January 2022 - Page 3 of 7

Judge Sentences Man to Prison for 2015 Traffic Fatality

Details On July 19, 2015, two men were intoxicated and street racing at more than 100 MPH down 16th Street, NW. One of the drivers was 34-year-old Rasheed Murray. He lost control... Read More

Document: 20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Northeast, DC

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that took place on Jan. 21. At approximately 8:36 p.m., officers responded to the 3800 block of Commodore Joshua Barney Drive, NE,... Read More

Document: Double Homicide in Southwest, DC

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Jan. 21. At approximately 6:43 p.m., officers responded to the Unit block of Forrester Street, SW, for the report... Read More

Defendant in Fatal Shooting Case Accepts Plea Deal

Details Approximately three-and-a-half months after a man was fatally shot in Truxton Circle, the defendant charged in his death pleaded guilty to manslaughter. During the late evening of Oct. 6, 2021,... Read More

Plea Offer in Fatal Hit-and-Run Case to Stay Open for Another Month

Details A man facing murder charges for his alleged role in a motor vehicle collision that killed two people received more time to consider a plea offer. On May 31, 2020,... Read More

Judge Takes Child Sex Abuse Defendant Off GPS Monitoring

Details A DC Superior Court judge granted an attorney’s request to take a child sex abuse defendant off GPS monitoring. The defendant is charged with two counts of second-degree child sex... Read More

Parties Hold Off Scheduling Murder Trial, Citing COVID’s Impact on Court Operations

Details Parties held off setting trial dates for a man charged with murder for his alleged role in a 2018 traffic fatality. Roger Hamilton is charged with second-degree murder, driving under... Read More

Judge Schedules Preliminary Hearing for Triple Homicide Case One Day After New Arrest

Details Two days after police made their most recent arrest in connection with a mass shooting that killed three people last September, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing... Read More

Document: Suspect Arrested in Fatal Shooting

Details A suspect has been arrested in connection with a homicide in Northwest, DC. At approximately 8:52 p.m. on Jan. 10, officers responded to the scene for the sound of gunshots,... Read More

Judge Releases Defendant Due to DC Jail’s Inability To Treat His Injuries

Details A sex abuse defendant was released after a DC Superior Court judge decided that his injuries were too complicated for the DC Jail to handle. The defendant’s leg injury first... Read More

It’s Not the Guns!

By Amos Gelb - January 20, 2022
Editors Corner |

Details As 2021 wound down, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sent out a public missive focusing, again, on illegal guns as the cause of D.C.’s ever-rising homicide rate. For the last six... Read More

Judge Reschedules Murder Trial to Begin Sooner

Details Parties in a murder case agreed to reschedule the defendants’ trial to begin approximately one month earlier. Co-defendants Tony Morgan and Martinez Raynor are accused of traveling to a holiday market... Read More

Month: January 2022