Antonio Bassett Archives

Homicide Defendant Deemed Mentally Competent to Stand Trial

Details On Nov. 3, following the recommendation from a report written by doctors at the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo deemed a homicide defendant competent... Read More

Defense Intends to Compel Witness to Provide DNA for Testing

Details At a status hearing on April 21, the defense expressed an intent to compel a witness to provide DNA for testing with the evidence as per the defendant’s request. Chad... Read More

New Date Set Again for Retrial in Murder Case

Details On April 5 despite defense opposition, DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo, for the second time, granted the prosecution their request for a new trial date. Forty-three-year-old Chad Hawthorne is... Read More

Jury Selection Vacated for Homicide Defendant

Details On Jan. 6, a murder defendant was scheduled for a new hearing in April when a motions schedule is slated to be set. Chad Hawthorne, 41, is charged with first-degree... Read More

New Date Set for Retrial in Murder Case

Details A murder defendant gets a new date for his retrial. Chad Hawthorne, 41, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possessing a firearm during a crime of violence and unlawful... Read More

Murder Defendant Appointed New Counsel as Prosecutors Prepare to Retry Case

Details Less than a month after a murder trial ended with jurors unable to reach a verdict, the defendant requested new counsel as prosecutors gear up to re-try the case. Chad... Read More

Jurors in Murder Trial Unable to Reach a Verdict

Details A DC Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the case of Antonio Bassett‘s fatal shooting after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Chad Hawthorne, 41, is charged... Read More

Parties Deliver Closing Arguments After Murder Defendant Questions Witnesses

Details Murder defendant Chad Hawthorne questioned three witnesses during the sixth day of his trial. The day’s proceedings wrapped up with attorneys delivering their closing arguments. Hawthorne, 41, is accused of... Read More

Interview Footage Examined During Trial for Fatal Apartment Shooting

Details A murder trial resumed with jurors viewing footage of a police interview with the defendant. Chad Hawthorne is on trial for allegedly shooting 35-year-old Antonio Bassett in an apartment on... Read More

Jurors View Interrogation Footage During Murder Trial

By Jay McDonald [former] - March 15, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Prosecutors finished showing jurors the five-hour video of murder defendant Chad Hawthorne’s interrogation during the fifth day of his trial. Hawthorne, 41, is accused of shooting 35-year-old Antonio Bassett in... Read More

Prosecution Calls its First Witnesses in Day Two of Deadly Apartment Shooting Trial

Details Chad Hawthorne is on trial for the murder of 35-year-old Antonio Bassett in a Fort Davis Park apartment complex. Four witnesses took the stand during the second day of his trial... Read More

Parties Relay Obstacles in Preparing Murder Case for Trial

Details Parties discussed multiple obstacles they encountered in a murder case that was set to go to trial in March. Chad Hawthorne is accused of shooting 35-year-old Antonio Bassett to death on... Read More