By
Richa Sharma [former]
, Ben Dickson [former] - June 24, 2024
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Details Parties agreed to select the jury for a 2021 homicide case at a later date due to a scheduling conflict. Idrissa Fall, 37, is charged with first-degree murder premeditated while... Read More
By
Vivien Williams [former]
- June 24, 2024
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan postponed the sentencing of two murder co-defendants who refused to get off the van. The defendants were convicted of killing 17-year-old Jamahri Sydnor days... Read More
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D.C. Witness Staff
- June 24, 2024
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro sentenced a female defendant to two years, suspending all but seven months for assault. Janette George, 37, is charged with assault with a... Read More
By
Maggie Rhoads [former]
, Nykia Henderson [former] - June 24, 2024
Carjacking
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Robbery
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Details DC Superior Court Renee Raymond ruled an armed carjacking defendant was mentally competent to stand trial on June 21. Tony Walker, 28, is charged with armed carjacking, first-degree theft, unauthorized... Read More
By
Maggie Rhoads [former]
, Nykia Henderson [former] - June 24, 2024
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stabbing
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Renee Raymond ruled to hold a stabbing defendant in jail while he awaits trial on June 21. Jose Garcia Fuentes, 44, is charged with assault with... Read More
By
Namita Nair [former]
, Richa Sharma [former] - June 24, 2024
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Details On June 20, prosecutors brought forth a key witness to testify about his business with a double homicide defendant during a trial presided over by DC Superior Court Judge Michael... Read More
By
Adrianna Bhan [former]
, Sofia Feigelson [former] - June 24, 2024
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Robbery
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun granted a newly appointed defense attorney’s request for extra time to review additional evidence provided by the prosecution during a hearing on June 24. ... Read More
By
Hope Hamerslough [former]
- June 24, 2024
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Domestic Violence
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stabbing
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Details After parties deliberated over a “prior bad acts” motion in a domestic violence case, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt allowed the defendant’s prior crimes to be submitted as evidence... Read More
By
Nykia Henderson [former]
, Maggie Rhoads [former] - June 24, 2024
Carjacking
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Court
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Daily Stories
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Suspects
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Renee Raymond continued a preliminary hearing on June 21 for a carjacking defendant. Carlos Shelley, 29, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm with a... Read More
By
Shea Carlberg [former]
- June 24, 2024
Carjacking
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stabbing
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno denied Sebastian Fonseca-Gomez’s modification request to remove his GPS monitor while released in a June 21 hearing. Fonseca-Gomez, 26, is charged with assault with a... Read More
By
Laura Berol
- June 24, 2024
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Details A retired Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detective, who served as the lead investigator in Eugene Burns‘ 2015 homicide case, gave testimony on June 21 about his role in obtaining search... Read More