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Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea Deal, Delays Prelim

Details A shooting defendant rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann on Oct. 24 pushing back the court calendar. Delante Glascoe, 41, is charged... Read More

Murder Suspect Says She Feared Sexual Abuse in Drug Treatment That ‘Failed Her’

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan issued an order for a murder defendant to be released to another bed-to-bed drug treatment program after the defendant’s previous experience potentially led to... Read More

Judge Won’t End Home Confinement For Shooting Suspect

By Elizabeth Brady [former] - October 24, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan rejected a shooting defendant’s request to cancel home confinement on Oct. 23, but modified a release order allowing him to go to work, find... Read More

Surviving Victims Testify in Homicide, Mass Shooting Trial

Details Two victims testified on Oct. 22 about their persistent fear and anxiety following a mass shooting, before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Juan Peterson, 33, is charged with first-degree... Read More

Judge Grants Shooting Prelim Reopening

Details Attorneys representing a shooting defendant filed a successful motion to reopen a preliminary hearing on Oct. 22 before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Demarco Hayes, 21, and Donte Bennett,... Read More

Stabbing Defendant Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

Details A stabbing defendant accepted a plea offer to voluntary manslaughter in front of DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Oct. 22. Ted Brown, 54, was originally charged with second-degree... Read More

In Spite of Support, Carjacking Defendant Receives 10 Year Sentence

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno sentenced Antone Watkins to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release on Oct. 21. He ordered Watkins to pay $500 to... Read More

Evidence Concludes After Four Weeks of Murder and Conspiracy Trial

Details The prosecution and defense finished introducing evidence and rested their cases in connection to a homicide after four weeks of trial on Oct. 21 before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa... Read More

Murder Defendant Rejects Pre-Preliminary Plea Offer

Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe found probable cause in a shooting defendant’s case on Oct. 18, after the defendant rejected a pre-preliminary plea offer. Maleek Thomas, 21, is charged... Read More

Woman Sentenced for 2017 Carjacking

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno sentenced a carjacking defendant, who avoided court for seven years, to two years of incarceration on Oct. 18. On Aug. 12, Lakeesa Cambridge, 37,... Read More

Parties Negotiate Global Plea Deal for Carjacking Defendant

By Laura Berol - October 22, 2024
Carjacking | Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details A defense attorney asked DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno on Oct. 21 to schedule a future hearing date, by which time the defense hopes to agree on a plea... Read More

‘The Man Is Dying in Front of You,’ Defense Argues against Using Video in Trial

Details An attorney for a homicide defendant argued that photos and a video the prosecution planned to use in trial were too upsetting to show to a jury in a hearing... Read More