The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced their ongoing investigation into a fatal shooting incident that took place in Southeast. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Rafinnan in an Aug. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted prosecutors' request to delay a trial just as arguments were set to begin because the victim, who is the prosecution's key witness, was in the hospital on Aug. Read more »

Ramel Henderson, Kevon Jackson, Melvin Morris and Dominique Franks were arraigned on charges of conspiracy and aggravated assault while armed and pleaded not guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro on Aug. Read more »

A homicide case was delayed due to the defendant’s failure to appear in court before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Aug. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe found probable cause to proceed with a second-degree murder case and denied the defendant release during a July 18 hearing. Read more »

Following a multi-month long trial, a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom convicted three individuals for their involvement in a conspiracy, murder, and multiple non-fatal shootings on July 10.  Koran Jackson, 23, Tyiion Kyree Freeman, 24, and Stephen Nelson, 22, are three of five individuals charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed, assault with the intent to kill while armed, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes on March 1, 2020, on the 600 block of S Street, NW. Read more »

C Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe denied July 10 a second motion filed by the defense to reconsider release conditions for a murder and robbery defendant on July 10. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan announced a delay in ruling on a motion to sever mother and son homicide co-defendants, to further review the evidence and case law, during a July 2 hearing. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt advised attorneys to "wordsmith" the language contained in the charges which would assist the jury in deliberations.   Tyiion Kyree Freeman, 24,Koran Jackson, 23, and Stephen Nelson, 33, are three of five individuals charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder while armed, assault with the intent to kill while armed, conspiracy, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a firearm in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes on March 1, 2020, on the 600 block of S Street, NW. Read more »

During closing arguments in a co-defendant murder and conspiracy trial defense lawyers say the prosecution failed to connect the dots by linking the defendants to a deadly crime spree. Read more »