August 2021 - Page 10 of 11

Presentment Hearings for Two Homicide Defendants Rescheduled

Details The DC Superior Court could not conduct presentment hearings for two murder defendants on Aug. 4 because they were in the hospital. Klein Lawrence and Rondez Tibbs are charged with... Read More

Sex Abuse Defendant Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a sex abuse defendant to six years in prison. In January, Anthony Faucette pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual abuse... Read More

Judge Schedules Preliminary Hearing for Sex Abuse Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if the case against a defendant charged with first-degree sexual abuse has enough evidence to go to trial. The 31-year-old... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing for Murder Defendants

Details A DC Superior Court judge continued an Aug. 4 hearing for two murder defendants. Co-defendants Delonta Stevenson, 26, and Vorreze Thomas, 23, are both charged with first-degree murder while armed... Read More

Man Charged in Former Marine’s Homicide Pleads Guilty

Details A defendant charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old former Marine pleaded guilty to murder on Aug. 4. Matthew Scott Rooker was stabbed multiple times on May... Read More

And the Tweets Keep Pouring In…

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 4, 2021
In The Media |

Details ABC 7 tweeted… Amanda Michelle Gomez with Kaiser Health News tweeted… Martin Austermuhle with WAMU tweeted… Mari Inshaw with the Truxton Circle Neighborhood Genealogy Project tweeted…. Read More

Crime Alerts: August 3-4

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 4, 2021
Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out three crime alerts between 9:00 p.m. on Aug. 3 and 9:00 a.m. on Aug 4. A crime alert was sent out at 11:28... Read More

Judge Holds Murder Defendant During Presentments

Details A DC Superior Court judge held three defendants, including one charged with murder, and released four others during presentments on Aug. 3. In total, 26 defendants were brought before the... Read More

Gun Violence Spreads Across D.C. Despite Alternative Violence Prevention Programs

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 4, 2021
In The Media |

Details D.C. Witness’s Editor in Chief LaTrina Antoine spoke with WJLA-TV D.C. Bureau Chief Sam Ford about the wave of gun violence in DC and data on the violence interrupter programs... Read More

Cousins Charged With Murder Will Have Separate Trials

Details A DC Superior Court judge severed the cases of two cousins charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy. Cousins Kurt and Demonte Hewitt, 21 and 19,... Read More

Defense Attorney Withdraws From 2019 Homicide Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge granted a defense attorney’s motion to withdraw from a 2019 homicide case on Aug. 3. Terrance Prue is charged with first-degree murder while armed for... Read More

Judge Holds Two Domestic Violence Defendants During Presentments

Details A DC Superior Court judge held two domestic violence defendants during presentments on Aug. 2. A total of 39 defendants were presented before the court. Two domestic violence defendants were... Read More

Month: August 2021