Jasmine Hilton

Maryland

Staff Writer at The Washington Post

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How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Katie Mettler |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl |Jasmine Hilton |Lateshia Beachum

How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison (washingtonpost.com) How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison By Katie Mettler; María Luisa Paúl; Jasmine Hilton; Lateshia Beachum 2025041910005600 The path to Kilmar Abrego García's deportation to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador began six years ago, when a suburban Maryland police detective typed a critical allegation into a Gang Interview Field Sheet....
Championship basketball comes to Md. youth detention facility

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Jasmine Hilton

Championship basketball comes to Md. youth detention facility (washingtonpost.com) Championship basketball comes to Md. youth detention facility By Jasmine Hilton 2025041422444500 Fresh sneakers squeaked across the basketball court in the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center on Monday afternoon. Teenagers from across the state were clad in blue and gold uniforms instead of the juvenile detention scrubs they usually wear.
Who is Paula Xinis, the judge ordering Trump to return a mistakenly deported immigrant?

1 week ago | abajournal.com | Dan Morse |Jasmine Hilton

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Who is Paula Xinis, the judge ordering Trump to return a mistakenly deported immigrant?

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Morse |Jasmine Hilton

Who is Paula Xinis, the judge ordering Trump to return a mistakenly deported immigrant? (washingtonpost.com) Who is Paula Xinis, the judge ordering Trump to return a mistakenly deported immigrant? By Dan Morse; Jasmine Hilton 2025041210000000 The judge hardly minced her words.
D.C. police officer’s duties revoked following run-in with authorities

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Keith L. Alexander |Jasmine Hilton

D.C. police officer’s duties revoked following run-in with authorities (washingtonpost.com) D.C. police officer’s duties revoked following run-in with authorities By Keith L. Alexander; Jasmine Hilton 2025040421094600 A D.C. police officer's duties have been temporarily revoked following a run-in with Maryland law enforcement, a D.C. police spokesman said.
Maryland officer indicted in unauthorized fatal pursuit of motorcyclist

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Morse |Jasmine Hilton

Maryland officer indicted in unauthorized fatal pursuit of motorcyclist (washingtonpost.com) Maryland officer indicted in unauthorized fatal pursuit of motorcyclist By Dan Morse; Jasmine Hilton 2025040222365700 A police officer from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, was indicted Wednesday, accused of chasing a 21-year-old motorcyclist through three counties last year and fleeing the scene after the motorcyclist fatally crashed into the side of a flatbed truck, according to state officials. The...
Three bystanders have died in crashes after drivers fled police in Md.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jasmine Hilton

Three bystanders have died in crashes after drivers fled police in Md. (washingtonpost.com) Three bystanders have died in crashes after drivers fled police in Md. By Jasmine Hilton 2025032810000000 Three times in the past two months, Friday night traffic stops in Prince George's County ended with the death of an innocent bystander.
Man sentenced for killing a grandmother who was in U.S. to attend funeral

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jasmine Hilton

Lidia Chinchilla DeCarrillo had traveled from El Salvador to Prince George’s County to comfort her family and prepare for her grandson’s funeral two years ago. He died in a car crash. And she’d lose her life before he was buried, shot by a stranger while riding with her granddaughter to visit relatives, prosecutors said. She had only been in town for a day. The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. on March 28, 2023, on Drum Avenue in Capitol Heights.
Jaws of life cracked 7-Eleven ATMs. Thieves stole $200,000, police say.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Jasmine Hilton

The thieves would barge into Maryland convenience stores after midnight — always late, always a 7-Eleven — and force anyone inside to the ground.Then they’d set to work withthe “jaws of life” — typically used to pry open wrecked cars with people trapped inside. But on these nights, the rescue device would be repurposed toopen ATMs filled with cash, according to court documents.
She was left strangled outside. 46 years later, police I.D. her killer.

1 month ago | torontosun.com | Jasmine Hilton

Early the next morning, on March 3, 1979, a person found her body in a parking lot in Glenarden, Maryland, miles away from where she lived in Arlington, Virginia. She had been violently raped and strangled, police said in charging documents. Police were unable to find the cabdriver who was paid to take Donohue home and the killer’s identity remained a mystery.