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Defendant’s Attorney in Homicide Case Refutes Charges

Details A defense attorney in a homicide case refuted kidnapping allegations during a presentment hearing on Feb. 7. Isaiah Trotman, 31, is currently being charged with first-degree murder, assault with a... Read More

Motion Hearing Continued Due To Missing Evidence

Details A matter was continued in a Feb. 7 hearing due to missing evidence in a double homicide case. Alphonso Walker, 45, is being charged with first-degree murder in connection to... Read More

Prosecution and Defense Argue Over Professionalism in Court During Murder Case

Details During a felony status conference hearing on Feb. 7, the prosecution and defense argued over civility when the defense failed to provide a courtesy copy of their release plan to... Read More

DC Judge Holds Co-Defendants During Presentments

Details A DC Superior Court judge held co-defendants charged with assault with a dangerous weapon during presentment hearings on Feb. 6. A total of 37 defendants had hearings before Judge Lloyd... Read More

Judge Transitions Homicide Defendant from DC Jail to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Details Given an expert witness’s recommendation and a homicide defendant’s outbursts, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein authorized the release of the defendant from the DC Jail to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

Details Rodney T. Lindsay pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Feb. 7 at the D.C. Superior Court. Lindsay, 55, was originally charged with second-degree murder while armed for stabbing Terrance Gause,... Read More

Document: Traffic Fatality in Northeast

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a traffic fatality from a traffic crash that occurred on Feb. 3, on the 3000 block of 20th Street, NE. The preliminary investigation at... Read More

Document: Arrest Made in a Homicide

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in connection to a homicide that occurred on Feb. 6, on the 4200 block of 7th Street, SE. According to a press release,... Read More

Sexual Assault Defendant Faces Life Sentence

Details A defendant is facing a life sentence after he pleaded guilty on Feb. 7 to charges of sexual assault and kidnapping. Larry Kenneth Richardson, 71, was initially charged with attempted... Read More

Document: 25-Year-Old Killed in Southeast

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Feb. 4, on the 3600 block of 22nd Street, SE. According to a press release, at about 7:17 pm,... Read More

Document: Homicide in Northwest

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Feb. 4, on the 1400 block of Spring Road, NW. According to a press release, at about 4:04 pm,... Read More

Document: Arrest Made in a Homicide

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in a homicide that occurred on Feb. 4, on the 1100 block of 21st Place, NE. According to a press release, at about... Read More

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