June 2022 - Page 8 of 10

Document: Arrest Made in 2020 Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 9, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department has made an arrest in relation to a 2020 homicide. At approximately 2:54 a.m. on October 11, 2020, officers responded to the 2300 block of Green... Read More

Judge Schedules New Trial Date for Reopened Murder Case

Details During a June 8 hearing, the retrial of a murder defendant was rescheduled for Oct. 30, 2023. In 2014, Arik Sims was found guilty of first-degree murder while armed with... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in 2019 Fatal Shooting

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed with a firearm and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm during a hearing on June 2.... Read More

Murder Trial Resumes with Prosecutors calling Witnesses to Testify

Details The homicide trial of two defendants resumed on June 7 with prosecutors calling seven witnesses to testify. Co-defendants Saquan Williams, 20, and Quincy Garvin, 22, are charged with conspiracy, first-degree... Read More

Judge Continues Probation Hearing for Domestic Violence, Sex Abuse Defendant

Details A D.C. Superior Court judge continued a mental observation hearing in a felony domestic violence case. Idris Webster was initially charged with aggravated assault knowingly in 2019. He pleaded guilty... Read More

Jury Finds Man Guilty of Murdering Senior Citizen

Details A jury found a middle-aged man guilty of murdering an elderly man. On June 8, after a 12-day trial and over a week of jury deliberations, 52-year-old Tyrone Williams was... Read More

Document: June 7 Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 8, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department announced a June 7 homicide. At approximately 11:30 a.m. officers responded to the 3600 block of Brothers Place, SE, due to a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

Sex Abuse Victim Scolds Prosecution During Sentencing

Details A sex abuse defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual assault in March. He was sentenced on June 7. On Oct. 4, 2021,... Read More

Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

Details A homicide defendant accepted a plea agreement during a June 7 hearing before D.C. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo. Lloyd Patterson-Ross, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter... Read More

Judge Addresses Multiple Motions in Triple Homicide Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge severed one of the defendants charged in connection with a 2019 triple homicide case. Rakeem Willis, 31, and Johnathan Winston, 32, are each charged with... Read More

Judge Denies Motion For Mistrial As Jury is Deadlocked in Murder Trial

By Bersabel Ephrem [former] , Dylan Berman [former] - June 7, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides |

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a motion for a mistrial after jurors were deadlocked, unable to reach an agreement. Metropolitan Police Department officers found 83-year-old Bobby Poole, Jr. bleeding... Read More

Man Enters Plea Deal in Domestic Violence Case

Details A domestic violence defendant accused of assaulting his girlfriend with a gun entered a plea deal. During the June 6 hearing, Charles Augburn, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of... Read More

Month: June 2022