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- March 5, 2019
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Details On March 5, a judge denied two motions that targeted expert witnesses in a murder case. Dianna Lalchan, 33, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for the allegedly shooting... Read More
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- March 5, 2019
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Details During opening arguments in a murder trial, the prosecution said the defendant is responsible for beating a 41-year-old man to death. However, according to the defense, the defendant was provoked... Read More
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- March 5, 2019
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Details Even though the shortest month of the year produced a decrease in homicides, February totals contributed to Washington, DC’s nearly 88 percent increase in homicides from this same time last... Read More
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- March 4, 2019
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Details During a status hearing March 1, a defendant accused of robbing and murdering a man in 2015 accepted a plea deal. Ammaad Chase-El pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed and... Read More
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- March 4, 2019
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Details A murder victim’s boyfriend took the stand March 4 and told a jury he and the victim were in an “exclusive” relationship. However, the defense sought to discredit his claim.... Read More
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- March 4, 2019
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Details During a hearing March 4, a judge denied a defense attorney’s motion to separate two murder defendants. Co-defendants Nyekemia Everett and Malik Hewitt are charged with first-degree murder while armed,... Read More
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- March 4, 2019
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Details On March 1, the prosecution offered a plea deal to a murder defendant suspected of killing a woman while under the influence of a narcotic. Timothy Johnson, 33, is... Read More
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- March 4, 2019
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Details After the formal reading of a grand jury indicment, a defendant pleaded not guilty in connection to a 2018 double homicide. Alonzo Lewis,... Read More
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- March 3, 2019
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department announced March 1 that they arrested a man hours after a fatal shooting in Southeast Washington, DC. According to a press release, 45-year-old Hilman Jordan was arrested... Read More
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- March 1, 2019
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Details A DC Superior Court judge set the next court date for a defendant accused of killing a 25-year-old man. Mark Fletcher is charged with second-degree murder while armed for his... Read More
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- March 1, 2019
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Details A D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant March 1 to serve four years behind bars before serving four years on supervised probation. In November, Lavone Beckett pleaded guilty... Read More
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- March 1, 2019
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Details A judge set a trial date for a man in connection to the murder of a 26 year-old man from Jacksonville, NC. Kavonte Richardson, 25, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More