Source: Office of United States Attorneys
WASHINGTON – Deangelo Wooten, 27, Jaleel Fowler, 26, and other co-conspirators were indicted today on a 57-count indictment filed in Superior Court, charging them as members of a conspiracy that have robbed, carjacked, and shot numerous individuals in the District of Columbia between December 2023 and March 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
The indictment returned today charges Wooten and Fowler with conspiracy, multiple carjackings and armed robberies, multiple assaults with intent to kill, obstruction of justice, and other related charges stemming from a course of violent conduct committed throughout the city in late 2023 and early 2024. The indictment details how the Defendants would use firearms to steal cars and rob individuals of their belongings during the commission of numerous offenses. The indictment charges three separate carjackings committed upon rideshare driver victims in December 2023 and January 2024, in addition to four separate shootings committed in the District from December 2023 through February 2024.
In December 2024, the District of Columbia had 28 carjackings. The last month that had fewer carjackings was May of 2021. The District has had 10 carjackings as of January 16, 2025.
“Despite the massive reduction in carjacking incidents, this Office remains vigilant in aggressively pursuing and prosecuting those committing these crimes because one carjacking is too many,” said U.S. Attorney Graves. “As this indictment reflects, we will hold accountable those committing these crimes by thoroughly investigating and prosecuting these carjacking incidents.”
This case is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark Levy and Sara Matar of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.