A month after a defendant was charged with child sex abuse, parties scheduled a preliminary hearing to determine if his case has enough evidence to go to trial.  The 49-year-old defendant was arrested and charged with first-degree child sex abuse more than 15 years after the alleged incident. Read more »

A defendant in a child sex abuse case is considering a plea deal as his defense counsel waits to receive new evidence.  The 52-year-old defendant is charged with second-degree child sex abuse for allegedly abusing his two preteen goddaughters last May. Read more »

Two co-defendants pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with a deadly shooting in Northeast, DC, on a spring night in 2020. Read more »

Three co-defendants in a 2021 murder case declined a plea offer and are now awaiting a preliminary hearing, which will determine if their case has enough evidence to go to trial. Read more »

As the DC Jail re-opens for contact visitation, detained defendants like 37-year-old Travis Russell can potentially gain more access to their legal counsel as they fight their cases. Read more »

Parties in a sex abuse case are negotiating a potential plea deal. Read more »

Approximately one year after a 20-year-old man was shot to death at a gas station in Shaw, the defendants charged with his death entered guilty pleas. Read more »

Thirteen years after a man was killed in what is suspected to have been a robbery gone wrong, attorneys are divided over a key detail of the homicide- where it happened. Read more »

A prosecutor said she anticipates indicting a murder defendant within weeks. Read more »

A murder defendant has less than a month left to decide if he wants to accept a plea deal. Read more »

A prosecutor in a murder case is aiming to indict the defendant by the end of March.  On January 30, 2021, Brenea Franklin, 33, was stabbed in the neck on the 1100 block of Bellevue Street, SE. She died from her stab wounds. Read more »

A man facing murder charges for his alleged role in a motor vehicle collision that killed two people received more time to consider a plea offer.  On May 31, 2020, Kyle Wooden allegedly ran a red light on Bryant Street, NW, and struck a Nissan Altima containing two occupants- 82-year-old Donald Malloy and 79-year-old Mattie Young. Read more »

A prosecutor informed a DC Superior Court judge that they are seeking a manual reinterpretation of DNA evidence in a murder case.  Larry Brown is charged with second-degree murder, possessing a prohibited weapon and carrying a dangerous weapon. Read more »

Mother and son co-defendants Jaquell and Chakeatia Jackson are awaiting trial on charges of second-degree murder while armed. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan sentenced a defendant to time served after he resolved his two domestic violence cases with a global plea deal.  Baker Eveiton picked up the first of these cases in March 2020, when he was charged with felony contempt and threat to kidnap or injure a person. Read more »