By D.C. Witness Staff - June 11, 2021
Details After hearing arguments on a defense motion to suppress evidence obtained during an investigation into a 2016 homicide, a DC Superior Court judge decided he would wait to make a... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 11, 2021
Details After hearing arguments on a defense motion to suppress evidence obtained during an investigation into a 2016 homicide, a DC Superior Court judge decided he would wait to make a... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 11, 2021
Details The defense attorney in a murder case asked a DC Superior Court judge to hold off on scheduling trial dates so he can have more time to prepare a defense... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 11, 2021
Details A suspect was apprehended in connection to a homicide that took place on May 11. At about 3:51 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to the 1500 block of... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 10, 2021
Details A DC Superior Court judge ordered a preliminary screening to determine if a sex abuse and burglary defendant is competent to stand trial. The 42-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 10, 2021
Details Following several hours of testimony, a prosecutor decided to dismiss a domestic violence case. The 36-year-old defendant was accused of suffocating and choking his ex-girlfriend until she was unconscious in... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 10, 2021
Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a June 10 mental observation hearing for a homicide case after the defense attorneys said they wish to challenge the Department of Behavioral Health’s... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 10, 2021
Details Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on March 23. At approximately 8:50 p.m., police responded to the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW due to... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 10, 2021
Details On June 9, a second-degree murder defendant rejected a plea offer from the prosecution. Karlos Kinney, 22, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 25-year-old Resha... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 10, 2021
Details Over two years after a mistrial was declared in the case of a transgender woman’s death, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled the two defendants to go before a jury... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 9, 2021
Details On June 9, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled two defendants in a triple homicide case to go before a jury in 2022. Co-defendants Rakeem Willis, 30, and Jonathan Winston,... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 9, 2021
Details A defendant charged in connection with a homicide from last summer pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. In the early hours of July 12, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded... Read More
By D.C. Witness Staff - June 8, 2021
Details A DC Superior Court judge granted a defense attorney’s request to transfer his client from DC Jail to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution. The defendant is charged with second-degree... Read More