DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan presided over a homicide defendant’s bench warrant return hearing on May 19, during which the suspect was arraigned for a 2023 murder.  Jasson Vasquez Pineda, 29, is charged with first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Larry Thomas on Aug. Read more »

Prosecutors in a homicide case alerted DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt during a June 18 hearing. Read more »

A homicide defendant’s lawyer informed DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt he will file a motion for a speedy trial, as both parties struggle to agree on a date for the proceeding.  Admonishing both parties in a June 13 hearing, the judge said "This is not a slam dunk case." Emerita Garcia, 45, is charged with second-degree murder for her alleged involvement in assisting her son in the fatal shooting of Larry Thomas, 27, on Aug. Read more »

Emerita Garcia was arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder while armed before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on June 7, after being released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody earlier in the week. Read more »

A homicide defendant’s lawyer told DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on May 31 his client is set to be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and returned to the District in the coming days.  She was previously released from the DC Jail. Read more »

On March 19, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt granted a defendant’s pretrial release in a 2023 homicide. Emerita Garcia, 45, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly aiding and abetting her son in the fatal shooting of 27-year old Larry Thomas on Aug. Read more »

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested and charged 44-year-old Emerita Garcia with first-degree murder for her alleged involvement in a homicide that occurred on Aug. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a homicide that occurred on Aug. Read more »

On March 8, two homicide co-defendants waived their right to independently test DNA evidence while the third asserted his option before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan.  Mark Fletcher III, 23, 22-year-old Malik Bynum, and 22-year-old Larry White are charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, among other charges, for their alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Rosendo Miller, 21. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan set a trial date in 2025 for a homicide case involving three co-defendants.  The co-defendants, 23-year-old Mark Fletcher III, 22-year-old Malik Bynum, and 22-year-old Larry White, are charged with allegedly killing Rosendo Miller, 21. Read more »

Defense attorneys are outraged over the prosecution’s decision to collect co-defendants’ DNA without informing defense counsel beforehand.  Mark Fletcher, 22, Malik Bynum, 22, and Larry White, 21, are charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the fatal robbery of 21-year-old Rosendo Miller on July 2, 2021, on the1300 block of Brentwood Road, NE.  The Friday hearing began with the prosecution assuring DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan that an indictment would be filed before December. Read more »

A Metropolitan Police Department detective took the witness stand to shed light on his investigation into an alleged robbery that turned deadly. Read more »