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Judge Prepares Jury for Deliberations In Homicide Case Involving 17-Year-Old Girl

Details On Nov. 30, the defense attorneys and prosecutors argued before the jury during a trial as they presented their closing arguments for a homicide that resulted in the murder of... Read More

Judge Denies Release For Homicide Defendant Again After Being Hospitalized

Details On Nov. 30, defense attorneys Anthony Matthews and Rachel Cicurel submitted another oral motion for the release of a homicide defendant after he got hospitalized for the second time after... Read More

Parties Deliver Closing Arguments in Co-Defendant Homicide Trial

Details During a Nov. 29 jury trial, two parties delivered closing arguments and the judge reversed her previous ruling on a motion in a 2017 murder case. On Aug. 10, 2017,... Read More

Document: Suspect Sought in a Misdemeanor Child Sex Abuse Offense

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are locating a suspect in connection to a misdemeanor sexual abuse of a child offense that occurred on Nov. 30, 2022, on the 4500 block of... Read More

Docuement: Arrest Made in a Homicide

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in connection to a homicide that occurred on May 28, on the 600 block of Otis Place, NW. According to a press release,... Read More

Parties Reschedule Homicide Trial Amid New Firearm Charges

Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt rescheduled the trial date for a homicide defendant with new concerns of supervised release violations. Brian Wooden,32, is charged with first-degree cruelty to children... Read More

Jury Continues Deliberations in Homicide Case

Details After an 8-week homicide trial that included over 80 witnesses, the jury continued deliberations during a Nov. 30 hearing. Derek Turner, 31, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, unlawful... Read More

Document: Homicide in Northeast

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on June 18, on the 1300 block of Adams Street, NE. According to a press release, at about 8:47 am,... Read More

Document: Homicide in Northwest

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on May 28, on the 600 block of Otis Place, NW. According to a press release, at about 9:13 pm,... Read More

Homicide Defendant Pending Review For Release

Details On Nov. 29, defense attorney Brian McDaniel said his client is under review for release due to his active and good conduct at the DC Jail’s Central Detention Facility. Jalen... Read More

Defense Attorney Dismissed in Homicide Case

Details During a Nov. 29 hearing, defense attorney Sweta Patel was dismissed from a murder defendant’s case due to the defendant requesting a new one. The defendant is now being represented... Read More

Judge Orders Mental Observation Hearing for Sexual Assault Defendant

Details On Nov. 29, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun ordered a sexual assault defendant to undergo a mental health evaluation. The 37-year-old man is charged with first-degree child sex abuse... Read More

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