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Document: Police Investigate 31-Year-Old’s Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Documents | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating the homicide of 31-year-old Dashane Judd. Judd was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds on Nov. 14 on the 1500 block of Benning... Read More

Defendant Pleads Not Guilty to House Party Murder

Details A defendant pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan on Nov. 15. Charles Best, 26, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder, possession of a... Read More

After Courtroom Outburst, Judge Sentences Defendant to 17 Years for Fatal Shooting

By Varshana Ramnarine , Maren Fagan - November 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein sentenced a defendant to 17 years in prison after one of the victim’s family members offered a statement and another was escorted out of... Read More

Murder Defendant Arrested in Maryland, Misses DC Arraignment

Details Andrew Ellis was absent for the court hearing at which his co-defendant, Marques Johnson, was arraigned in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Nov. 15. The prosecutor... Read More

Murder Trial Ends with Clashing Accounts of Shooting

Details Parties presented conflicting accounts of the fatal interaction between the victim and the defendant in their closing arguments in a murder trial before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on... Read More

Victim’s Brother Identifies Defendant as Shooter In Nightclub Murder Retrial

Details “I knew what I saw,” testified the brother of a victim who was fatally shot outside a nightclub regarding his identification of the defendant in a photo array. The moment... Read More

‘I Feared For My Life,’ Defendant Testifies in Murder Trial

Details The defense presented their only witness, the defendant, to tell his side of the story in a murder trial in front of DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on Nov.... Read More

Shooting Defendant Sentenced to 80 Years For ‘Senseless Act of Violence’

Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe sentenced a defendant to 80 years incarceration on Nov. 15. Beysean Jones, 29, is charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder while armed,... Read More

Prosecution Offers Plea Deal to Murder Defendant

By Marissa Stambaugh - November 15, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details A plea offer in a homicide case was presented by the prosecution in a Nov. 15 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. Joshua Allen, 33, is charged with... Read More

Prosecution Links Homicide to Gang Rivalry

By Alex Garcia Pecina - November 14, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details During the first day of trial, the prosecution called multiple witnesses to present evidence they say links the defendant to a gang-related homicide before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan,... Read More

Murder Defendant Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter, Enticing a Child

Details On Nov 14, 2024, DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo accepted a murder defendant’s guilty plea. Warren Tyson, 54, is charged with second-degree murder while armed, carrying a dangerous weapon,... Read More

Suspect On Trial in Stabbing of Homeless Man

By Phoebe McConnell - November 14, 2024
Daily Stories | stabbing | Victims |

Details Opening statements detailed extensive wounds sustained by the victim during a jury trial on Nov. 13 for non-fatal stabbing defendant Willie Byrd. Byrd, 61, is charged with assault with intent... Read More