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Sexual Assault Defendant Scheduled for Trial After Rejecting Plea Offer

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

Murder Case Faces Possible Dismissal After Defense Says They Never Received Important Evidence

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

Plea Offer Open for Child Sex Abuse Defendant

Details Parties discussed a possible plea offer for a defendant charged with second-degree child sex abuse. The 48-year-old defendant is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. According to court documents,... Read More

Judge Requests Written Motion Before Deciding On New Release Stipulations

Details Parties debated taking a domestic violence defendant off of GPS monitoring during the case’s most recent hearing. The defendant, who appeared in court remotely for the Feb. 3 proceedings, is... Read More

Judge Lifts GPS Monitoring Requirement for Child Sex Abuse Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge removed a child sex abuse defendant from GPS monitoring. The defendant is accused of threatening an 11-year-old girl with a knife and sexually assaulting her... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause in Case of East Capitol Street Stabbing

Details The lead detective in a homicide investigation testified during a hearing to determine if the case against the defendant has enough evidence to go to trial. Towards the conclusion of... 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

DC Sees Decrease in Homicides in September

Details Eighteen homicides occurred in DC during the month of September, with the youngest victim being 17 years old. The teenager, Brian Villataro, was among three killed on the deadliest day... Read More

Homicide Rates Rise 9.5 Percent in August

Details Twenty-three homicides occurred in DC during the month of August, which is approximately a 9.5% increase from July. There were no homicides between Aug. 1 and 6, yet three homicides... Read More

Most July Homicides Resulted from Gun Violence, Data Shows

Details Twenty-one homicides happened in DC during the month of July, an approximately 10.5 percent increase from June. Shootings were the main cause of death for all but one of the... Read More

Data on Crime Reduction Programs Shows Disbursement more than Reduction

By Anna Newkirk [former] , Abigail Lloyd [former], Mark Lu [former] - July 11, 2021
Daily Stories | Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details From June 11 of 2019 to June 11 of 2021, D.C. Witness tracked homicides in DC neighborhoods with and without violence interrupters’ programs. Data shows violence dispersing from designated program... Read More

2021 Homicides Outpacing Previous Year, Data Shows

Details DC’s homicide count for 2020 was higher than it was in 2018, 2017 or 2016, according to D.C. Witness data. But so far, the homicide count for 2021 has outpaced... Read More