Jeanine Pirro has recently been sworn in as the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, pledging to address the issues in Washington, D.C. Shortly after her inauguration, her office revealed a number of high-profile cases. These cases included the conviction of a mother for the felony murder of her 16-month-old daughter, the apprehension of a man involved in a jail homicide, a conviction for kidnapping and strangulation, a murder suspect who was caught after disposing of a body in a dumpster, and a felon who was sentenced for illegal possession of a firearm. These announcements underscore Pirro’s determined approach to combating crime in the city.
One particularly significant case involved Taylor Taranto, a 39-year-old individual from Pasco, Washington, who was convicted of unlawfully carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as issuing false bomb threats during a livestream near National Harbor. Taranto had asserted that he was developing a detonator and threatened to bomb a government facility, which led to a swift response from the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He was apprehended after law enforcement tracked his location through another livestream in D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood, where they discovered weapons and ammunition in his vehicle.
