During a pretrial show cause hearing a DC Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant for a murder defendant who disappeared from a halfway house. Read more »

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For the second time in a year, a murder  defendant filed a motion for his defense counsel to withdraw.  Edward Hampton Brown, 57, is charged with robbery while armed of a senior citizen and first-degree murder while armed of a senior citizen for his alleged involvement in the murder of Michael Mahoney, 71.  Brown allegedly stabbed Mahoney on the 2300 block of 11th Street, NW on Feb. Read more »

Throughout the month of April, the District saw a substantial uptick in homicides, a 111 percent increase. The increase reflects the same amount of homicides that occurred in January despite a two month decrease in February and March. Read more »

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