D.C. Witness

Judge Denies Murder Defendant’s Request to Remove GPS Monitor

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a homicide defendant’s request to remove a GPS tracker. Tristian Cole, 31, is accused of stabbing 24-year-old Joel Midgett on the 200 block of... Read More

Prosecutors Attempt To Link Prior Shootings To Homicide During Trial

Details A homicide trial resumed on June 13 with the prosecutors calling four witnesses in an attempt to link the defendants to other shootings. Co-defendants Saquan Williams, 20, and Quincy Garvin,... Read More

Defendant Rejects Plea Deal in Homicide Case

Details A defendant accused of shooting a young man to death in 2020 rejected a plea deal. Micah Bidgell, 26, is charged with second-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm... Read More

Defendant Rejects Pre-Preliminary Plea Offer in Murder Case

Details A homicide defendant who allegedly shot a 42-year-old man rejected a pre-preliminary plea offer. Jarrell Harris, 27, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection to the shooting of... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for September 2021 Homicide Case

Details After reviewing evidence, a judge found probable cause during a preliminary hearing for a homicide case on June 8. On Sept 10, 2021, at 9:41 p.m., Metropolitan Police Department officers responded... Read More

Homicide Defendant Found Competent to Stand Trial

By Beatriz Olivares , Gabe Solomon - June 9, 2022
Daily Stories | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details During a June 9 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee found a murder defendant mentally competent to stand trial. Karon L. Brown, 30, is charged with second-degree murder while... Read More

Judge Denies Motion To Suppress Witness Identification In Homicide Case

Details Parties in a murder case discussed June 8 the possibility of suppressing a witness’s identity as they prepare for trial. On March 19, 2018, 22-year-old Aujee Tyler was shot and... Read More

Document: Deadly Shooting in Northwest, Dc

By Bersabel Ephrem - June 9, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the death of a 64-year-old in 2022. At approximately 6:38 p.m. on April 22, officers responded to the 600 block of Kennedy Street, NW,... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in 2019 Fatal Shooting

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed with a firearm and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm during a hearing on June 2.... Read More

Jury Finds Man Guilty of Murdering Senior Citizen

Details A jury found a middle-aged man guilty of murdering an elderly man. On June 8, after a 12-day trial and over a week of jury deliberations, 52-year-old Tyrone Williams was... Read More

Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

Details A homicide defendant accepted a plea agreement during a June 7 hearing before D.C. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo. Lloyd Patterson-Ross, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter... Read More

Judge Addresses Multiple Motions in Triple Homicide Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge severed one of the defendants charged in connection with a 2019 triple homicide case. Rakeem Willis, 31, and Johnathan Winston, 32, are each charged with... Read More