WASHINGTON – Marcus Hawkins, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 42-month prison term for burglarizing a home located in the 400 block of Florida Avenue, NW, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Hawkins pleaded guilty in June 2023 to one count of second-degree burglary in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He was sentenced by the Honorable Erik Christian. Following his prison term, Hawkins will be placed on three years of supervised release.
According to the government’s evidence, Hawkins broke into the Florida Avenue residence around midnight on June 15, 2023. He stole several items from the home, including Sony over-ear headphones, a debit card, and a computer backpack. He used the debit card in a nearby convenience store then returned to the same residence, entered a bedroom where a resident was sleeping, and fled from the home only after the victim woke up and shouted at Hawkins. Members of the Metropolitan Police Department used footage from the convenience store to identify the suspect, and a patrol officer spotted Hawkins two days later wearing the stolen backpack.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlos A. Valdivia.
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