Jakob Rios - March 15, 2022
Details Approximately one month before a 2019 murder case was set to go to trial, the defendant accepted a plea deal. Diquan Lucas pleaded guilty to shooting 33-year-old Brian Butler in... Read More
Jakob Rios - March 15, 2022
Details Approximately one month before a 2019 murder case was set to go to trial, the defendant accepted a plea deal. Diquan Lucas pleaded guilty to shooting 33-year-old Brian Butler in... Read More
Jakob Rios - March 2, 2022
Details A DC Superior Court judge agreed to lessen the pretrial release conditions imposed on a man accused of killing his partner’s one-year-old child. On May 16, 2018, emergency personnel responded... Read More
Jakob Rios - March 1, 2022
Details A sexual abuse defendant rejected a prosecutor’s plea offer and is now scheduled to go to trial next year. The 33-year-old defendant is accused of attacking a woman who was... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 25, 2022
Details A DC Superior Court judge told prosecutors to show him why he should not dismiss a 2019 murder case following their alleged failure to disclose evidence even as the trial... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 24, 2022
Details A domestic violence defendant accepted a plea deal without admitting to a criminal act, in what is known as an Alford plea. William Johnson III, 38, got into an argument... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 23, 2022
Details A DC Superior Court judge set a deadline for a prosecutor to turn over video evidence in a murder case set to go to trial this spring. Diquan Lucas, 25,... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 18, 2022
Details A murder defendant will remain held at DC Jail after a judge ruled that the case against him has enough evidence to go to trial. Darrell Moore, 44, is accused... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 15, 2022
Details DNA evidence in a murder case is now ”first in line” to be tested, according to a prosecutor. The case in question stems from the deadly shooting of 66-year-old John Pernell... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 15, 2022
Details After being arrested for allegedly assaulting a family member, a domestic violence defendant appeared in court asking to be released. Defense attorney Sellano Simmons came into the Feb. 14 hearing with... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 14, 2022
Details As the DC Jail re-opens for contact visitation, detained defendants like 37-year-old Travis Russell can potentially gain more access to their legal counsel as they fight their cases. Russell allegedly... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 16, 2022
Details The prosecutor in a murder case has yet to send the defense certain evidence they requested, leading to arguments in court. Kirk Spencer, 26, is charged with first-degree murder while... Read More
Jakob Rios - February 11, 2022
Details Thirteen years after a man was killed in what is suspected to have been a robbery gone wrong, attorneys are divided over a key detail of the homicide- where it... Read More