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D.C. Witness Staff
- February 3, 2022
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Details 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... Read More
By
Jakob Rios [former]
- February 2, 2022
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Data
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Juveniles
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Sex Abuse
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Sexual Assault
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Details A DC Superior Court judge removed a child sex abuse defendant from GPS monitoring. The defendant is accused of threatening an 11-year-old girl with a knife and sexually assaulting her... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- February 1, 2022
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Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a request to change a murder defendant’s pretrial release conditions. Bernard Matthews is accused of fatally shooting 22-year-old Diamonte Green on the 300 block of... Read More
By
Andrea Keckley [former]
- January 28, 2022
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Details Jordan Smith was charged with murder in November 2017 and held at DC Jail until a judge agreed to release him in 2019. Now, as numerous detained defendants wait to... Read More
By
Ariana Rojas [former]
- January 27, 2022
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Details A DC Superior Court judge denied a defense attorney’s motion to preclude the prosecution from consuming possible DNA evidence. Khamari Perkins is charged with first-degree murder while armed and possessing... Read More
By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- January 25, 2022
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Details Parties discussed DNA testing in preparation for a November murder trial. Ch’Juan Robinson, 24, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 35-year-old Louis Kingsbury on the 200... Read More
By
Jay McDonald [former]
- January 21, 2022
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Domestic Violence
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Sex Abuse
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Sexual Assault
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Details A DC Superior Court judge granted an attorney’s request to take a child sex abuse defendant off GPS monitoring. The defendant is charged with two counts of second-degree child sex... Read More
By
Jay McDonald [former]
- January 20, 2022
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Details Parties in a murder case agreed to reschedule the defendants’ trial to begin approximately one month earlier. Co-defendants Tony Morgan and Martinez Raynor are accused of traveling to a holiday market... Read More
By
Jakob Rios [former]
- January 20, 2022
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Details Parties discussed preparations for the upcoming trial of two defendants charged in connection with a teenager’s death. James Mayfield and Robert Moses, both 22, are charged with first-degree murder while... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- January 18, 2022
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Details Keanan Turner is charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed and one count of assault with intent to kill while armed in reference to a shooting that killed... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- January 10, 2022
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Details 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... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- January 6, 2022
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Details Mother and son co-defendants Jaquell and Chakeatia Jackson are awaiting trial on charges of second-degree murder while armed. The defense attorney for 37-year-old Chakeatia is now seeking her client’s release... Read More