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Domestic Violence Homicide Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details A homicide defendant who allegedly confessed to shooting his ex-girlfriend rejected a pre-indictment plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on May 3. Desmond Thurston, 46, was arrested... Read More

Murder Defendant Requests New Trial Date Following Three Weeks in Coma

Details A murder defendant, recovering from a coma, motioned to postpone his trial for a later date before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo on May 3. Robert Henson is accused... Read More

Shooting Defendants Arraigned, Release Conditions Modified for One

Details Daquawn Lubin and Jonathan Young pleaded not guilty to all indictment charges in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, and Lubin’s release conditions were modified in a May... Read More

‘Shooting Someone in the Genitals is Personal,’ Says Prosecutor in Love Triangle Homicide

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun heard closing arguments and expert testimony in front of a jury for a fatal shooting over an alleged jealous ex-lover who fatally shot his... Read More

Judge Grants Additional Time for Competency Evals for Juveniles Charged as Adults

Details Doctors from the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) requested additional time to further evaluate two juveniles charged as adults in a homicide case. Marlan Smith and Anthony Monroe, both 17,... Read More

Prosecutors Call 98th Witness in Murder and Conspiracy Trial

Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt remarked on the 98th witness called by the prosecution in the case of three co-defendants accused of conspiracy and murder. Koran Jackson, 23, Tyiion... Read More

Judge Sentences Shooter to Seven Years in What Came Within a ‘Hair’s Breadth’ of a Killing

Details Arnold Lawrance, 33, was sentenced to seven years in prison by DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan for a shooting the judge said came within a “hair’s breadth” of a... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Fatal North Capitol Street Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred April 30 on the 1500 block of North Capitol Street, NE. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Suspect in Fatal Shooting Rejects Plea Deal

Details A homicide defendant rejected a plea deal extended by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun in a May 2 hearing. Pedro Funes, 34, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Medical Examiner, DNA and Digital Analysts Testify in Homicide Trial

Details “The patient bled extensively from his chest and liver… that’s how he died,” said a DC Medical Examiner during testimony in a 2022 homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge... Read More

‘Vile, Angry Man with an Ego,’ Sentenced to 85 Years, Co-Defendant Sentenced to 53 Years

Details Prosecutors deemed a homicide defendant a “vile, angry man with an ego,” as they requested DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo sentence him to 90 years of incarceration, and his... Read More

Judge Halts Proceeding After Tiff Between Lawyers in Murder, Conspiracy Trial

Details After a lengthy cross-examination by a defense lawyer, a frustrated DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt abruptly ended the May 1 proceeding in a murder and conspiracy trial. Tension had... Read More