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Details A DC Superior Court judge continued an Oct. 20 hearing for a domestic violence defendant to give parties time to decide how they want to proceed with the case. The... 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

Crime Alerts: October 19-20

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 20, 2021
Daily Stories | Shooting | stabbing | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out four crime alerts between 9:00 p.m. on Oct. 19 and 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 20. a crime alert was sent out at 9:06... Read More

Document: Man Dies After Traffic Accident

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 20, 2021
Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details A victim from an Oct. 16 traffic accident succumbed to their injuries. A Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) investigation revealed that on Oct.16 at 10:30 a.m. a Yamaha TT-R215 dirt bike... Read More

Document: Suspect Sought in Assault with Intent to Commit First Degree Sexual Abuse Offense

Details Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating an assault with intent to commit a first-degree sexual abuse offense that occurred on Oct. 16. At approximately 1:00 a.m. the suspect assaulted... Read More

Judge Sentences Sex Abuse Defendant

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a man for two misdemeanor sexual abuse charges. In June, Quentin Mercer was charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse on the accusation that he groped... Read More

Document: Additional Arrest Made in Mass Shooting

Details Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives have made an additional arrest in relation to a Sept. 4 mass shooting that killed three people. At approximately 7:33 p.m. police responded to the... Read More

Murder Defendants Sentenced to 30 and 33 Years

Details Two co-defendants who were convicted of murder in the DC Superior Court’s first homicide trial of 2021 were sentenced to 30 and 33 years, respectively. Nyekemia Everett, 36, and Malik... Read More

Document: October 15 Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 19, 2021
Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing | Suspects |

Details Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating an OCt. 15 homicide. At approximately 10:50 p.m. officers responded to the 1000 Block of 17th Street, NE, due to a report of a... Read More

Murder Case Set to Go to Trial in May

By Larissa Atkins - October 19, 2021
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial for a defendant charged in the death of an 81-year-old man. Tyrone Williams was charged with assault with intent to commit armed... Read More

Judge Sentences Murder Defendant to 40 Years

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant to 40 years in prison. In February 2020, a jury found Herman Cook, Jr. guilty of first-degree murder while armed in... Read More

Crime Alerts: October 18-19

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 19, 2021
Daily Stories | Shooting | stabbing | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out two crime alerts between 9:00 p.m. on Oct. 18 and 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 19. A crime alert was sent out at 10:27... Read More