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Courtroom 118

• Anthony Townsend, Mercellus Thomas, Tyanna Thomas, Rico Pleasant, Cornelius McLendon, Cory Brown, Marcus Taylor, Janay Copeland, Steven McCalla and John Jefferson have status hearings at 9:30 a.m.
• Antoinette Farrar and Desean Sellers have hearings at 10:30 a.m.
• Dallas Tillman has a probation show cause hearing at 10:45 a.m.
• Rydell Johnson has a probation show cause hearing at 11:30 a.m.

Judge Hold 2 Defendants and Issues 3 Bench Warrants During Show Cause Hearings

During show cause hearings on Oct. 29, a DC Superior Court judge continued four hearings, held two defendants, discharged one hearing and issued three bench warrants Judge Rainey Brandt continued…

Judge Only Sees One-Third of the Defendants Scheduled for Hearings

A DC Superior Court judge presided over 12 pretrial and probation show cause hearings on Oct. 26. She issued eight bench warrants for the arrests of defendants who did not…

Judge Extends Defendant’s Probation

On Aug. 4, DC Superior Court Judge Judith Smith converted a defendant’s probation to unsupervised and extended it to January 2021.  On June 4, 2018, Keith Johnson pleaded guilty to…

Fugitive From Justice Cases

On April 22, 11 cases for 11 fugitive of justice defendants were heard. Charges were dropped for Anthony Thomas, John Stewart, Bill Kachle, Elijah Johnson, Caldon Esdaille and Wendell Bates….

Police Arrest 19 Suspects in Beginning of April

The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested 19 suspects as of April 10. One suspect is charged with robbery, six suspects are charged with burglary, one suspect is charged with destruction…

Monthly Recap: Gun-Related Deaths Remain the Majority

While the District of Columbia saw a decrease in the number of homicides throughout November, the common thread, among the past three months, remains that the majority of homicides in…

Monthly Recap: Teen Homicides Increase in October

Throughout the last three months, the District has seen an uptick in teenage homicide victims. According to D.C. Witness data, during the month of August there were no teenage homicides,…

Weekly Homicide Recap: Nov. 5-11

Over the last week, from Nov. 5-11, the Metropolitan Police Department reported four homicides and two arrests for homicides in Washington, DC. According to D.C. Witness data, there have been…

Trial date set for 2 defendants charged with transgendered woman’s death

A trial is scheduled in January of 2019 for two men who are charged with allegedly fatally shooting a transgendered woman two years ago. Jalonte Little, 26, and Monte Johnson,…

Month In Review: October

There were 12 homicides in October 2017 and nine cases were resolved. Here is our monthly wrap-up of cases covered in October. Homicides Of the 12 homicides, ten of them…

Month in Review: July

There were twelve homicides in the month of July, and three cases were put to rest with a guilty verdict or plea. Though there were the same number of homicides…