GPS ankle bracelet places murder suspects at scene

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 10, 2017
Homicides | Suspects |

Police this week charged a man with murder after his GPS ankle bracelet from a previous crime placed him within feet of a shooting that left Orlando Silver III dead.

Cinquan Cartledge is the second man to be charged with Silver’s death. Police immediately apprehended Marquette Tibbs and charged him with Silver’s murder after he was found in the vicinity. He was also found to be in possession of a gun which matches the forensics from the scene– and was missing one shell. An autopsy revealed Silver was shot once which led to his death.

Police determined that both Cartledge and Tibbs, who was also wearing an ankle bracelet that placed him at the scene, had been previously incarcerated in the same unit.

Police also searched the cell phones of both men, which showed them exchanging texts which appear to be about guns and getting the GPS bracelets off. Their last exchange is ten minutes before Silver was killed.

Because Cartledge was out on probation for a previous robbery, wherein wearing the ankle bracelet was a condition of his release, Cartledge was sentenced to additional time for the robbery after police found he cut the ankle bracelet off on Nov. 26, 2016– hours after Silver was killed.

Both men are being held without bail.