In spite of defense lawyer objections,  DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe granted a prosecution request for more time to prepare Grand Jury indictments against two murder suspects.  Seaun McDowney and Maurice Williams are both charged with murder while armed for their alleged connection to the murder of Marquette White. Read more »

At a felony status conference on March 3, the defense threatened to request a defendant’s release and appeal a homicide case after the prosecution failed to deliver an indictment but requested an extension. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee ruled that a fatal shooting case has enough evidence to go to trial.  On the night of Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo schedules a preliminary hearing for co-defendants in a homicide case that occurred earlier this year.  Maurice Williams, 19, and Seaun McDowney, 18, are accused of the shooting death of 20-year-old Marquette White. Read more »

Two suspects in a January homicide were apprehended in Georgia. Read more »

Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that took place on Jan. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge found a defendant charged in connection with a 2008 homicide competent to be sentenced.  In 2015, Joshua Massaquoi was initially charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting of 21-year-old Michael Francis Taylor on June 22, 2008, on the 600 block of Farragut Street, NW. Read more »

A mother, whose son was convicted of first-degree murder, recently told D.C. Read more »