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Errant Prisoner Transfer to Kentucky Delays Homicide Case

Details DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz was surprised to learn that a homicide defendant was in Kentucky due to an error in judicial scheduling during a hearing on Jan. 21. ... Read More

Defendant Rejects Plea Deal in Jail Stabbing

By Ankush Dwivedi - January 22, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details A stabbing defendant rejected a plea deal extended by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Errol Arthur on Jan. 22. Bernard Eddy, 25, is charged with assault with a dangerous... Read More

Judge Issues Warrant For Missing Shooting Defendant

By Raina Bonifacio - January 22, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro issued a bench warrant for a shooting defendant after he failed to appear in court again for a hearing on Jan. 21. On... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty in Non-fatal Shooting

Details A shooting and assault defendant accepted a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld on Jan. 13. Stephan Ombolo, 27, is charged with two counts of assault with... Read More

Defendant Shot Murder Victim ‘In Cold Blood,’ Prosecution Says in Closing

Details The jury trial for a shooting defendant ended with closing arguments before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan. 21. Idrissa Fall, 38, also known as Idy, is charged... Read More

Judge Delays Sentencing to Review Medical Documents of Stabbing Suspect

By Elizabeth Price - January 17, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld granted a sentencing continuance in a stabbing case to allow defense time to review medical documents from the Department of Corrections (DOC) during a... Read More

Homicide Victim’s Mother Testifies ‘Things Were Becoming Different,’ Between Daughter and Defendant at Trial

Details A homicide victim’s mother testified before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 16 about the deteriorating relationship between her daughter and the man suspected... Read More

‘I Tried to Get Us to Safety,’ Homicide Victim’s Best Friend Testifies in Trial

Details A homicide victim’s best friend, who witnessed the fatal shooting, and a medical examiner testified before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 15. Idrissa... Read More

Prosecutors Say Homicide Victim ‘Never Saw it Coming’ at Trial

Details Parties delivered opening statements, and multiple law enforcement witnesses testified, before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 14. Idrissa Fall, 37, is charged with... Read More

Youth Worker Sentenced to 12-and-a-Half Years for Teen Manslaughter

Details DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein sentenced a manslaughter defendant to 12-and-a-half years of incarceration on Jan. 10 in a case characterized by ironies. Jason Lewis, 42, was found guilty... Read More

Defendant Waives Right to Independently Test DNA Evidence in Road Rage Homicide

Details A homicide defendant waived his right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan. 10. George Sutton, 44, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder... Read More

Homicide Defendant Waives Right to Independently Test DNA Evidence

Details A homicide defendant waived his right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Jan. 10. Deandre Miles, 28, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder... Read More