Suspects

By Sahas Wijewardene - July 6, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details A homicide defendant will not seek an insanity defense as he was found to be mentally competent to stand trial, defense attorney, Steven Kiersh told DC Superior Court Judge Neal... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 6, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Juveniles | Non-Fatal Shooting | Probation | Robbery | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson imposed a partially suspended sentence for a shooting defendant on June 27. On March 14, Marcus Cunningham, 20, pled guilty to assault with intent... Read More

By Sahas Wijewardene , Carolina Noviello - July 6, 2025
Carjacking | Daily Stories | Data | Documents | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park denied multiple defense motions that would suppress the prosecution’s accumulation of evidence leading up to a three co-defendant trial on June 27. Purnell Jackson,... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 6, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Data | Documents | stabbing | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean questioned her legal authority to release a defendant’s medical records for expert review during a hearing on July 30. Shawn Dyson, 45, is charged... Read More

By Joseph Barbis , Brendan Lin - July 6, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park found a murder defendant incompetent to stand trial on July 2.  Walter Parker, 48, is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in... Read More

By Carolina Noviello , Claire Bandy - July 5, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan was asked by the prosecution to dismiss a three-defendant homicide case so that the case could be tried in District Court during a hearing... Read More

By Abrar Bawezir , Catherine Brennan , Dominique Kalunga , Treva Robaidek - July 5, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects | Victims | Videos |

Details A jury in DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz heard closing arguments from the prosecution and defense in a mass shooting case during a June 26 hearing. Erwin Dubose, 31,... Read More

By Simran Agarwal , Claire Bandy - July 5, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Juveniles | Shooting | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

Details A convicted murder defendant pleaded guilty to simple assault and possession of a prohibited weapon before DC Superior Court Judge Errol Arthur on June 30.  Bernard Eddy, 25, was charged... Read More

By Robert Crear , Lizette Torres-Delgado - July 5, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Juveniles | Probation | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

Details A stabbing defendant pleaded guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel who accepted the pleas on July 2.  Jonathan Arevalo Blanco, 23, was originally charged with aggravated assault knowingly... Read More

By Jasmine Tung , Brendan Lin - July 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe denied a defendant, who is in a wheelchair, requests for release and new representation during a hearing on June 26. Delonte Brown, 30, is... Read More

By Brendan Lin , Linus Loughry - July 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting | Probation | Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean resentenced a shooting defendant on June 23 based on his exceptional compliance with probation. Joseph Robinson, 26, pleaded guilty on Dec. 14, 2021 to... Read More

By Camryn Montgomery - July 3, 2025
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details A shooting defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing in front of DC Superior Court Magistrate Judge Heidi Herrmann on June 30 and was ordered detained. Ato Ocran, 46,... Read More