Before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo, defense attorney Dominique Winters filed a motion on May 30 to reschedule a July 20 trial because her client didn't think a racially balanced jury would hear his case. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge continued a murder defendant’s hearing.  Kenneth Wayne Stewart is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Courtney Jones, 54, on July 23 on the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Read more »

Thirty homicides occurred in Washington, DC during the month of July, an 88 percent increase from June. Read more »

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested July 23 a suspect in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred on 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Read more »

Nearly four years later, a man was convicted and sentenced for his role in a fatal shooting that occurred in Southeast DC. Read more »

By the close of March the nation’s capitol tallied 15 homicides, more murders than the past two months combined. Read more »