By
D.C. Witness Staff
- June 26, 2022
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Homicides
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Victims
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Details Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to the 1700 block of West Virginia Avenue, NE an located 45-year-old Jason Ford suffering from a gunshot wound on June 25.... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- June 16, 2022
Daily Stories
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Documents
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Homicides
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) apprehended a suspect accused of fatally shooting a 28-year-old man on the 1200 block of Southern Avenue, SE. According to a press release, on June... Read More
By
Isabelle Chiu [former]
- June 30, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Details A homicide trial resumed on June 29 with prosecutors calling the victim’s girlfriend. Co-defendants Saquan Williams, 20, and Quincy Garvin, 22, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of... Read More
By
Isabelle Chiu [former]
- June 30, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Domestic Violence
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Suspects
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Details After a domestic violence defendant waived his preliminary hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe released him into home confinement with GPS monitoring. The defendant is accused of repeatedly assaulting... Read More
By
Russell Schwartz [former]
- June 30, 2022
Court
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Homicides
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Juveniles
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stabbing
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details During a June 30 hearing, a homicide defendant rejected a plea deal in connection to a 2021 stabbing. Warren Tyson, 52, is charged with second-degree murder of 21-year-old Michael Johnson. ... Read More
By
Amanda Michelson [former]
- June 30, 2022
Court
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Victims
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Details A lead detective in a murder case said a defendant’s GPS monitoring device placed him at the scene of a murder. Devon Edwards, 19, is charged with first- degree murder... Read More
By
Katie Gallagher [former]
- June 30, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Domestic Violence
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan sentenced a domestic violence defendant for assault with a dangerous weapon and attempted kidnapping. Zhong Chen was initially charged with kidnapping while armed for... Read More
By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- June 29, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details During a June 29 hearing, a homicide defendant pleaded guilty to a fatal shooting. Lavelle Watts, 28, is charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed for the... Read More
By
Chloe Wayne [former]
- June 29, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Domestic Violence
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun accepted a homicide defendant’s guilty plea, waiving the trial. Gregory Johnson, 31, is charged with one count of second-degree murder while armed and one... Read More
By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- June 28, 2022
Court
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentences a defendant in a 2020 homicide case to 16 years in prison. On Nov. 18, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department received a call about... Read More
By
Carrie McDonald [former]
- June 28, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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Details A family member of a victim killed in a deadly hit-and-run expressed frustration over the slow speed of judicial proceedings as a homicide defendant sought more time to consider a... Read More