively to determine probably the most urgent violent crime issues in the neighborhood and develop complete options to handle them.  As a part of this technique, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on probably the most violent offenders and companions with domestically primarily based prevention and reentry packages for lasting reductions in crime.

This case is an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Activity Pressure (OCDETF) investigation.  OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level legal organizations that threaten the USA utilizing a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency strategy that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and native regulation enforcement companies towards legal networks.

United States Legal professional Erek L. Barron counseled the FBI Washington, and the FBI Baltimore Subject Workplaces for his or her work within the investigation.  Mr. Barron additionally praised the Prince George’s County Police Division for his or her help within the investigation.  Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Legal professional Jeffrey J. Izant and Particular Assistant U.S. Legal professional Jared C. Engelking, who prosecuted the case.

For extra data on the Maryland U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace, its priorities, and assets accessible to assist the group, please go to https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/project-safe-neighborhoods-psnexile and https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/community-outreach.

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