August 2020 - Page 2 of 32

Details Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting in Ward 5. Officers found 25-year-old Kyree Pringle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the 2800 block of V... Read More

Judge Takes Armed Robbery Defendant Off Home Confinement

Details A DC Superior Court judge ended an armed robbery defendant’s home confinement. She gave him a curfew instead. Brandon Ward, 18, is charged in connection with a May 9 car... Read More

Judge Schedules Preliminary Hearing for Prison Breach Defendant

Details A DC Superior Courts judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a prison breach case has enough evidence to go to trial. Lionel Shackleford, 38, is charged with prison breach... Read More

Judge Schedules New Hearing for Defendants Charged in May Shooting

Details On Aug. 28, a DC Superior Court judge continued a hearing for an assault with a dangerous weapon case that left three victims injured. Weslee Wilkinson and his co-defendant, Azion... Read More

Judge Issues Bench Warrant for No-Show Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a firearms defendant who failed to appear in court on Aug. 28. Deare Benny is charged with... Read More

Judge Issues Bench Warrant for No-Show Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a firearms defendant who failed to appear in court on Aug. 28. Deare Benny is charged with... Read More

Judge Sentences Defendant Under Youth Act, Despite Prosecution’s Objection

Details A DC Superior Court judge gave a defendant a suspended sentence plus probation for carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business. Delvon Hill, 20, pleaded guilty... Read More

Judge Holds 7 Out of 26 Defendants During Initial Hearings

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 28, 2020
Featured | Homicides | Suspects |

Details On Aug. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna released 19 defendants and held seven defendants in DC Jail during their initial hearings. Judge McKenna held Tyrone Hector, who is... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause in Assault Case, Holds Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge ruled that an assault case has enough evidence to go to trial and held the defendant at DC Jail. Alphonso Johnson is charged with assault... Read More

Defendant Does Not Show Up to Sentencing Review

Details A DC Superior Court judge gave a defense attorney two months to re-establish contact with his client after he did not show up to his Aug. 28 sentencing review to... Read More

Plea Deal in Domestic Violence Case Falls Apart

Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a domestic violence case after a plea deal fell through. The 21-year-old defendant is charged with simple assault, attempted threats and obstruction. The defense... Read More

2 of 3 Defendants Resolve Drug Charges

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 28, 2020
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Uncategorized |

Details Two of three co-defendants resolved cases they picked up after being arrested in a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) buy-bust operation. Rico Carter, Dardinella Hatcher and Kenneth O’Neal were originally charged... Read More

Month: August 2020