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Hunter Fernandez [former]
- March 31, 2023
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Details At a status hearing on March 30, a defendant waived his right to further DNA testing after the prosecution’s tests came back inconclusive. The 46-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree... Read More
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Alayna Stein [former]
- March 30, 2023
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Details During a March 27 status hearing, a defendant complained about his treatment at a jail in Northern Neck, VA. The 44-year-old defendant is charged with multiple counts, including first-degree burglary... Read More
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Adriana Marroquin
- March 29, 2023
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Details On March 28, DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt found probable cause for three of four charges against a defendant accused of sexual assault. The defendant was charged with first-degree sexual... Read More
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Caroline Sagristano [former]
, Marta Fernandez [former] - March 27, 2023
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Details On March 24, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun set a new trial date for a sex abuse case to accommodate a defense attorney’s recovery from surgery. The defendant is... Read More
By
Marta Fernandez [former]
, Caroline Sagristano [former] - March 27, 2023
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Details On March 24, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun accepted a guilty plea in a case of attempted rape and robbery. Michael Hartley, 32, was originally charged with two counts... Read More
By
Mariam Kamate [former]
- March 24, 2023
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Details During a preliminary on March 22, the defendant in a sexual assault case waved goodbye to family members after accepting a guilty plea agreement. Wilson Rodriguez, 24, is charged with... Read More
By
Mariam Kamate [former]
- March 24, 2023
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Details A plea deal that was once rejected is being negotiated again by a defendant involved in a sexual abuse case. The 52-year-old defendant was indicted on four counts of first-degree... Read More
By
Isabella Quink [former]
- March 24, 2023
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee postponed sentencing on March 23 for a sexual assault case. Darius Newkirk, 25, accepted a plea offer on Dec. 21, 2022, for attempted third-degree... Read More
By
Isabella Quink [former]
- March 22, 2023
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt criticized the thoroughness of a Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) investigation of a sexual assault case during a March 22 preliminary hearing. “A man’s liberty... Read More
By
Jeff Levine
- March 20, 2023
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Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan accepted a guilty plea in a rape case dating back to March of 2018. In return for the agreement 22-year old Troy Ashley will... Read More
By
Adriana Marroquin
- March 20, 2023
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Details Two DC Superior Court judges sentenced a defendant to two life sentences without the possibility of release for two separate sexual abuse cases. A jury found Ronald Berton guilty of... Read More
By
Hunter Fernandez [former]
- March 20, 2023
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Details At a sentencing on March 17, DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee let Verazzano Porter plead to a lesser offense in order to create a nonprofit organization that would teach... Read More