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The Metropolitan Police Department announced that a homicide suspect has been arrested in Arizona. Read more »

Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on March 23.  At approximately 8:50 p.m., police responded to the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW due to reports of an unconscious person, according to a press release. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman sentenced a murder defendant to 20 years in prison on Sept. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman’s courtroom convicted a murder defendant on June 6.  Alvin Cruz-Garcia, 27, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in the fatal beating of Ramon Gomez-Yanez, 38, on March 23, 2021 on the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW.  According to a press release from the prosecution, surveillance footage from the Ogden Market showed that Gomez-Yanez was urinating close to Cruz-Garcia’s car when an altercation took place and after a short exchange of words, Cruz-Garcia punched Yanez and struck him multiple times in the head.  Throughout the trial, the prosecution presented evidence that showed Cruz-Garcia beat Gomez-Yanez to death by repeatedly kicking him on the head and neck.  Julie Swaney, Cruz-Garcia’s attorney, claimed the prosecution had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Cruz-Garcia was the perpetrator.  Following a day of deliberations, the jury returned a guilty verdict.  Parties are slated to reconvene for sentencing on Aug. Read more »

The prosecution showed surveillance footage said to capture a homicide defendant on route to the Ogden Market, A local food store, prior to a homicide there during a hearing on June 4.  Alvin-Alexis Cruz-Garcia, 24, is charged with second-degree murder while armed with a shod foot for his alleged involvement in the murder of 38-year-old Ramon Gomez-Yanez on March 23, 2021 on the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW.  According to a release from the DC US Attorneys Office, "[T]he defendant was standing on the sidewalk and urinating much too close to the back of Mr. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman’s courtroom convicted a murder defendant on June 5.  Alvin Cruz-Garcia, 27, was found guilty of second-degree murder while armed for his involvement in the fatal beating of Ramon Gomez-Yanez, 38, on March 23, 2021 on the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman heard testimony on June 3 on what prosecutors say was a suspect urinating near the victim's car. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee granted on Oct. Read more »

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