Founder Of LGBTQ+ Non-Profit In DC Charged For Fraud After 'Unexpected Return' To US: Feds Founder Of LGBTQ+ Non-Profit In DC Charged For Fraud After 'Unexpected Return' To US: Feds
Founder Of LGBTQ+ Non-Profit In DC Charged For Fraud After 'Unexpected Return' To US: Feds The trailblazing founder of Casa Ruby, a DC-based non-profit that provided services to the LGBTQ+ community is facing charges for alleged fraud and money laundering, according to prosecutors. Ruby Corado, 53, made her initial court appearance in DC on Wednesday to face charges for allegedly defrauding Paycheck Protection and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs, and money laundering after fleeing the country, authorities announced. Specifically, Corado is accused of diverting at least $150,000 of $1.3 million in taxpayer-backed emergency relief funds, intended for the organi…
Man Who Fled To El Salvador Admits To Murder At Maryland Get-Together: State's Attorney Man Who Fled To El Salvador Admits To Murder At Maryland Get-Together: State's Attorney
Man Who Fled To El Salvador Admits To Murder At Maryland Get-Together: State's Attorney A Maryland resident who was tracked down in El Salvador pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 22 to shooting two men, one fatally, during an argument at a get-together in 2020, authorities announced. Wilber Oswaldo Nunez-Menendez, 28, of Crownsville, pleaded guilty to second-degree counts of murder and attempted murder, as well as two counts of use of a handgun in a violent crime in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court in Annapolis, State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said. The charges stem from a November 2020 incident in which Anne Arundel Police responded to a home on Brick Church Road in Edgewater…
Fugitive Wanted For Triple Murder In Virginia Apprehended In El Salvador Fugitive Wanted For Triple Murder In Virginia Apprehended In El Salvador
Fugitive Wanted For Triple Murder In Virginia Apprehended In El Salvador The man wanted for a triple fatal shooting that left a fourth man with serious injuries in Prince William County last May has been apprehended in El Salvador, authorities announced. International fugitive Donald Antonio Barahona Quinonez, 28, who has no fixed address, was apprehended by the Special Force of the National Civil Police and is now being held until he can be returned to Virginia to face a host of charges for his role in the murder of three people.  The Prince William County Police Department was notified of his apprehension on Monday, Jan. 22, according to a spokesperson fr…
Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's Fairfax County Murder: Cops Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's Fairfax County Murder: Cops
Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's Fairfax County Murder: Cops After more than 30 years on the run, a man accused of killing his wife in Fairfax County has been captured, authorities announced. Jose Lazaro Cruz has been wanted since spring of 1991, when he stabbed his wife, Ana Jurado, 24, on the 3100 block of Cofer Road in West Falls Church, county police said.  The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and Cruz, her estranged husband, was charged on a warrant for felony murder in May 1991.  Cruz fled to El Salvador, and authorities followed — but their efforts in finding him were futile. In 2022, Cruz was detained while crossing in…
Body Of Chelsea Father Killed By Car In Boston Returning Home Body Of Chelsea Father Killed By Car In Boston Returning Home
Body Of Chelsea Father Killed By Car In Boston Returning Home A 26-year-old Chelsea man died after he was hit by a car in East Boston, and a GoFundMe has been created to help his family. Aristeo Enrique Ramirez Garcia, from El Salvador, was hit by a commercial vehicle on Chelsea Street and Curtis Street shortly after 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17. The driver stayed on the scene, and Boston police were investigating Garcia’s death as of Monday morning, Dec. 18. Garcia worked as a cook, and he leaves behind a wife, Maria Aguilar, and a 3-year-old daughter, NBC Boston reported. A GoFundMe created to help his family with funeral expenses raised more than…
Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds
Salvadoran Man Convicted On Child Porn Charges, Nabbed In Everett To Be Sent Home: Feds A Salvadoran man, who was recently found guilty of possession of child sexual abuse material in Everett, has been arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston. The 41-year-old from El Salvador was first arrested in Everett in September 2021 after illegally entering the United States, federal officials said. In January 2023, the man was convicted in Malden District Court of felony child sexual abuse material possession, according to ERO Boston. He was required by state law to register as a sex offender. Related: Brazilian Fugitive Convicted Of Rape Nabbed In Malden Off…
Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash
Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash Support is swelling for the family of a beloved 54-year-old mother and grandmother who was struck and killed by a driver in Prince George's County. More than $10,000 has been raised on behalf of Adelphi resident Rosa Guzman, who was identified by police investigators as the woman killed last week at an area hospital after being struck by a minivan crossing the road. Shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the area of Riggs Road and Ruatan Street in Guzman's hometown, where there was a report of a pedestrian who h…
Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant
Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant Nearly a decade after a fatal shooting outside a Northwest DC restaurant, justice has been served for the family of a woman gunned down by her ex on Christmas Eve. Marvin Lopez remained a fugitive for years in his native El Salvador until he was eventually tracked down and tried for the murder of Evelyn Yamileth Arroyo Guerra in 2014, authorities announced. The slaying was reported in front of the El Sabor Latino Restaurant in the 3900 block of 14th Street NW, where Yamileth worked as a waitress at the time. According to court documents, on Dec. 24, 2014, a pair of lieutenants from the Met…
Customers Tackle Mask-Wearing Robber Targeting Capital Region Restaurant, Police Say Customers Tackle Mask-Wearing Robber Targeting Capital Region Restaurant, Police Say
Customers Tackle Mask-Wearing Robber Targeting Capital Region Restaurant, Police Say Several customers came to the rescue when a man claiming to have a gun attempted to rob a business in the region, police said. The Saratoga County incident happened Saturday, Nov. 11, in the town of Halfmoon, at the Mi Mexico Lindo y Taqueria located on Route 9. A man wearing a ski mask entered the restaurant at around 4:30 p.m. and tried robbing employees while claiming to have a gun, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies arrived, they found the suspect being held down by several customers. There were no reports of injuries. He initially gave deputies a fake na…
Child Rapist Who Fled Country Decades Ago Extradited To Long Island For Prosecution, DA Says Child Rapist Who Fled Country Decades Ago Extradited To Long Island For Prosecution, DA Says
Child Rapist Who Fled Country Decades Ago Extradited To Long Island For Prosecution, DA Says Two decades after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly repeatedly raping his underage stepdaughter on Long Island, a Salvadoran man is back on US soil to face prosecution. The 47-year-old defendant, who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect the victim’s identity, arrived in New York on an extradition flight from El Salvador on Wednesday, Nov. 1. It came 20 years after a Suffolk County grand jury indicted him on multiple sex crimes in September 2003. According to investigators, in March 2002, the man locked his then 14-year-old stepdaughter in a room and forcibly raped her whil…
Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport
Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport Two rape suspects wanted in Maryland are in custody after being caught attempting to flee the country at Washington Dulles International Airport. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were busy this week, arresting two men hours apart as they both sought separate flights to El Salvador to evade their arrest. First, officers arrested Oscar Armando Hernandez Mata, a 53-year-old Salvadoran in the country illegally who was wanted in Montgomery County for rape and sexually abusing a minor on Thursday afternoon at the departure gate. Officials noted that Hernandez Mata is "an alien unl…
'Jovial' Arlington Teen Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez Dies 'Jovial' Arlington Teen Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez Dies
'Jovial' Arlington Teen Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez Dies Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez of Arlington died on Thursday, Sept. 21, his obituary says. He was 16 years old. Born in El Salvador, Jorge has been an Arlington resident since he was 8 years old. He had just started his freshman year at Wakefield High School this fall, his obituary says. Jorge was a proud volunteer at the Phoenix Bikes Youth Program, and was remembered by his family as a jovial and friendly child who wanted to make the world a better place. A GoFundMe campaign for Jorge's family had raised $20,400 as of Thursday, Sept. 28. "Jorge was a happy and playful child, a good…