Tyrone Johnson Archives

Shooting Defendant Denies Crime, Sentenced to 20 years

By Cameron Horne [former] - October 8, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Suspects |

Details In an Oct. 4 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo sentenced an unrepentant shooting defendant to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised probation. On June... Read More

Jury Finds Shooting Defendant Guilty on Most Charges

Details Jurors in DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo’s courtroom reached a verdict on June 5 in a non-fatal shooting incident finding the defendant guilty on ten-out-of-12 charges. Ultimately, jurors acquitted... Read More

Judge Accepts Plea Deal and Sentences Murder Co-Defendants

Details On Feb. 9, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein sentenced two co-defendants for their involvement in a homicide. Gabriel Brown, 34, was originally charged with first-degree murder while armed, first-... Read More

Prosecution Won’t Test DNA; Defendant Waives Genetic Screening

Details In a July 12 hearing, a defendant charged in connection to a non-fatal shooting waived his right to DNA testing. Tyrone Astorias Johnson, 42, is charged with assault with intent... Read More

Judge Resets Trial Date for Nearly 6-Year-Old Murder Case

Details On Jan. 20, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein met with co-defendants Gabriel Brown and Antonio Upshaw to set a date for trial in their murder case. Brown, 34, and... Read More

Judge Releases Murder Defendant on Home Confinement

Details DC Superior Court Judge Milton Lee released a co-defendant in a murder case after serving nearly five years in pretrial confinement. Gabriel Brown 33, and Antonio Upshaw, 33, are charged... Read More

Judge Gives Prosecution More Time to Discuss Motion to Sever

Details On Oct. 7, DC Superior Court Judge Milton C. Lee scheduled another hearing to give the prosecution time to discuss a motion to sever one of the co-defendants in a... Read More

Homicide Defendants to go Before Jury After Lengthy Pretrial Detention

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled trial dates for two co-defendants charged in connection with a 2017 homicide. Antonio Upshaw, 31, and Gabriel Brown, 33, are charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Judge Denies Release and Attorney Replacement Request in Murder Case

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied June 8 a murder defendant’s request to replace his attorney and for release. Gabriel Brown is charged with first-degree murder in the death of... Read More

Murder Defendants Ask To Be Able To Interact While Incarcerated

Details During a status hearing on Feb. 25, murder defendants asked a DC Superior Court judge to allow them to see each other while incarcerated. Antonio Upshaw, 31, and co-defendant Gabriel... Read More

Judge Postpones Hearing in Co-Defendant Murder Case

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 30, 2019
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Defense attorneys in a co-defendant case said they needed more time to test DNA evidence during a status hearing on July 26. Gabriel Brown, 30, and Antonio Upshaw, 30, are... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial for Defendant Without Indictment

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 9, 2019
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge set a trial date in a codefendant murder case even though one of them hadn’t been indicted as of April 8. Gabriel Brown and Antonio... Read More