Month: November 2021

By Tory Lysik [former] , Mark Lu [former] - November 5, 2021
Daily Stories | Featured | Homicides | Shooting | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

Details Homicides in October increased by 50 percent from September and have outpaced homicides from October 2020, according to D.C. Witness data. Homicides rose in the District of Columbia in October... Read More

By Maria Howard [former] - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Sex Abuse | Sexual Assault | Suspects | Victims |

Details Richard Goodwin, 29, was initially charged with first-degree sex abuse for the sexual assault of a woman on Feb. 15 in a residence on the 1500 block of F Street,... Read More

By Andrea Keckley [former] - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Featured | Homicides | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

Details After seven days of trial proceedings, a jury convicted Robert Dean of second-degree murder while armed for stabbing a woman with a screwdriver. The jury was unable to reach a... Read More

By Tavi Miller [former] - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a status hearing for a murder case. Tondrick Murphy, 31, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the death of 26-year-old Marquis Jones.... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a domestic violence defendant indicted on five charges to be tried in front of a jury in November 2022. The defendant is charged with... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Documents | Policy | Uncategorized |

Details In a Nov. 1 letter, Acting U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia Lamont J. Ruffin informed DC Department of Corrections Director Quincy Booth that he has forwarded the results... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 5, 2021
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | stabbing | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out five crime alerts between 9:00 p.m. on Nov. 4 and 9:00 a.m. on Nov. 5. A crime alert was sent out at 9:58... Read More

By Helena Betancourt [former] - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A murder case is set to go to trial in May. Terrance Prue, 21, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 39-year-old Bruce Gilmore on the... Read More

By Maria Howard [former] - November 4, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge postponed a sentencing for a murder defendant after hearing from the victim’s family. Steven Robinson is convicted of second-degree murder while armed in the shooting... Read More

By Helena Betancourt [former] - November 4, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details One of the defendants charged in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in February 2020 accepted a plea deal. Elton Wiggins pleaded guilty to one count of accessory after... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 4, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge ordered a murder defendant’s transfer to St. Elizabeths Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution, for an exam to determine if he is competent to stand trial.  Kavel... Read More

By Mark Lu [former] - November 4, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. Brian Foster is charged with first-degree murder while... Read More