The man accused of murdering 11-year-old Karon Brown one summer evening in Naylor Gardens took to the witness stand to testify in his own defense at trial.  The defendant, Tony McClam, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in Brown’s shooting.  While parties agree that McClam shot at a vehicle on July 18, 2019, the defense asserts that he did so because he thought the driver intended to attack him. Read more »

Prosecutors called their final witnesses to the stand during a trial for the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Karon Brown. Read more »

Two Department of Forensic Science (DFS) personnel testified during a trial for the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy. Read more »

Seven witnesses testified during the second day of a murder trial for the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old in the summer of 2019. Read more »

Parties delivered their opening arguments in a trial for the man accused of fatally shooting an 11-year-old boy.  Tony McClam is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the death of Karon Brown on July 18, 2019, on the 2700 block of Naylor Road, SE. Read more »

A defense attorney challenged a prosecutor's decision to use certain video evidence in an upcoming murder trial. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a trial for a murder case in which the victim has yet to be found. Read more »

Parties made last-minute evidence arguments ahead of an upcoming murder trial. Read more »

The Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia released a memo calling for the release of all persons incarcerated at the DC Jail in the wake of the U.S. Read more »

The attorney for a defendant charged in the death of Unique Harris, who went missing in 2010, requested his client's release due to the conditions at DC Jail. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge granted a motion to release a defendant charged in his father's death. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge denied a defense attorney's motion to compel discovery evidence in a murder case. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge cancelled a hearing to determine if a sex abuse case has enough evidence to go to trial after learning that parties are currently negotiating a potential plea deal. Read more »

A defense attorney in a homicide case voiced concerns over his client's length and conditions of confinement during an arraignment hearing. Read more »

June 30 marked the second day of arguments in a motion hearing for a murder defendant who has yet to be indicted, despite having been arrested in November 2019. Read more »