Homicide Watch D.C.

Each Friday, Homicide Watch brings you a list of upcoming hearings in the cases we follow. All hearings are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. To add an item to the listing, email homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com. To see scheduled court hearings beyond next week, see our calendar.

On Monday Chamontae Walker and Corey Yates are scheduled for status hearings with Judge Thomas Motley. They are suspected of first-degree murder for the death of Darrel Hendy.

On Tuesday Anthony Thomas, James Brewer, and Stephen Page are scheduled for status hearings with Judge Motley. The three pled innocent to first-degree murder in the shooting death of Solomon Reese.

Eugene Kelly is scheduled for a status hearing with Judge Motley on Tuesday. Kelly is suspected in the death of Isaiah Harris.

Keir Johnson and Lester Williams are scheduled for a status hearing with Judge Motley on Tuesday. They are suspected in the death of Jamal Coates.

Judge Robert Morin is expecting Irving Johnson for a status hearing on Tuesday. Johnson was indicted on charges of first-degree murder for the deaths of Domonique Barber and Jimmie Lee Simmons III.

Ricardo Mitchell is scheduled for a status hearing on Tuesday with Judge Lee Satterfield. He pled innocent for the shooting death of Wyatt Earp Robinson.

On Wednesday Keith Littlepage is scheduled for a jury trial with Judge Motley. Littlepage pled innocent in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Selina Knight.

On Thursday Ellsworth Colbert is scheduled for a felony status conference with Judge Motley. Colbert is suspected of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Robert Wright.

Judge Morin is expecting Eric Payne for a detention hearing on Thursday. Payne is suspected of first-degree murder for the death of Charles Hicks.

On Friday Alexis Pineda is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing with Judge Morin. Pineda pled innocent for the shooting death of Jose Hernandez-Romero.

Marcus McLean is scheduled for sentencing with Judge Morin on Friday. McLean pled guilty to charges of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Delando King.

Judge Morin is expecting Michael Davis for a mental observation hearing on Friday. Davis is suspected in the death of Gary Dederichs.

Antoine Little is scheduled for a preliminary hearing with Judge Motley on Friday. Little is suspected of second-degree murder for the death of James Eric Cain.

Delron Atchison and Vincent Gray are scheduled for status hearings with Judge Motley on Friday. They are suspected of first-degree murder for the death of Demetrius Thompson.

On Friday Raymond Faunteroy is scheduled for a felony status conference with Judge Motley. Faunteroy is suspected of first-degree murder for the death of Derrick Ragland.

Wayne Jackson, Christopher Williams, and Harold Proctor are scheduled for felony status conferences with Judge Ronna Beck on Friday. They are suspected in connection with the murder of Kevin Blackwell Jr.

Judge Beck is expecting David Warren and Montez Warren for status hearings on Friday. They are suspected of murder for the death of Ervin Griffin.

Michael Poth is scheduled for a felony status conference on Friday with Judge Beck. Poth is suspected of second-degree murder for the death of Philip Bushong.

Judge Beck is expecting Marc Tapp for a status hearing on Friday. Tapp is suspected of first-degree murder for the death of Jermaine Anderson.

Judge William Jackson is expecting Felicia Jones for a status hearing on Friday. Jones is suspected of second-degree murder for the death of Jodie Ward.

Grant Johnson is scheduled for a preliminary hearing with Judge Jackson on Friday. Johnson is suspected of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Ricardo Lancaster.

Jeffrey Mills is scheduled for a felony status conference on Friday with Judge Jackson. Mills is suspected in the beating death of Juan Antonio Paredes.

Jonathan Fullard is scheduled for a preliminary hearing and felony arraignment with Judge Jackson on Friday. Fullard is suspected of felony murder for the death of his girlfriends 20-month-old son, Keyontae Moore.

Ray Dicks is scheduled for a felony status conference with Judge Jackson on Friday. Dicks is suspected of first-degree murder for the death of Eric Kearney.

Please remember that court dates can change, even at the last minute. To view the docket of a case please go to the D.C. Courts website and search by the defendant’s name.

A man killed in a shooting on Morton Street Northwest early Thursday morning has been identified as 35-year-old Julius Barnett Ellington of Northwest DC.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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A man shot and killed on the Fourth of July in Northwest DC has been identified by police as 19-year-old Crevontai Key of Northeast DC.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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A shooting in Northwest DC Wednesday night, the Fourth of July, killed one person and injured three others. Early reports Wednesday night indicated that the deceased victim may be a juvenile.

