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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE |
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For Immediate Release Jim Rybicki
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November 1, 2007 |
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Death Sentence Imposed in 1993 Murder Case |
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(Alexandria, VA) – Thomas M. Hager, age 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to death today by a federal jury sitting in Alexandria, Virginia, for the 1993 murder of Barbara White. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office; and, Colonel David M. Rohrer, Chief of Police, Fairfax County Police Department, made the announcement after the verdict was accepted by United States District Judge T.S. Ellis, III.
Hager was found guilty by a federal jury on October 17, 2007. According to court documents, Hager, and co-conspirators Lonnie Barnett and Arlington Johnson, Jr., repeatedly stabbed Ms. White in her Fairfax County apartment on November 29, 1993. She was killed because of a violent confrontation Hager had instigated with a rival Washington, D.C. drug crew. Arlington Johnson, Jr., was sentenced by Judge Ellis on April 21, 2006, to life in prison. Barnett was sentenced by Judge Ellis on February 17, 2006, to life in prison.
United States Attorney Rosenberg stated, “My thoughts and prayers are with Barbara’s family, now and always.”
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Fairfax County Police Department, with the assistance of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. It is designated as an OCDETF (Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force) investigation. The prosecution of the case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorneys James L. Trump and Steven D. Mellin.