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Potential Gang Connection
I have been looking at a leads, which I believe are consistent with recent information that has been posted. DW’s atty made statements alluding to involvement of others, and DW being set up. LE have made statements suspecting involvement of other persons. IMO there is a strong indication that this crime is connected to gang activity. According to DNAInfo /1, DW spent days after the crime with his girlfriend in Brooklyn. After talking to her for several hours, authorities believe he returned to Washington to enlist the help of friends or relatives to help remain on the run. An accomplice is believed to have booked a room at the Howard Johnson Express Inn around 2 pm, May 21 /2. When cornered in Northwest Washington D.C., DW was in a Chevy Cruz accompanied by an Amrit box truck with two women and three men, authorities said. The SW for the Chevy Cruz recovered $10,000 in money orders /3, and the Amrit truck $10,000 in cash/4. The two women admitted purchasing money orders and cashing $2,500 each /5. (IMO) There is no mention that the money in the truck was still in bank bands, which Cdr Robert Fernandez characterized as a “wad of cash.” It is likely that the women had laundered the cash while DW was in New York. The money orders were in the possession of DW, while the laundered cash was in the possession of the two men in the truck. Most likely the original banded money had been provided to the women before DS departed to New York and were laundered before his return. This indicates to me a much more coordinated activity than acquaintances giving a ride to DW, and leads me to consider gang activity in the communities northeast of Washington, DC. IMO this gang expected to extort a far greater cash take than $40,000 but at some point the plan went south and they decided to eliminate witnesses and burn the evidence. I doubt very much that JW or any other persons in the business were involved.
Available LE information regarding gang activities in Maryland and specifically the MAP 76 Crew /6, /7.
1/ Brooklyn girlfriend:
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/201...paid-cabbie-1k-flee-nyc-as-nypd-moved-sources
2/ Accomplice
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-home-address-Northeast-DC.html#ixzz3dWaW6qCm
3/ $10,000 in money orders in car -
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/man...ctims-31738740 video @6:45
4/ $10,000 in cash in truck -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv...4ae_video.html video @01:06
5/ $5,000 money orders cashed:
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/AC360/603358164893962240
6/
http://tppolice.blogspot.com/2010/06...-out-2009.html
7/ Gang Assessment - Maryland Coordination and Analysis (google this PDF)