September 2023 - D.C. Witness

During Sentencing, Homicide Defendant Says She is ‘Immensely Sorry’

Details On Sept. 29, DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo sentenced Nijinsky Dix to 18 years incarceration in connection to a homicide. Dix, 40, was originally charged with first-degree murder while... Read More

Defendant Arraigned in Fatal Pedestrian Collision

Details On Sept. 29, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan arraigned a homicide defendant involved in a traffic fatality. Spiro Stafilatos, 36, was charged with second-degree murder, assault with a dangerous... Read More

Defendant Arraigned on Three Counts in Juvenile Homicide Case

Details On Sept. 29, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan arraigned a homicide defendant on three counts. Bernard Eddy, 23, was accused of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during a... Read More

Homicide Defendant Arraigned on Seven Charges

Details On Sept. 29, two co-defendants were arraigned on seven counts before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo in connection to a homicide. Antoine Tucker, 30, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Limits Sentencing Under Youth Act in Fatal Shooting

Details On Sept. 29, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan sentenced Khamari Perkins to 156 months of incarceration followed by five years of supervised release. Perkins, 22, was originally charged with... Read More

Judge Denies Defense Motion to Dismiss a Murder case

Details On Sept. 29, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun rejected a defense attorney’s motion to dismiss a murder case. Ernest Cleveland, 30, is charged with seven counts including first-degree murder while armed, assault... Read More

Judge Sentences Homicide Defendant to 36 Years

Details During a Sept. 29 sentencing hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced Quincy Garvin to 36 years in prison. On July 18, 2022, a jury convicted Garvin, 23, and... Read More

Document: Two Dead, Three Injured After Shooting in Northeast DC

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a mass shooting that left two men dead and three men injured on Sept. 27 on the 2500 block of 14th... Read More

Document: *Correction* Man Found Murdered in Burned Apartment

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 29, 2023
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a homicide that occurred on April 22 on the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue, NE. According to MPD documents, officers and... Read More

Document: Man Found Murdered in Burned Apartment

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 29, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a homicide that occurred on April 23 on the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue, NE. According to MPD documents, officers and... Read More

Document: Woman Killed in Northwest Fire

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 29, 2023
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a fire that left a woman dead on Oct. 30, 2022, on the 1600 block of Park Road, NW. According to... Read More

Homicide Defendant Pleads Not Guilty

Details On Sept. 29 Defendant Aaron Murchison was arraigned before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo and pleaded not guilty to three charges. Murchison, 27, is charged with one count of... Read More

Month: September 2023