March 2022 - Page 5 of 9

Murder Defendant Receives New Public Defender

Details The defendant charged in 36-year-old Jimmy Beynum’s murder wrote a letter to the judge assigned to his case asking for a new attorney. Taylor Emanuel, 38, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Murder Trial Cancelled After Defendant Pleads Guilty

Details Approximately one month before a 2019 murder case was set to go to trial, the defendant accepted a plea deal. Diquan Lucas pleaded guilty to shooting 33-year-old Brian Butler in... Read More

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Deadly Shooting at Construction Site

Details A Maryland man pleaded guilty to killing Elias Flores while he was working at a construction site in Deanwood. On Nov. 18, 2020, police officers found Flores on the first... Read More

Co-Defendants Indicted on Five Counts in 2020 Murder Case

Details Two co-defendants were arraigned on a five-count indictment for their alleged roles in a deadly shooting on a September night in 2020. Anthony Lee was 25-years-old when he was shot... Read More

Defendant’s Ex-Girlfriend is First to Testify on Third Day of Murder Trial

Details Prosecutors called four witnesses to the stand during the third day of Chad Hawthorne‘s murder trial, starting with the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. Hawthorne, 41, is accused of fatally shooting 35-year-old Antonio Bassett during... Read More

Document: March 13 Homicide Victim Identified

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 14, 2022
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department has identified a March 13 homicide victim. At approximately 2:22 p.m. officers responded to the 1100 block of 1st Place, NW, due to a report of a... Read More

Document: Police Investigate Shootings of Homeless Men in New York, Washington

Details Metropolitan Police Department and New York Police Department are investigating five shootings in Washington and New York City that they believe were committed by the same person. Two of these... Read More

Document: March 11 Homicide Victim Identified

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 14, 2022
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department has identified a March 11 homicide victim. At approximately 2:22 p.m. officers responded to the 3800 block of Alabama Avenue, SE, due to a report of... Read More

Plea Offer Remains Outstanding as Murder Defendant Doubts New Counsel

Details A public defender said he is struggling to communicate with his client, who is charged with two homicides. Rasheed Young is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting... Read More

Sex Abuse Defendant Waives 90-Day Indictment Deadline

Details A defendant facing kidnapping, carjacking and sex abuse charges consented to the deadline for indictment being extended. The defendant is accused of holding a woman at gunpoint in her car... Read More

Defendant Denied Pretrial Release in Burglary, Sex Abuse Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a request to release a defendant accused of breaking into a woman’s Pleasant Plains apartment and sexually assaulting her friend. The 31-year-old defendant is... Read More

Child Sex Abuse Defendant Offered Plea Deal

By Caleigh Bartash [former] - March 11, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details A prosecutor extended a plea offer to a man facing multiple child sex abuse charges. The 23-year-old defendant is accused of sexually abusing two girls in their Brightwood home when... Read More

Month: March 2022