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Parties Begin Homicide Trial With Detailed Opening Statements

Details On Dec. 5, attorneys made their opening statements after DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt swore in 16 jurors for a homicide trial. Jermaine Harris, 21, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Parties Begin Homicide Trial With Detailed Opening Statements and Evidence for Jury

Details On Dec. 5, attorneys made their opening statements after DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt swore in 16 jurors for a homicide trial. Jermaine Harris, 21, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Document: Arrest Made in an Assult with Intent to Commit First-Degree Sex Abuse

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in a first-degree sexual abuse that occurred on Dec. 4, on the 4400 block of Wisconsin Avenue, NW. According to a press release,... Read More

Judge Release Defendant Accused of Assault

Details A defendant accused of committing sexual assault was released by DC Superior Court Judge John Campbell on Dec. 2. He also lifted a stay-away order from the victim. The defendant... Read More

Document: 20-Year-Old Killed in Southeast

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Dec. 4, on the 4200 block of 4th Street, SE. At about 10:40 pm, officers located 20-year-old Marjai Wimpish... Read More

Defense Argues Against Unlawful Recordings

Details During a Nov. 21 hearing, defense attorney Sylvia Roberta J. Smith filed a motion for the court to reconsider its ruling. A65-year-old defendant is charged with three counts of first-degree... Read More

Document: Homicide in Southest

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Dec. 2, on the 1700 block of W Street, SE. According to a press release at about 8:20 pm,... Read More

Judge Prepares Jury for Deliberations In Homicide Case Involving 17-Year-Old Girl

Details On Nov. 30, the defense attorneys and prosecutors argued before the jury during a trial as they presented their closing arguments for a homicide that resulted in the murder of... Read More

Judge Denies Release For Homicide Defendant Again After Being Hospitalized

Details On Nov. 30, defense attorneys Anthony Matthews and Rachel Cicurel submitted another oral motion for the release of a homicide defendant after he got hospitalized for the second time after... Read More

Parties Deliver Closing Arguments in Co-Defendant Homicide Trial

Details During a Nov. 29 jury trial, two parties delivered closing arguments and the judge reversed her previous ruling on a motion in a 2017 murder case. On Aug. 10, 2017,... Read More

Document: Suspect Sought in a Misdemeanor Child Sex Abuse Offense

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are locating a suspect in connection to a misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child offense that occurred on Nov. 30, 2022, on the 4500 block of... Read More

Judge Releases Assault Defendant After Substantial Probability Not Found

By Graham Krewinghaus - December 1, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee released a defendant when the prosecutor failed to demonstrate substantial probability that he was the offender in a Nov. 29 hearing. Cedric Brockington, 17,... Read More