After months of preparing for trial and maintaining his claim to innocence, a murder defendant pled guilty to second-degree murder while armed June 14.
Traveous Lamont Brown and Paul Swann are charged with allegedly shooting Adam Edwin Barker in 2016 on the 2000 block of Langston Place, SE. The murder allegedly happened after Barker, 21, testified in trial of the murder of Simwone K. Milstead, his uncle.
Brown, 28, and his counsel were prepared for a trial on June 14 but instead of moving forward Brown pled guilty to all his charges, including the murder of Barker. Brown could face from 25 to 40 years in prison. He will be required to serve an additional five years on supervised release.
It is not clear if Swann, Brown’s co-defendant, has also pled guilty. He is scheduled for a status hearing on June 15.
Brown is scheduled to appear in court July 27 for a status hearing.
