Domestic Homicide Case to Go to Trial in 2023
A man charged with manslaughter in his father’s death was scheduled to go to trial next year. On Sept. 11, 2020, 49-year-old Stephen Macgruder was fatally shot in his apartment…
+ Read MoreA man charged with manslaughter in his father’s death was scheduled to go to trial next year. On Sept. 11, 2020, 49-year-old Stephen Macgruder was fatally shot in his apartment…
+ Read MoreOn Nov. 20, a DC Superior Court judge determined that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial, but only on a lesser charge. Stephon Williams was initially…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge rescheduled a hearing to determine if a murder case has enough evidence to go to trial. Stephon Williams is charged with second-degree murder while armed…
+ Read MoreHours after the Metropolitan Police Department reported a homicide on the 700 block of 51st Street, NE, officers arrested a suspect. According to a press release, 29-year-old Stephon Williams is…
+ Read MoreAfter granting two indictment deadline extensions, a DC Superior Court judge dismissed the case against a murder defendant after the prosecution failed to get a grand jury indictment. Stephon Williams…
+ Read MoreAfter two failed attempts, a murder defendant was finally released after the prosecution failed to get an indictment before the agreed upon deadline. Stephon Williams was charged with second-degree murder…
+ Read MoreDC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo presided over a motion hearing that involved 54 defendants concerning violations of their rights during jury selection. Defense attorneys Jason Tulley and Imeime Umana…
+ Read MoreDC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo presided over a Feb. 10 motion hearing which discussed a pervasive issue in 23 different felony cases. All cases involved in the motion hearing…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge granted a motion to release a defendant charged in his father’s death. Stephon Darnell Williams is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of his 49-year-old…
+ Read MoreThere were 16 homicides in September, just two fewer than August. Thirteen, nearly 82 percent, of the victims died from shootings. There was also a police-involved shooting that happened on…
+ Read MoreOn Sept. 12, DC Superior Courts Judge Sean Staples held seven defendants in DC jail and released 21 defendants. Three defendants were held on felony charges. Stephon Darnell Williams, 29,…
+ Read MoreOn Aug. 19, DC Superior Court Judge James Crowell released 20 defendants and held four defendants in DC Jail during their initial hearings. Judge Crowell held Stephon Green, who was…
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