Two DC Superior Court judges sentenced a defendant to two life sentences without the possibility of release for two separate sexual abuse cases.  A jury found Ronald Berton guilty of kidnapping and first-degree sexual abuse for a 2016 case in which he broke into the victim’s apartment and sexually abused her in 2007. Read more »

During a status hearing on Jan. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant for sexually assaulting three young girls at the Gallery Place-Chinatown metro station. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing to determine if a sex abuse case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a case where the defendant is accused of beating a 76-year-old man to death has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge said she is prepared to sentence a sex abuse defendant to six years of incarceration in accordance with the plea deal he took. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that the case of a fatal shooting one fall afternoon in Bellevue has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge heard multiple motions ahead of a murder trial expected to include at least 90 government witnesses. Read more »

A murder defendant will remain held at DC Jail following the denial of his release request. Read more »

A judge denied a defense attorney’s oral motion to dismiss a murder case currently awaiting indictment. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge disqualified the Public Defender Service (PDS) from representing a defendant in a reopened murder case.  In 2017, Eugene Burns was convicted of first-degree murder while armed, carrying a pistol without a license and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in the shooting of Onyekachi Osuchukwu III on the 2900 block of 2nd Street, SE, on Nov. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a non-jury trial for a sex abuse case.  In 2019, the defendant was convicted of multiple counts of second-degree child sex abuse. Read more »

Green was acquitted of the murder charge on Aug. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a man for two misdemeanor sexual abuse charges. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant to 40 years in prison. Read more »