A defendant pleaded guilty to carjacking and unlawful possession of a firearm on June 9 before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno. Read more »

Two homicide co-defendants accepted a plea deal extended by prosecutors on June 6 before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman. Read more »

An analyst in cellular phone technology and call site analysis testified before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz during a murder, mass shooting trial on June 3.  Erwin Dubose, 31, Kamar Queen, 28, Damonta Thompson, 28, and William Johnson-Lee, 22, are charged with conspiracy, premeditated first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, assault with significant bodily injury while armed, among other charges, for their alleged involvement in the mass shooting that killed 31-year-old Donnetta Dyson, 24-year-old Keenan Braxton, and 37-year-old Johnny Joyner. Read more »

Editor’s Note: Aillayh Carter was acquitted of all charges by a jury on March 19, 2026.  Prosecutors alerted DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan they plan to retry a homicide defendant’s case following a mistrial, despite his co-defendant’s mental incompetence finding on June 2. Read more »

A carjacking defendant requested additional time to consider a plea deal extended by prosecutors during a hearing on June 4 before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno.  Parren Hawkins, 33, is charged with unarmed carjacking and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in an incident that occurred on Feb. Read more »

The prosecution presented evidence they allege proves two among six co-defendants acted to cover-up a mass shooting during a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on May 13. Read more »

A prosecution eyewitness testified about a homicide that took place in his friend’s apartment before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on April 30 and May 1. Read more »

A DC Jail correction officer testified about an inmate incident involving one of six co-defendants in 2016 before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on May 1. Read more »

A repeat offender, who was wounded multiple times in a shootout, was sentenced to 72 months in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno on April 30.   Charles Brown, 64, was accused of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of unlawful possession of firearm with a prior crime of violence.  The counts stem from a Sept. Read more »

A Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer testified he found a gun inside a booster seat in the defendant's vehicle during a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on April 29. Read more »

In spite of defense concerns that her testimony is unreliable, the prosecutor said,“It’s as clear as the elephant in the room” that a woman lied to protect her lover in a homicide case.  The issue was debated before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan in an April 24 pre-trial hearing for Robert Carpenter, 36. Read more »

The defense filed a motion to suppress evidence found by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in a shooting homicide. Read more »

A homicide defendant’s attorney argued against a mental competency finding before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park in a hearing on April 1. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced Quanisha Ramsuer to 36 months in prison on March 28 for obstruction of justice in a murder case.  Ramsuer, 31 was convicted of obstruction of justice for a mass shooting on July 16, 2018, on the 5300 block of 53rd Street, NE. Read more »

A shooting defendant’s charge was raised to another level in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Hildum on March 18.  Michael Alexander, 19, is charged with assault with intent to kill and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in an incident that occurred on the 300 block of S Street, NE, on Feb. Read more »