On July 2, a judge granted a request to remove a defendant's GPS monitoring device after the victim moved out of the area. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a defendant who failed to appear in court on June 30.  Herman Smith was charged with assault with intent to commit robbery on Oct. Read more »

Judge allows woman charged with second-degree murder to remain released on pretrial after noncompliance issues. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge did not send a defendant back to jail despite the fact that he has not been contacting his pretrial representative. Read more »

On June 26, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann released 10 defendants, holing four defendants during their initial hearings. Read more »

A pregnant woman with health conditions was reminded by all parties June 25 to stay in compliance with her GPS requirements. Read more »

A 53-year-old man gets time to comply with his release conditions. Read more »

On June 25, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann released 18 defendants, holding three defendants at DC Jail. Read more »

A man thought to be homeless was almost taken off of GPS monitoring by a judge when he admitted that he has had a home from the beginning. Read more »

On June 23, DC Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann granted defense counsel more time to get in contact with a defendant before issuing a bench warrant.  Wendell Poole was charged with distributing cocaine and released pending trial on March 18.  Poole’s defense attorney, Dan Harn, said it is very difficult to contact his client because he does not currently have a working phone number. Read more »

After several stays at St. Read more »

A woman, who allegedly swung a knife at a person after trying to steal a pack of beer from a store, has a warrant out for her arrest. Read more »

On June 23, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann held four defendants and released 14 defendants. Read more »

District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann released 24 defendants and held two defendants during initial hearings on June 22. Read more »

After hearing a murder defendant’s arguments for why his release should be reconsidered,  a DC Superior Court judge agreed with an initial ruling to keep the defendant at DC Jail.   Ravel Mills, a 26-year-old resident of Temple Hills, Md., has been charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Toussaunt Strong, a 28-year-old resident of Clinton, Md. Read more »