June Homicides Decreases by 30 Percent from May
D.C. Witness data shows an approximately 30 percent decrease in homicides in June from the previous month. There were 19 homicides in June, down from the 27 homicides recorded in…
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D.C. Witness data shows an approximately 30 percent decrease in homicides in June from the previous month. There were 19 homicides in June, down from the 27 homicides recorded in…
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On June 17, a defendant was sentenced to 21-years in prison for the murder of 27-year-old Sierra Johnson. In connection to Johnson’s death, 28-year-old Joseph Fox was arrested and indicted…
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A defendant accepted a plea deal for the murder of a pregnant woman in January. On Jan. 19, 27-year-old Sierra Johnson was in the driver’s seat of her car, stopped…
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing to determine if the case against a defendant accused of murdering a 27-year-old woman has enough evidence to go to trial. …
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Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III announced that two arrests have been made in separate shootings that took place in the past week. An arrest was made in…
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The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide where a 27-year-old was shot and killed. At approximately 8:04 p.m. on Jan. 19 officers responded to the 2500 block of Georgia…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge presided over 28 presentments on Nov. 21, where she held five defendants and released 23. A domestic violence defendant was picked up on an arrest…
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Amid the backlog created by a suspension of jury trials in the DC Superior Court due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a judge scheduled hearings for seven murder defendants. During the…
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On Nov. 2, two defendants entered a plea of guilty before Judge Rainey Brandt for carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business. Weslee Wilkinson, 18, and…
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