Maurice Felder, a 54-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 54 months in prison following his conviction for stabbing a tourist in November 2024. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Felder was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on October 15 of assault with significant bodily injury while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a prohibited weapon. Judge Todd Edelman handed down the sentence on January 6, 2026. In addition to the prison term, Felder will be subject to five years of supervised release after completing his sentence.
According to evidence presented by the government, the incident occurred around 1:00 a.m. on November 10, 2024. The victim and his friends were walking near the intersection of 7th Street N.W. and T Street N.W. while visiting Washington from Pennsylvania for the weekend when Felder began following them and initiated an argument. The victim attempted to intervene between Felder and his friends and told Felder to leave.
The government stated that “the defendant then asked the victim, ‘do you want to die,’ pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in his chest, leaving him with a stab wound two centimeters from his heart, which required urgent medical care.” Felder was arrested within a block of the incident later that same day and has remained in custody since then.
Interim Chief Jeffrey Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department joined U.S. Attorney Pirro in announcing the sentence. Both officials commended investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department for their work on the case and acknowledged Assistant U.S. Attorneys Valerie Tsesarenko and Randle Wilson for prosecuting it.
