January 2024 - Page 7 of 13

Document: MPD Investigating Southeast Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a homicide that killed a man on Jan. 18 on the 4000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. According to MPD documents, officers responded... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Northeast Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a shooting that killed a man on Jan. 18 on the 5000 block of South Dakota Avenue, NE. According to MPD documents, officers... Read More

Judge Issues Bench Warrant for Homicide Defendant After Failure to Appear

By McKenna Bryant [former] - January 21, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing |

Details On Jan. 18, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt issued a no bond bench warrant for a homicide defendant after failing to appear. Joseph Ballard, 59, is charged with second-degree... Read More

Judge Denies Murder Defendant’s Request for Release

Details On Jan. 19, DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo denied a murder defendant’s request to be released as he awaits further proceedings. Tremon Jackson, 20, is charged with second-degree murder... Read More

Judge Denies Defense Motions to Reduce Charges in a Shooting

By Ashley Fajardo Perez [former] , Grace Nardei [former] - January 20, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details On Jan. 18, DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz denied two motions, presented by the defense for Charles A. Whitney, to remove endangerment with a firearm and destruction of property... Read More

Delay in Sentencing of Non-Fatal Shooting and Armed Carjacking Defendant

By Nicole Hansen [former] - January 19, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Jan. 19, DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park accepted the defense’s request to delay the sentencing of a shooting defendant. Antwann Carter, 25, was originally charged with assault with... Read More

Defense Challenges Video Identification During Preliminary Hearing in Triple Homicide Case

Details On Jan.18, video evidence and witness testimony was presented before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun to assess whether a homicide case can proceed to trial. Jalonte Nathaniel Thompkins, 32,... Read More

Defense Asks Expert Witness About $35,000 Consulting Fee in Murder Trial

By Ayda Atici [former] - January 19, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects |

Details On Jan. 18, a defense attorney in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo asked an expert witness about his $35,000 consulting fee earned for testifying on... Read More

Lead Detective Gives Testimony in Road Rage Shooting Trial

Details A non-fatal shooting trial resumed with the lead detective’s testimony in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 18. Kenneth Davis, 45, is charged with six counts of... Read More

Homicide Defendant Agrees to Plea Deal

Details On Jan. 18, a homicide defendant accepted a plea deal extended by prosecutors in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Anthony Lewis, 25, was originally charged with first-degree... Read More

Shooting Defendant Accepts Pre-Preliminary Plea Deal

Details On Jan. 18, in what was supposed to be a preliminary hearing, a shooting defendant accepted a plea deal extended by prosecutors in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael... Read More

Eyewitness to Car Crash Testifies About Fleeing Murder Suspects

Details On Jan. 17, a witness testified in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo that she personally witnessed two men swerve their car into another before fleeing... Read More

Month: January 2024