Arrest made in homicide of Jerimi Meade

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The Metropolitan Police Department have arrested a suspect in the homicide of Southeast D.C. resident Jerimi Stephen Meade.

According to a release, police arrested Eunice Roosevelt Melton, 62, on Dec. 14, 2016, and charged him with first-degree murder while armed.

He is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 26.