Wednesday, January 9, 2013
An evidentiary hearing was held for Stacy Lorenzo Reed, of Manassas, on federal weapons charges Tuesday.
A Manassas man not only planned the 2010 Centreville home invasion that led to the death of a local man, but he also drove the perpetrators to the property and burned his truck afterward, a Fairfax County detective testified at a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon. A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia courthouse in Alexandria found probable cause to send Stacy Lorenzo Reed's case to a grand jury, and ordered that he be held without bail. During the hearing, new details surfaced about what authorities believe Reed's role was in the crime, based on cell phone evidence and witness accounts. Reed, 43, proposed the scheme to Tasheik Champean, one of the men who attempted to rob the home, said Detective Stephen Needels, of …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Tasheik Ashanti Champean pleaded guilty to a Hobbs Act Conspiracy and using a firearm in a crime of violence. Prosecutors dropped a third weapons charge in the plea agreement.
A Maryland man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to his role in a 2010 Centreville home invasion that resulted in the death of a local man. Tasheik Ashanti Champean pleaded guilty to a Hobbs Act conspiracy and using a weapon in a crime of violence. Prosecutors signed a plea agreement with Champean and dropped the third charge against him, possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. Champean's trial was originally scheduled to begin Monday in U.S. District Court, but he instead appeared in court Friday to enter his plea before Judge Anthony Trenga. During the home invasion off Compton Road, Jose Rosales Cardona, a Manassas Park handyman and immigrant from Guatemala, died trying to protect his American employers, according to …
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Tasheik Ashanti Champean.
A man accused of orchestrating a home invasion that ended in the murder of a heroic handyman will stand trial in federal court this December. On Aug. 9, District Judge Anthony Trenga ordered that the trial for Tasheik Ashanti Champean, of Maryland, begin on Dec. 10. Champean is charged with conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act, two counts of use of a firearm during a violent crime and three counts of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Trenga further ordered that any motions in the case be filed by Oct. 12, and any hearing on the motions be held on Nov. 9. On Aug. 3, the Attorney General directed prosecutors not to seek the death penalty against Champean, according to a document filed by federal prosecutors in U.S. District …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Reynard Prather, 22, was sentenced in federal court Friday.
A Maryland man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a 2010 Centreville home invasion that led to the murder of Jose Rosales Cardona, a Manassas Park resident. Reynard Prather, 22, of Oxen Hill, MD, pleaded guilty in February to charges of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, use of a firearm in a crime of violence and use of a firearm in a crime of violence causing death. Cardona, a handyman at the Centreville residence, died while trying to defend his employers from the armed intruders. "I think that this was a very tragic thing that happened, and it goes to the heart of every person's worst nightmare, being the target of a home invasion," U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said outside the courthouse, after the sentencing. U.S…
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Reynard Prather, of Oxon Hill, Md., pleaded guilty this week to his role in a 2010 Centreville murder.
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Jose Rosales Cardona during a home invasion in Centreville in 2010. On Wednesday, Reynard Lazaro Prather, of Oxon Hill, pleaded guilty in federal court on the charge of murder resulting from the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act, which prohibits robbery that affects interstate commerce. In a statement of fact filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Prather said that he was not the one who fired the shot that killed Cardona, but admitted to being involved in the incident. Prather said in the court document that he drove with a male accomplice from Prince …
Friday, November 18, 2011
Reynard Prather of Maryland is accused of shooting Jose Cardona, of Manassas Park, who died trying to defend his employer's family.
A federal grand jury indicted Reynard Lazaro Prather, 22, Thursday on charges for his alleged role in an attempted armed robbery and the murder of Jose Cardona at a Centreville mansion in May 2010. The grand jury indicted Parther on charges of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, use of a firearm in a crime of violence, use of a firearm in a crime of violence causing death and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. If convicted, Prather, of Oxon Hill, Md., faces a maximum sentence of life in prison or even death, Peter Carr, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said in a press release. Prather allegedly planned to rob the mansion, along with another co-conspirator, because he thought the the owner had money there …
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Fairfax County Police have released portions of a harrowing 911 call from a Centreville home invasion that resulted in the death of a Manassas Park-area man last year. Police hope that by releasing the tape they can catch the perpetrators of the murder of Jose Rosales Cardona, 39. They are asking the public to step forward if they recognize the voices on the tape. Cardona, a handyman at a home near Compton Drive in Centreville, died while trying to defend the family he worked for from armed gunmen in May 2010. Police also released a photo of a white truck they believe a third person drove. They believe the perpetrators remain in the DC/Northern Virginia/Maryland area. Anyone with information can call police at 703-691-2131 or contact …
