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- January 9, 2019
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Details Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department released the identification of a man who was murdered on Jan. 6. According to a press release, police found Donald Rafus Benson suffering from... Read More
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- January 8, 2019
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Details A D.C. Superior Court judge found probable cause Jan. 7 that a 16-year-old murder defendant was involved in a December homicide. Malik Holston is charged with first-degree murder while armed... Read More
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- January 7, 2019
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 26-year-old man in connection to a stabbing in Northwest DC on Jan. 6. According to a press release, Collin J Potter is charged with... Read More
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- January 7, 2019
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Details During a status hearing, defense counsel in a July homicide case withdrew a motion for a second preliminary hearing after the prosecution turned over camera footage. Mark Price is charged... Read More
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- January 7, 2019
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the deaths of a man and a woman on the 3300 Block of Ely Place, SE. According to a press release, officers found 60-year-old... Read More
By
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- January 7, 2019
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a man in Northwest DC. According to a press release, officers found 25-year-old Damon Dukes suffering from a gunshot wound... Read More
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- January 7, 2019
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Details On Jan. 4, a District of Columbia Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant to 65 years in prison for fatally shooting... Read More
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- January 7, 2019
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Details This case has been acquitted. Even though a prosecutor in a 2017 murder case told a judge that he expected a grand jury indictment by Jan. 4, a new “development”... Read More
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- January 3, 2019
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Details My time as a D.C. Witness intern has been extremely rewarding and educational. It is my goal to eventually become a prosecutor, and I think my time at D.C. Witness... Read More
By
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- January 3, 2019
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Details Minutes before a man was scheduled to be sentenced for causing the death of a passenger in his car, a District of Columbia Superior Court judge granted a continuance. In... Read More
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- January 3, 2019
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Details During a status hearing, a District of Columbia Superior Court judge deemed a murder defendant competent to stand trial. Malik Hewitt, along with his codefendant Nyekemia Everett, are charged with first-degree murder while... Read More
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- January 2, 2019
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Details A District of Columbia Superior Court judge sentenced Jan. 2 a murder defendant to 19.5 years in prison per the terms of a plea agreement. But, the victim’s family said the... Read More