Prosecution Plans to Extend Plea Deal for Defendant Charged in 2 Murder Cases

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 18, 2021
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

A prosecutor said he plans to extend a plea deal to a murder defendant.

Melvin Simmons, 27, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in two separate cases. He is charged for allegedly shooting William Roland on Aug. 17, 2019, on the 1500 block of 18th Street, SE, and Ronald Jerome Brown, Jr. on Aug. 22, 2019, 3400 block of 18th Street, SE.

Simmons was recently appointed a new attorney, Matthew Davies. Davies agreed to consider the prosecution’s plea offer once he reviewed discovery and met with his client.

DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo schedulednthe next hearing for April 29.