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- April 6, 2018
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Details Members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) arrested April 5 Robert Wilson Dean, Jr., 60, for allegedly fatally stabbing 38-year-old Tamiya White on the 1900 block of... Read More
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- April 6, 2018
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Details The defense team in a murder case said the prosecution was acting in bad faith during a trial readiness hearing on April 5. Donald Hairston‘s defense attorneys, Mani Golzari... Read More
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- April 6, 2018
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Details A cellmate of Joseph Minor testified April 5 that Minor told him that he allegedly planned to murder Gregory Lee on Christmas Eve. According to a cellmate, Minor, 27, said he... Read More
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- April 5, 2018
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Details Gregory Lee‘s friend testified April 4 that he lied to the Metropolitan Police Department when he said he only heard gunshots on the night of the homicide. Instead, the friend told... Read More
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- April 4, 2018
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Details Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled April 4 that murder suspect Deangelo Thorne must undergo further competency evaluation and treatment. Doctors who evaluated Thorne said he was not competent to stand trial... Read More
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- April 4, 2018
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Details The U.S. Attorney indicted April 4 Faneshia Scott, 28, on murder and other charges in the death of her 16-month-old daughter Rhythm Fields. Scott also faces charges of first-degree cruelty to children.... Read More
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- April 4, 2018
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Details D.C. Witness data shows the 14 percent decline in D.C. homicides from 2016-2017, previously reported by D.C. officials, did not accurately account for the total homicides in the city during... Read More
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- April 4, 2018
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Details The prosecution in a murder trial recently asserted that 27-year-old Joseph Minor shot and killed Gregory Lee when he allegedly tried to steel the decedent’s coat. Assistant United States Attorney Lindsey Merikas said... Read More
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- April 3, 2018
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Details Desperation stood out as a key aspect in both the prosecution and defense’s closing arguments during a 2014 murder trial. On April 3, three weeks after the trial started, the... Read More
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- April 3, 2018
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Details The man accused of fatally stabbing 52-year-old Andre Butler is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on March 22. Fredrick Lorenzo Nowlin, Jr., 35, was charged with second-degree murder while armed. The... Read More
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- April 3, 2018
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Details On April 3, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested 28 year-old Faneshia Scott for the alleged murder of 1-year-old Rhythm Fields. Fields died from blunt force trauma on Jan. 29. Scott is... Read More
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- April 3, 2018
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Details The man charged with fatally shooting Yolanda Stone is scheduled for a new trial date. Along with the new date on Jan. 28, 2019, attorney Joseph Caleb also joined Cook’s defense team as... Read More