May 2024 - Page 9 of 15

Shooting Suspect Rejects Plea Offer, Gets Modified Release

Details A non-fatal shooting suspect rejected a prosecution plea offer, but in the same hearing on May 14 was granted modified release terms. Vann Allen, 25, is charged with assault with... Read More

Murder Defendant Waives Right to Test Some Items for DNA Evidence

Details Prosecutors told DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo, in a May 14 hearing, they have already tested key pieces of evidence in a fatal stabbing, including three knives allegedly used... Read More

‘I Saw Him Cock the Shotgun Again, and I Knew, Okay, This Dude’s About to Kill Me,’ Victim Testifies

By Sam Chodorow [former] - May 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details The victim of a shooting testified before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld’s courtroom on May 13. Marcedes Edmunds, 38, is charged with assault with a dangerous... Read More

Judge Won’t Dismiss, ‘As Clear As They Come,’ Conspiracy Charges Against Three Co-Defendants

Details With the jury absent, defense attorneys argued to dismiss conspiracy charges against their clients, while opposing the prosecution’s request to admit statements that allegedly link three co-defendants to a teen’s... Read More

Shooting Defendant Waives Preliminary Hearing

Details Scotland Alston, who is accused of shooting a woman in the chest, legs and buttocks during an argument on a street corner, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before... Read More

Homicide Defendant Files Motion to Dismiss Case

Details A homicide defendant’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case, or reopen the preliminary hearing, based on a witness recanting statements to police, before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth... Read More

Motion to Dismiss Charges Against Lead Defendant in COVID Juries Case Denied

Details Defense attorneys for Tony McClam,34, were back in court for a May 13 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe in a complex shooting case based on the constitutional... Read More

Prosecution Seeks Timely Deposition for Witness in 1990 Cold Case Murder

Details A prosecutor in a decades-old murder case urged DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun to approve the deposition of a California witness, “the sooner, the better,” in a May 13... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating 16th Street NW Fatal Crash

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a traffic crash that resulted in a fatality on May 11 on the 3300 block of 16th Street, NW. According to MPD documents,... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Hayes Street NE Fatal Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on May 11 on the 3600 block of Hayes Street, NE. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Document: MPD Looking for Driver Involved in Deadly Hit and Run

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 13, 2024
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Traffic |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is searching for a suspect and their vehicle that was involved in a traffic crash, which resulted in the death of a pedestrian on April... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating 2023 Assault as Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced they are now investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Oct. 12, 2023, on the 1800 block of 4th Street, NE, as a homicide.... Read More

Month: May 2024