D.C. Witness

Judge Sentences Co-Defendants in 2020 Homicide Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced two murder defendants on June 17 for their role in a 2020 homicide case. In February, Randle Price and Marwin Thomas pleaded guilty... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty for His Role in Robbery That Turned Deadly

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to murdering a man he was attempting to rob after luring him with a fake ad he posted to an online marketplace. Deandre Houston was charged... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for Defendants Accused of Deadly Robbery

Details A Metropolitan Police Department detective took the witness stand to shed light on his investigation into an alleged robbery that turned deadly. A DC Superior Court judge ultimately ruled that... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to 2006 Sexual Assault

Details A man accused of sexually assaulting a stranger back in 2006 accepted a plea offer. According to prosecutors, on Jan. 27, 2006, Landrell Jordan pulled a gun on a woman... Read More

Murder Trial Cancelled After Defendant Pleads Guilty

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

Defendant Denied Pretrial Release in Burglary, Sex Abuse Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a request to release a defendant accused of breaking into a woman’s Pleasant Plains apartment and sexually assaulting her friend. The 31-year-old defendant is... Read More

Defendant’s Murder Charge Dropped Per Plea Deal

Details A co-defendant’s murder charge was dropped as part of a deal he made with prosecutors. Cousins Kurt and Demonte Hewitt were previously charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection... Read More

Judge Postpones Preliminary Hearing for Murder Defendant

Details A hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial was postponed after the defense argued that the prosecution was unprepared to go forward with... Read More

Judge Sentences Domestic Violence Defendant to Serve 18 Months

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a domestic violence defendant for three charges. Damion Thomas pleaded guilty to arson, threat to kidnap or injure a person and second-degree burglary in... Read More

Sex Abuse Defendant Receives New Attorney

Details A DC Superior Court judge appointed a new lawyer to represent a sex abuse defendant. The defendant is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing Three Co-Defendants Charged With Murder

Details A DC Superior Court judge continued an Aug. 18 status hearing for a murder case with three co-defendants. Twenty-one-year-old Malik Bynum, 20-year-old Larry White Jr. and 21-year-old Mark Fletcher III... Read More

Sex Abuse Defendant Arraigned on Multiple Charges

Details After a sex abuse defendant was arraigned on seven counts, a DC Superior Court judge decided to hold off on the defense attorney’s request to withdraw from the case. The... Read More