DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park  granted a homicide defendant additional time to consider independent DNA testing on July 8. Read more »

Aaron Walker, 20, charged with both a homicide and non-fatal shooting, refused to get off the bus from the jail to the courthouse to appear in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe granted the prosecution’s request to extend the nine-month indictment deadline in a homicide case, a second time.   Aaron Walker, 20, and Dasani Dawson, 19, are charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 20-year-old Brian Buxton on Aug. Read more »

During a hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O'Keefe decided to release one defendant while holding another. Read more »

On January 25, DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe found probable cause to bring two shooting defendant’s cases to trial for a homicide. Read more »

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The Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Homicide Branch have arrested and charged two 19-year-olds in connection to a homicide that occurred on Aug. Read more »

On July 21, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein sentenced Dasani Dawson to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release.  Dawson, 19, was sentenced after pleading guilty to aggravated assault knowingly while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence (PFCOV) for shooting a single victim seven times on Aug. Read more »

A defendant charged with a non-fatal shooting pleaded guilty to two charges during an April 21 felony status conference.  Dasani Dawson, 18, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault while armed and one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more »