A murder trial was put on hold after the defendant tested positive for COVID-19. The situation unfolded in a few hours on Dec. 21 during what was anticipated to be…
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The Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia released a memo calling for the release of all persons incarcerated at the DC Jail in the wake of the…
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One of the defendants who was charged in the fatal shooting of Kenneth Poindexter was found not guilty. Steven Robin, 25, was charged with first-degree murder while armed and possession…
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A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. Co-defendants Delonta Stevenson, 26, and Vorreze Thomas, 23, are both charged with first-degree…
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A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. Co-defendants Delonta Stevenson, 26, and Vorreze Thomas, 23, are both charged with first-degree…
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April 26 marked the first day of a hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. Co-defendants Delonta Stevenson, 26, and Vorreze Thomas, 23,…
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled trial readiness hearings and a status hearing for eight murder defendants on Nov. 17, continuing seven other murder hearings for later dates. A majority…
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Between 9 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 9 a.m. on Nov. 10, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sent out five crime alerts. The most recent alert was sent at 3:17…
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A DC Superior Court judge presided over 10 pretrial and probation show cause hearings on Oct. 19. “The court attempted to get the defendant into compliance for six years,” Judge…
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A DC Superior Court judge presided over nine pretrial and probation show cause hearings on Oct. 8. Judge Julie Becker issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Steven Foreman…
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A DC Superior Court judge reviewed forensic evidence relevant to a murder defendant’s motion to have his inditment dismissed. Ron McLeoud and his former co-defendant Joseph Brown are charged with…
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Throughout the month of April, the District saw a substantial uptick in homicides, a 111 percent increase. The increase reflects the same amount of homicides that occurred in January despite a…
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