D.C. Witness

Details Parties in a murder case are preparing to go to trial for a second time after the defendant’s convictions were reversed due to issues with the exclusion of Black jurors.... Read More

Mother Charged with 11-Month-Old’s Death Accepts Plea Deal

Details A mother accepted a plea deal more than a year after she was arrested for the death of her infant child. Makenzie Anderson was approximately two weeks shy of her... Read More

Judge Sets 2023 Trial Dates for Domestic Homicide Case

Details A judge scheduled a murder defendant to go to trial in May 2023. Parties estimate it will last three weeks. On April 15, 2020, 28-year-old Shantal Hill was found on... Read More

Plea Deal Offered to Parents Charged in Their Son’s Death

Details Co-defendants Antonio Turner and Ta’Jeanna Eason are charged with felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children in the death of their two-year-old son, Gabriel Eason. On Jan. 25, a prosecutor... Read More

Police Chief Announces Two Arrests in Recent Shootings

Details Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III announced that two arrests have been made in separate shootings that took place in the past week. An arrest was made in... Read More

Sex Abuse Defendant Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Charge

Details A sex abuse defendant pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge as part of an agreement he made with the prosecution. Josue Salmeron was initially charged with first-degree child sex abuse... Read More

Parties Discuss DNA Testing Ahead of November Murder Trial

Details Parties discussed DNA testing in preparation for a November murder trial. Ch’Juan Robinson, 24, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 35-year-old Louis Kingsbury on the 200... Read More

Judge Denies Release Request From Defendant Charged With Two Homicides

Details A murder defendant’s attorneys requested their client’s release from the custody of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS). This request was denied during a Jan. 24 hearing. Michael Mason,... Read More

Document: Victim Identified in January Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department has identified the victim in a January homicide. At approximately 11:22 a.m. officers responded to the 3700 block of Hayes Street, NE, due to the report... Read More

Attorney in 2020 Murder Case Files Release Request Based on Speedy Trial Rights

Details A murder defendant’s lawyer requested her client’s release because she said his speedy trial rights are being violated. Jacobi Williams, 35, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting... Read More

Deadline for Plea Offer Extended in Child Sex Abuse Case

Details A prosecutor extended the deadline for a plea offer in a child sex abuse case. The defendant is accused of molesting two girls less than 14-years-old over multiple years. One... Read More

Judge Sentences Man to Prison for 2015 Traffic Fatality

Details On July 19, 2015, two men were intoxicated and street racing at more than 100 MPH down 16th Street, NW. One of the drivers was 34-year-old Rasheed Murray. He lost control... Read More

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