July 2024 - D.C. Witness

Victim’s Girlfriend Testifies in Homicide Case After Arrest for Contempt

Details A homicide victim’s girlfriend agreed to testify on July 30 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe after being arrested the previous day for contempt of court. Bernard... Read More

Multi-Armed Robbery and Carjacking Defendant Wants to Review Plea Deal

Details An armed robbery and carjacking defendant was extended a plea offer, with some added charges, before DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz on July 26. Kwesi Pyne, 18, is charged... Read More

Judge Orders Juvenile Charged with Triple Shooting Detained

Details DC Superior Court Judge James Crowell granted the prosecution’s request for a juvenile charged with a triple non-fatal shooting to be detained by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS)... Read More

Defendant’s Probation Revoked After Charges for New Crime

Details Ronald Yarborough , 29, was re-sentenced July 26 by DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz after allegedly committing a new crime during his release. In December, Yarborough pleaded guilty to... Read More

Robbery and Carjacking Defendant Refuses to Appear in Court at Sentencing

Details A victim was unable to read an impact statement in court on July 26 before DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz because the defendant refused to appear. James McNeil, 26,... Read More

Trial Delayed in Homicide Case As Key Witness Unable to Testify

Details As a postponed homicide trial was expected to begin on July 31, the prosecution received information that a key witness was unable to testify causing DC Superior Court Judge Marisa... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating a Fatal Shooting in Northeast

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Ruben Jesus Munoz-Romero, which occurred on July 29. He was located on the 400 block of Michigan Avenue,... Read More

Defendant’s Ex-Girlfriend Testifies in Homicide Trial of Ten-Year-Old Victim

Details A homicide defendant’s ex-girlfriend finalized her testimony against him in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on July 30. Antonio Murchison, 31, and his co-defendant Mark Price, 29,... Read More

Case Acquitted: Prosecution Says Homicide Defendant Was, ‘Judge, Jury and Executioner’

Details Editor’s note: On Aug. 1, a jury acquitted Jarvis Jackson of all charges connected to the homicide of Deont’e Minor. Parties in a homicide case delivered closing arguments to a... Read More

‘Your Role in Killing That Man Cannot Be Erased or Excused,’ Judge Tells Juvenile at Sentencing

Details “He made a choice to participate in the gun violence that plagues our city,” a prosecutor told DC Superior Court Judge James Crowell as he ordered a juvenile convicted of... Read More

Public Defender Service Attorneys Abandon Furlough Plans for Now

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 31, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Policy |

Details A planned furlough that would have sidelined attorneys working for the Public Defender Service (PDS) has been canceled but is not off the table, according to sources at the agency... Read More

Defendants’ Jail Calls About Guns, Police Linked to ‘Crew’ Members

Details A witness from the DC Department of Corrections (DOC) testified about phone and video recordings of conversations from the DC jail among alleged co-conspirators on July 29 in front of... Read More

Month: July 2024