September 2023 - Page 5 of 15

Co-Defendants Accept Plea Offer for Non-Fatal Shooting

Details On Sept. 22, two co-defendants accepted plea offers for a non-fatal shooting in Northeast DC. Tyrone Hawkins, 22, and Clint Broadus, 25, were originally charged with assault with intent to... Read More

Homicide Defendant Found Mentally Competent To Stand Trial

Details On Sept. 22, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe found a homicide defendant mentally competent to stand trial based on a report from the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). Julius... Read More

Defense in Homicide Case Moves to Have Defendant’s Mental Competency Re-Examined

Details On Sept. 22, Wonell Jones Jr’s defense team declared their intent to have his mental competency re-evaluated. Jones, 35, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement... Read More

Judge Sentences Homicide Defendant to 10 Years In Prison Following Denial of Motion to Withdraw Plea

Details On Sept. 22, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein denied homicide defendant Mohamed Goodwin’s motion to withdraw a guilty plea in connection to a 2020 homicide. Goodwin, 35, was originally... Read More

Document: Man Dead, 3 Injured in Northeast Nightclub Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a shooting at a nightclub that left one man dead and three others injured on Sept. 23, on the 1300 block... Read More

Document: Second Person Arrested in Homicide of Missing Person

Details On Sept. 22, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested and charged 35-year-old Nichelle Thomas with first-degree murder while armed – felony murder, accessory after the fact – second-degree murder while... Read More

Document: Fatal Traffic Accident in Southeast, DC

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 22, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Major Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic accident that killed a man on the 3300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, on Sept. 21. According... Read More

Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Sept. 22, Idrissa Fall rejected a plea offer extended by prosecutors in connection to a 2021 homicide. Fall, 36, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in a bias-related... Read More

Jury Finds Defendant Guilty for Five Counts in Non-Fatal Shooting Trial

By Nick Pallotto [former] - September 22, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Sept. 21, a jury found a non-fatal shooting defendant guilty on five counts. Dominic Copeland, 33, was convicted of assault with intent to kill while armed, three counts of... Read More

Judge Accepts Request for GPS Monitoring

Details On Sept. 22, DC Superior Court Judge Sean Staples accepted a request from a non-fatal shooting defendant to decrease his release conditions to global positioning system (GPS) only. Johnathan Dawkins,... Read More

Judge Arraigns Murder Defendant on Six Charges

Details On Sept. 21, a homicide defendant was arraigned in connection to a 2021 murder case in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. Erin Sheffey, 28 is being charged... Read More

Defendant Waives Rights to Independent DNA Testing in 2021 Murder Case

Details On Sept. 21, a defendant waived his rights to independently test DNA evidence recovered from a homicide scene. Nyjell Outler, 21, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, two counts... Read More

Month: September 2023