District Man Pleads Guilty to Two Counts of Armed Robbery

            WASHINGTON –Isaiah Green, 19, of Washington D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, to two counts of robbery while armed, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            On May 2, 2024, Isaiah Green pleaded guilty before the Honorable Lynn Leibovitz. Judge Leibovitz scheduled sentencing for July 5, 2024.

            According to the evidence, with which the defendant agreed, he robbed two victims, D.H. on August 19, 2023, and E.C. on December 3, 2023 at gunpoint.

            In the days leading up to the August 19, 2023, robbery, D.H. had seen a Stihl brand saw advertised for sale on Facebook Marketplace. D.H. contacted the purported seller and arranged to meet him in the 5100 block of B Street SE to buy the saw. When D.H. arrived, Green and an accomplice immediately grabbed D.H. and robbed him at gunpoint, taking his cell phone, wallet, credit and debit cards, and checks totaling $1500. A citizen came to D.H.’s aide after the robbery and called 911.

            In the days leading up to the December 3, 2023, robbery, E.C. had also seen an item advertised on Facebook Marketplace, a Hilti Laser, and contacted the purported seller to arrange to buy it. E.C. agreed to meet the seller in the 3600 block of Highwood Drive SE. E.C. drove with his wife to that location, where a man then got out of his car with a box E.C. believed contained the laser. As E.C. got of his car to inspect the laser, two assailants approached him, held him at gunpoint, and robbed him of his wallet, containing cash and bank cards, and an iPhone 13. The gunmen then pointed their guns at E.C.’s wife and rifled through the center console of the car, taking additional cash and a card. All three men then drove off together.

            Working in tandem with Prince George’s County Police, MPD Detectives obtained evidence from Facebook about the accounts used to set up these and other crimes, and used that information to identify Green. Police obtained a search warrant for his residence, which they executed on December 21, 2023. During that search, police found a phone on Green’s bed that was linked to the Facebook account used in the robbery of D.H, E.C.’s wallet, credit cards and identification card on a dresser in the same room, and the Hilti laser and box used to lure E.C. from his car.

            This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and has been prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Iris McCranie and Elizabeth Van Haasteren.