DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a formal identification of two codefendants who were charged with a jail stabbing. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan delayed a probable cause ruling in a jail stabbing case following a hearing on Oct. Read more »

A teenage defendant accepted a plea deal on Aug. Read more »

A teenage defendant was officially charged with 50 counts for alleged aiding and abetting a mass shooting before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, in a July 26 hearing. Read more »

On Aug.18, D.C. Read more »

On July 18, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein found probable cause that a defendant was engaged in a mass shooting.  Byron Matthews,18, is charged with two counts of assault with intent to kill and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for allegedly aiding and abetting a mass shooting, April 21, on the 500 block of LeBaum Street, SE and 2900 block of 2nd Street, SE.  According to court documents, Matthews drove between two crime scenes assisting three unknown accomplices commit the shootings.  Prosecutors called a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detective to the stand to review fourteen closed circuit TV recordings of events before and after the shooting.  In one of the videos, a blue Mercedes Benz is seen crossing the street, soon after, dozens of gunshots are heard. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has arrested and charged 18-year-old Byron Matthews with assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a pistol without a license for his alleged involvement in two non-fatal shootings that occurred on April 21 on the 500 block of Lebaum Street, SE and the 2900 block of 2nd Street, SE. Read more »