DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel released a 20-year-old shooting defendant accused of domestic violence on July 7, imposing conditions of home confinement and a stay away order from the victims and incident address.  Aaron Smith, 20, is charged with endangerment with a firearm for his alleged involvement in a shooting on March 8 at 3100 block of 11th Street, NW. Read more »

A DC Superior court judge continued a murder defendant’s mental observation hearing as parties await findings on if he is competent to stand trial.  Aaron Smith, 24, is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing of his 60-year-old father, Edward Smith, on the 2100 block of 36th Place, SE, on Feb. Read more »

A murder defendant’s attorney did not show up to an April 8 mental observation hearing.  Aaron Smith, 24, is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing of his 60-year-old father, Edward Smith, on the 2100 block of 36th Place, SE on Feb. Read more »

Even though the month was only 29 days long, the total number of homicides that occurred in February in the District of Columbia exceeded the total amount of homicides in December of 2020. Read more »

A competency hearing for a murder defendant was found to have been scheduled in error after the clerk found out that a doctor’s report wouldn’t be ready until the next day.   Twenty four year-old Aaron Smith is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing his father, 60-year-old Edward Smith. Read more »

Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrested a suspect in connection with a homicide that happened on Feb. Read more »

A defendant was released by DC Superior Court judge on May 13. Read more »

A jailed witness testified about a defendant in a teen homicide, serial shooting case before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt sentenced a remorsefuldefendant to 12 years in prison on June 27 for a homicide. Read more »

A homicide defendant accepted a plea deal extended by prosecutors on Feb. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard testimony from a firearms examiner linking shell casings to three firearms, including a ghost gun, which were allegedly used in multiple shootings by three primary co-defendants. Read more »

On March 28, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard testimony from a forensic analyst and a firearms expert about evidence related to a 2020 homicide case. Read more »

On March 13, an Arlington Police Department (APD) detective testified before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt and detailed the arrest of an alleged associate of a defendant in a 2020 homicide case.  Koran Jackson, 23, Tyiion Kyree Freeman, 24, and Stephen Nelson, 22, are three of five individuals charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, assault with the intent to kill while armed, first-degree murder while armed, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes on March 1, 2020 on the 600 block of S Street, NW. Read more »

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On April 27, Lorenzo Goldsmith, 19, was arrested and charged for first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the shooting that claimed the life of 39-year-old Aaron Robinson. Read more »