Month: September 2021

By Tory Lysik [former] - September 14, 2021
Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides | Infographics | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details Twenty-three homicides occurred in DC during the month of August, which is approximately a 9.5% increase from July. There were no homicides between Aug. 1 and 6, yet three homicides... Read More

By Larissa Atkins [former] - September 14, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details The prosecution in a murder case placed a plea offer on the record. Paul Daniel is charged with murder in connection with the shooting of 59-year-old Kevin Harrison on Jan.... Read More

By Larissa Atkins [former] - September 14, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Sex Abuse | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a Sept. 13 hearing for a sex abuse case after learning that the defendant could not appear in court because he is in quarantine.... Read More

By Tory Lysik [former] - September 14, 2021
Court | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Sept. 13, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. Jamil Whitley, 33, is charged with... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 14, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

Details The prosecution in a murder case said they anticipate extending a plea offer to the defense within the next few weeks. Joseph Melton is charged with first-degree murder while armed... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 14, 2021
Daily Stories | Documents | Traffic | Victims |

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic crash that killed five-year-old Allison Hart on the evening of Sept. 13. According to a press release, preliminary investigation revealed that, at... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 14, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | Presentments | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge held one domestic violence defendant and released four others during presentments on Sept. 13. A total of 36 defendants were presented before Judge Lloyd Nolan.... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 14, 2021
Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out six crime alerts between 9:00 p.m. on Sept. 13 and 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 14. A crime alert was sent out at 12:30... Read More

By Tory Lysik [former] - September 13, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge questioned prosecutors about their progress towards indicting a murder defendant. On Oct. 6, 2020, 30-year-old Michael Bright was found unconscious on the 1100 block of 45th Street,... Read More

By Tory Lysik [former] - September 13, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a prosecutor’s request to involuntarily medicate a murder defendant. Daryl Thompson, also known as Darryl Tompkins, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for... Read More

By Blair McLendon [former] - September 13, 2021
Burglary | Court | Daily Stories | Sex Abuse | Sexual Assault | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge appointed a new lawyer to represent a sex abuse defendant. The defendant is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 13, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Sex Abuse | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a Sept. 10 mental observation hearing in a sex abuse case. The 55-year-old defendant is charged with kidnapping while armed, first-degree sex abuse and... Read More