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- April 26, 2019
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Details On April 26, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a 65-year-old murder defendant to 4.5 years in prison. Manuel Pupo-Leyvas pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for killing Jose Romero Ramirez... Read More
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- April 26, 2019
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Details Nearly eight years after stabbing his neighbor to death over a lawnmower, a murder defendant was sentenced April 25 to 11.5 years in prison. In January,William Hunt pleaded guilty to second-degree... Read More
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- April 26, 2019
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Details During a detention hearing April 25, a DC Superior Court judge ordered a murder defendant released to a halfway house amid accusations of death threats and “habitual” drug use. Joseph... Read More
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- April 26, 2019
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Details A DC Superior Court Magistrate judge found probable cause April 25 and ordered that a 26-year-old murder defendant be held without bail. Keith Anthony Johnson is charged with second-degree murder... Read More
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- April 26, 2019
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Details During a hearing April 25, a teenage murder defendant pleaded guilty for his role in the death of a man who was killed outside of his grandmother’s home. Jamal Blocker... Read More
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- April 25, 2019
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Details A day after announcing the arrest of an initial suspect, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a second suspect in connection to an April fatal shooting in Southeast DC. According to... Read More
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- April 25, 2019
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Details During a murder trial April 24, an expert said gun shell casings found at a crime scene were consistent with being fired from a gun allegedly owned by the defendant.... Read More
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- April 24, 2019
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Details The day before a murder trial was slated to resume, the prosecution notified the court that they were still missing a key witness after weeks of searching. Derryck Decuir is... Read More
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- April 24, 2019
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Details The prosecution in a murder case said there was a plan to file a protective order that would ensure that witnesses don’t become the targets of retaliation. Eric Smith is... Read More
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- April 24, 2019
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect in a fatal stabbing 900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast. According to a press release, 18-year-old Kevon Pinkett was arrested... Read More
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- April 24, 2019
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Details A DC Superior Court Magistrate judge found probable cause April 23 and ordered a 58-year-old murder defendant held without bail. David Allen Hackney is charged with first-degree murder while armed... Read More
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- April 24, 2019
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Details A DC Superior Court judge granted the defense’s motion and pushed back the trial date for a defendant accused of fatally beating and shooting a man in Northeast DC. Tavon... Read More