On Nov. 6, a murder defendant accepted a plea deal for a traffic fatality that occurred on Capitol Hill in September.
Phillip Peoples pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and leaving after colliding in connection to the death of 64-year-old Thomas Hendricks Hollowell on the 1200 block of Constitution Avenue, NW. Peoples was originally charged with second-degree murder.
According to court documents, Peoples, 20, ran a red light at the intersection of 12th Street and Constitution Avenue. He hit Hollowell, who was riding a bicycle. Peoples fled the scene.
The defendant could be sentenced from one to three years in prison.
Peoples is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 25, 2019.