“Guest” commented on the report, saying:

There is one dead that is under the age of 18

On Thursday morning, the following message was published on the Fourth District listserv:

One of the victims from this shooting was pronounced deceased. Officers and Homicide Detectives continue to actively investigate this case. We continue to ask that anyone with information please call 202-727-9099.

Links Roundup is after the jump.
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A shooting on Morton Street in Northwest DC early Thursday morning left one man dead, Fox5, WUSA, and WJLA report.

From the Washington Post:

Two men were shot in the 600 block of Morton Street NW, one in the face and one in the back. Police said one of the men died, but they did not give additional details.

The shooting was the second homicide in 12 hours in the District. Earlier in the evening, four people were shot in the 5000 block of First Street Northwest.

NBC Washington reports that four people were shot in Northwest DC Wednesday night; one of those struck by gunfire has died.

Reports NBC Washington:

Police said the incident started in the courtyard of a building on the 5000 block of First Street NW and ended with the four people shot on Gallatin Street.
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The Washington Examiner reports that Prince George’s County, which borders the District, has seen half the number of homicides in the first six months of 2012 as were reported in the first half of 2011.

Homicides have dropped nearly 50 percent in Prince George’s County so far this year from the first six months of 2011, marking a drastic reduction that county police and public safety officials hope to maintain for the next six months.

County police are investigating 28 homicide cases, 26 of which occurred in 2012. Compared with a year ago, when the department was handling 54 homicide cases, the homicide rate has been reduced by 48 percent.

The drop in killings is steep for a county that has seen a steady number of homicides for the last three years, when more than 90 people were killed annually. And 117 people were killed in 2008.

The story notes that January 2011 was especially grisly, but the murder rate slowed later in the year. Read the full story here.

Week in Review was delayed this weekend due to internet outages from the storm.

In Brief:

Skeletal remains found in Sept. 2011 in Southeast DC were determined to be those of 39-year-old Lawrence Neal Jr. Police say he was the victim of a homicide.

James Eric Cain, 53, was fatally stabbed in Northeast DC Monday. Antoine Little was arrested Thursday on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with Cain’s death.

Antonio Jones was sent to Saint Elizabeths for further mental examination, after the Department of Mental Health found him incompetent to continue with his court proceedings at this time. He’s suspected in the shooting death of Davon Paul Gray.

Eric Jerome Payne, 30, of Capitol Heights, Md, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the June 2011 stabbing death of Southeast DC man Charles Hicks. He is the second person arrested in the case.

Grant Johnson, a 37-year-old Bladensburg, Md. man, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the May shooting death of Ricardo Mandrell Lancaster.

Reynard Cook, also known as Reynaud Cook, was indicted by a grand jury on a charge that he fatally shot his girlfriend, Yolanda Stone, in February. Cook is not in custody and is wanted by authorities.

Jonathan Fullard, 28, was indicted on charges of felony murder,first-degree cruelty to children and obstruction of justice, related to the killing of his girlfriend’s 20-month-old son, Keyontae Moore.

DC has recorded a 19 percent drop in homicides in the first half of 2012, compared to the first half of 2011, according to data collected and analyzed by Homicide Watch DC. The homicide data also shows a significant decrease in gun violence and domestic violence, compared to last year. Meanwhile, a greater proportion of homicides have resulted from fatal stabbings.

The data also shows a decrease in the number of domestic violence homicides. While three of the 45 DC homicides that occurred in the first six months of 2012 have been classified as domestic violence related homicides, representing less than six percent of all homicides to date, twelve percent of all homicides last year were determined to be due to domestic violence.

To see court hearings scheduled this week, please see our Week Ahead.

We’re hoping the internet will come back on soon. In the meantime, please bear with us in any details in reporting or in moderating comments. With thanks from the Homicide Watch team.

Only three of the 45 DC homicides that occurred in the first six months of 2012 have been classified as domestic violence related homicides. That number represents less than six percent of all homicides to date.

This percentage shows a drop in domestic violence related homicides from last year when 12 percent of homicides were classified as domestic violence related; seven of last year’s domestic violence homicides occurred in the first half of the year.
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A fight over who “was a real Muslim” led to James Cain‘s stabbing death in Southeast DC Monday evening, a witness in the case has told police.

Antoine Little, 36, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with Cain’s death. He was ordered held Friday pending a preliminary hearing in the case.
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