The defense rested their case in a homicide trial on July 6 after one day of calling witnesses who alluded to the possibility of the murder being committed by the victim’s known associates or another rival group in the Southwest, DC. Read more »

A homicide trial resumed on June 29 with prosecutors calling the victim’s girlfriend. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentences a defendant in a 2020 homicide case to 16 years in prison. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun found probable cause in a 2021 homicide case. Read more »

A 30-year-old defendant was sentenced on June 17 to serve 10 months in prison. Read more »

A defendant pleaded guilty to one count of attempted second-degree child sexual abuse on June 17.   Tieyon Garnett sexually abused his younger sibling in their home in 2020. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) apprehended a suspect accused of fatally shooting a 28-year-old man on the 1200 block of Southern Avenue, SE. Read more »

A witness testifies about surveillance video of his property on the day of the shooting during a murder trial. Read more »

The homicide trial of two defendants resumed on June 7 with prosecutors calling seven witnesses to testify.  Co-defendants Saquan Williams, 20, and Quincy Garvin, 22, are charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm, and criminal street gang affiliation in connection to the shooting of 24-year-old Carl Hardy on the 1200 block of I Street, SE, on Sept. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a domestic homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial, ordering that the defendant remain detained at DC Jail as he awaits his next court date. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge found probable cause for a second defendant charged in connection with a deadly assault near the intersection of Clay Terrace and 53rd Street, NE. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge found probable cause that a woman committed second-degree murder while armed in relation to a deadly stabbing in the Congress Heights neighborhood.  Wayniece Ellis is accused of stabbing 41-year-old Tayla Wright to death on the 600 block of Parkland Place, SE, on Oct. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder case for trial after the defendant rejected a plea offer. Read more »

A Metropolitan Police Department detective continued his testimony on a double homicide investigation during the second day of the defendant's preliminary hearing, which ended with a DC Superior Court judge ruling that the case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case only has enough evidence to go to trial on a lesser charge than what prosecutors initially filed after the defense attorney argued his client acted in self-defense. Read more »