Convicted Maryland Sex Offender Guilty of New Sex Crimes and Robbery

A Superior Court jury found Anthony T. Lumpkin (42) guilty of seven counts- Kidnaping, Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the 1st and 3rd Degree.

August 1, 2008

WASHINGTON DC NEWS -- A convicted Maryland sex offender, who had no fixed address, was found guilty of kidnaping and sexually assaulting two 20-year-old Howard University students. A Superior Court jury also found the defendant, Anthony T. Lumpkin, guilty of robbing one of the girls. Lumpkin was originally identified as the perpetrator through the use of the combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS).

The Superior Court jury found Anthony T. Lumpkin (42) guilty of seven counts:

• two counts of Kidnaping
• one count of Robbery
• two counts of First Degree Sexual Abuse with Aggravating Circumstances
• two counts of Third Degree Sexual Abuse with Aggravating Circumstances

Evidence at trial established that in the early morning hours of March 23, 2007, Lumpkin and another man approached the two women in the 1600 block of Euclid Street, NW. The other man, (entered into an early plea in the case and testified at trial), pointed a gun at the girls and demanded that they give him all of their money. He took the few dollars they had and left. Lumpkin told the girls that he also had a gun but would not use it if they complied with his demands.

Lumpkin took the two women to the Bank of America on 1835 Columbia Road, NW, and forced one of them to retrieve money from her account. He then took the two women to a construction site at 2412 17th Street, NW, where he forced them to walk to the very back of the site. There, he forced them to perform oral sex on him. When Lumpkin ejaculated in the mouth of one of the victims, she was able to preserve Lumpkin's DNA by licking her hand. After the sexual assault, Lumpkin walked them out of the construction site, asked to see their Howard University identification cards, and threatened to hurt them if they told anyone.

Lumpkin eventually released the two women, who then ran to the Howard University's Meridian Hill dorm and notified law enforcement. The FBI conducted DNA analysis on the semen from the victim's hand and determined that the DNA matched the defendant's DNA, which was contained in the Combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS). The defendant's DNA was in the FBI's convicted offender database because he was convicted of rape in Maryland in 1980.

In publically announcing the guilty verdict, U.S. Attorney Taylor noted that this case was successfully investigated and prosecuted with a large team of dedicated individuals. Mr. Taylor commended the lead MPD Detective Ingrid Harkins and lead MCL Officer James Savage for their outstanding work on this case. He also recognized and thanked the numerous other MPD officers and detectives who committed significant time and dedication to the case, including:

• Detective Wallace Carmichael
• Detective Elgin Wheeler
• Detective Derek Bolding
• Detective Julia Coley-Paci
• Detective Karen Zibrat
• MCL Officer Kemper Agee
• MCL Officer Dwayne Mitchell
• MCL Officer Ridley Durham
• Captain Lawrence Harrington
• Officer James Antonio
• Officer Jose Morales
• Officer Joseph O'Rourke
• Officer John Denton
• Officer Kyle Burley
• Officer Madeline Collado
• Officer Cary Maulfair.

The U.S. Attorney also praised the assistance of Victim Witness Advocates Veronica Vaughan and Tracey Hawkins, who provided invaluable emotional help to the two victims. He further commended FBI Forensic DNA Examiner Rhonda Craig and former FBI Forensic Biologist Britton McMahon. Taylor thanked Paralegal Joyce Arthur and Legal Assistant Donice Adams Litigation Support Personnel Ron Royal. Finally, Taylor gave praise and recognition to:

• U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Investigators John Marsh, Christopher Brophy, and former Criminal Investigator Michael Evans and Intelligence Officer Lawrence Grasso for their incredible dedication and tenacity on this case.
• U.S. Attorney's Office intern Lindsay Strauss Assistant U.S. Attorney Sharon Marcus-Kurn who indicted and prosecuted the case.
• Howard University law enforcement officers Robert Thompson, Carl Patterson, and John Wyman who assisted the victims after the assault and the government's investigation.

The Honorable Robert I. Richter presided over the trial. Sentencing is scheduled for October 17, 2008. Due to the aggravating circumstances in this case, the defendant faces a possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release for these crimes.

In closing, we would like to also add our thanks and praise to these individuals recognized above for the successful identification, capture, and conviction of this Maryland sex offender, and we hope Anthony T. Lumpkin receives the maximum sentence allowed for this most violent degrading sex crime perpetrated against these to young women.

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