October 2022 - D.C. Witness

Victim’s Family Says Six Years Is Not Enough For the Homicide

Details During an Oct. 28 hearing, family members poured into a courtroom at the DC Superior Courthouse pleading for a higher sentence after the defendant entered into a plea deal for... Read More

Judge Rejects Defense’s Motion

Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee granted on Oct. 28 a continuance for an updated indictment date and motion to reconsider detention. Alvin Alexis Cruz-Garcia, 24, is charged with second-degree... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details During an Oct. 28 hearing, a murder defendant rejected a plea offer in connection to a 2016 homicide case. In March 2019, a jury found 63-year-old Kimberly Thompson guilty of... Read More

Judge Denies Request to Reschedule Trial Date

Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee granted a continuance on Oct. 28 to discuss a new trial date and to provide updates. Wilbert Whitaker is charged with second-degree murder while... Read More

Witness to Murder of 15 Year old Testifies During Trial

Details A trial for a murder defendant resumed with testimony from a witness. Malik Holston, 20, is charged with first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime... Read More

Document: Homicide in Southeast

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Oct. 30, on the 3800 block of 9th Street, SE. According to a press release, at about 1:03 pm,... Read More

Relative, Who Was in Car with Victim, Testifies At Murder Trial

Details Prosecutors put three witnesses, including the nephew of the victim, on the stand to testify against murder co-defendants in a trial on Oct. 27. James Mayfield, 23, and 23-year-old Robert... Read More

Defendants Plead Not Guilty to Mass Shooting

Details During an arraignment and status hearing on Oct. 28, two co-defendants were arraigned on murder charges. Aaron Adgerson, 19, and Terrance Oxner, 23, were originally charged with first-degree murder while... Read More

Parties Discuss DNA Testing Ahead of Homicide Trial

Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee granted a continuance on Oct. 28 for a status hearing to provide an update on the status of DNA testing in a homicide case. ... Read More

Prosecution Displays Evidence Recovered from Crime Scene

Details During an Oct. 27 proceeding, multiple items recovered from the crime scene were presented to a jury in a co-defendant homicide trial. Jonathan Winston, 33, and Rakeem Willis, 31, are... Read More

Prosecution Sends Criminal Investigators to Extract Bodily Fluids from Homicide Co-Defendants without Defense Counsel’s Knowledge

Details Defense attorneys are outraged over the prosecution’s decision to collect co-defendants’ DNA without informing defense counsel beforehand. Mark Fletcher, 22, Malik Bynum, 22, and Larry White, 21, are charged with... Read More

Defendant’s Neighbor and Friend Identifies Him as Perpetrator

Details A homicide trial continued Oct. 27 for the fifth day with seven witnesses being called to testify. Malik Holston, 20, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed in... Read More

Month: October 2022