October 21, 2025 - Laurence Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, were arrested on Thursday and Friday respectively. Investigators said the two were part of a large group who attacked a man at a gas station in the 1400 block of U Street around 2:53 a.m. on Aug.

August 7, 2025 - Police released a photo of a person of interest. Two teens were arrested after allegedly attacking Edward Coristine.

August 11, 2025 - The Metropolitan Police Department ... which took place at approximately 3 a.m on August 3. Two suspects, a 15-year-old male and a 15-year-old female, have so far been arrested and charged with unarmed carjacking...

August 6, 2025 - Police reports obtained by WIRED confirm that the alleged victim in question was Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old software engineer who has gone by “Big Balls” online and was one of DOGE’s earliest operatives.

October 20, 2025 - District officials said Cotton-Powell and Taylor also face charges for another assault that occurred a few blocks away just minutes before the attack on Coristine, who became widely known as “Big Balls” in the early days of DOGE when the ...

October 20, 2025 - Read Also: Anti-Trumper Arrested ... Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE employee, “was walking a young woman to her car” when he was approached by the mob of criminals, Pirro said. ... BREAKING - DC Judge Kendra Briggs has allowed the two “teens” who jumped Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine to avoid jail and sentenced them to simple probation, stating her ...

October 15, 2025 - Two teenagers who assaulted former DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine were sentenced to probation by a judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The justice handed down a 12-month probation to the boy in the case and a nine-month probation ...

August 21, 2025 - 5, Trump said “somebody from DOGE was very badly hurt last night” and shared a photo of a bloodied, shirtless young man slumped on a sidewalk. The victim was Edward Coristine, police said. Coristine, known by the nickname Big Balls, is a ...

August 6, 2025 - Two teenagers were arrested in connection to the attempted carjacking of a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer known as “Big Balls.” Authorities said the 15-year-old suspects,…

Former DOGE Staffer Nicknamed 'Big ... began brutally assaulting him. Officers on patrol witnessed the assault and arrested 2 of the suspects, while police say the other attackers ran away with one stolen item -- an iPhone worth ...

October 16, 2025 - Coristine was assaulted around 3 am in the Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers who were attempting to carjack him, and a woman, who the police identified as his significant other.

August 6, 2025 - Two 15-year-olds from Hyattsville, Maryland, a boy and a girl, were arrested on the scene and charged with unarmed carjacking. Several other suspects fled and remain at large. According to a police statement, the group approached Coristine and ...

October 21, 2025 - Laurence Cotton-Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, face charges including robbery and assault related to the Aug. 3 attack on Edward Coristine, a.k.a. “Big Balls.”

October 15, 2025 - Two teenagers who beat former DOGE ... than one year of probation. Edward Coristine, 19, was attacked by a gang of youths during an attempted carjacking in Washington, DC at 3am on August 3....

1 month ago - (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Laurence Cotton-Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, have were charged with robbery and assault over their alleged roles in the Aug. 3 attack on Big Balls - as well as a separate incident which took place at a nearby gas ...

September 30, 2025 - In a statement released on Aug. 5, two days after the incident, authorities announced the arrests of two 15-year-olds, one male and one female, both from Hyattsville, Maryland. Both were charged with carjacking.

October 20, 2025 - U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said 19-year-old Laurence Cotton-Powell of Washington, D.C., and 18-year-old Anthony Taylor of Temple Hills, Maryland, were arrested over the weekend and charged with attempted unarmed carjacking, two counts of robbery, ...