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Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

Details A homicide defendant accepted a plea deal extended by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on July 3. John Dickens, 47, was originally charged with second-degree murder while... Read More

Expert Witnesses Testify in Fatal Shooting Trial

Details The prosecution continued a murder case by calling a series of expert witnesses who testified before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on July 3. Vernon Parrish, 40, is charged... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Fatal Shooting in Anacostia Park

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Donald Hawkins on July 4 on the 1500 block of Anacostia Drive, SE. Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Fatal Shooting in Southeast

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Anthony Willis on July 5 on the 700 block of Upsal Street, SE. Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Double Fatal Crash on Southern Avenue

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a double fatal crash that occurred on July 2 on the 4100 block of Southern Avenue, SE, during an active high speed chase.... Read More

Prosecution Says Defense Lawyer in a Homicide Case Has a Conflict of Interest

Details In response to discovery of evidence motions made by the defense in a homicide case, the prosecution argued before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun during a July 2 hearing... Read More

Triple-Carjacking Defendant Waives Right to Speedy Trial

Details A triple-carjacking defendant informed DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz on July 3 that he waived right to a speedy trial in order to be granted a new attorney. Taysean... Read More

Judge Grants Ailing Murder Defendant Compassionate Release

Details DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo granted a homicide defendant’s request for compassionate release due to steadily deteriorating health, during a July 3 hearing. Joseph Ballard, 60, is charged with... Read More

Judge Calls Stabbing Defendant, ‘the Unluckiest Man in the World,’ at Preliminary Hearing

By Gelela Tesfaye [former] , Lindsay Mutzman [former] - July 3, 2024
Daily Stories | stabbing | Suspects | Victims |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann found probable cause that a defendant was the perpetrator in a stabbing incident, despite his defense attorney’s claiming they arrested the wrong person, in... Read More

Judge Sentences Carjacker to Ten Years Under the Youth Rehabilitation Act

By Belinda Miguel [former] , Hope Hamerslough [former] - July 3, 2024
Carjacking | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details A carjacking defendant was sentenced to ten years by DC Superior Court Judge Errol Arthur in a July 2 hearing. Gianni Saunders, 21, was convicted of armed carjacking, two counts... Read More

Judge Grants Continuance in Co-Defendant Homicide Trial for Lack of Defense Lawyers

Details DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted a defendant’s request to postpone his trial on July 2 due to an acute shortage of available attorneys from the DC Public Defender... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Fatal Stabbing in Southeast

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating the fatal stabbing of 55-year-old Alfred Fields, which occurred on July 1 on the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace, SE. Read More