Fox5 reported yesterday on the case of a Maryland man who lost his job after MPD detectives told his boss that he was a suspect in the Heritage India murder case. The man has been cleared, but did not get his job back.
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NE DC Shooting Victim ID’ed as 19-Year-Old Francisco Orlando Rivas
A man killed in a Northeast DC shooting Thursday evening was identified Friday as 19-year-old Francisco Orlando Rivas of Hyattsville, MD.
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Week Ahead
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.
Rickey Pharr‘s trial in the death of Angelo Jones is expected to continue with Judge Thomas Motley this week. Jurors were told to anticipate the trial picking up again Monday.
On Friday,
Brian Gaither and Johnnie Sweets are expected for a motions hearing with Judge William Jackson. They are scheduled for trial in Nov. 2012 and are suspected of felony murder and first-degree murder in the death of Latisha Frazier.
Kevin Benbow is also expected with Judge Jackson. He’s scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with shooting death of Jinnell Barbara McQueen.
Wayne Jackson is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge Ronna Beck. He’s suspected of felony murder in the stabbing death of Kevin Blackwell Jr.
William Faison is also expected by Judge Beck. He’s scheduled for a status hearing in a felony murder while armed case. He’s suspected in the shooting death of Jeffrey Yarnell Covington.
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.
Man Shot Thursday Evening in NE DC
An early evening shooting in Northeast DC Thursday night seriously injured one man, possibly killing him, police and media reports say.
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Witness recounts hiding gun, T-shirt for Pharr
A 22-year-old witness who says she held Rickey Pharr’s gun, T-shirt and hat after he allegedly shot Angelo Jones took the stand today in the first-degree murder trial against Pharr.
The witness, a friend of Pharr’s, said she was drinking a cup of champagne on a front porch in Lincoln Heights with a friend when they heard gunshots coming from the direction of the Clay Terrace neighborhood.
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Katrell Henry Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Shooting Death of Laroy Bryant
From the US Attorney’s Office:
District Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison In 2010 Slaying in Southeast Washington - Shooting Followed a Confrontation in a Parking Lot -
WASHINGTON - Katrell Henry, 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 20 years in prison on charges stemming from the slaying last year of a man in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
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August Trial Date for Eric Foreman
Eric Foreman’s trial for felony murder has been rescheduled from February to August.
Foreman, 18, is charged in the August 2010 shooting death of Catholic University graduate student Neil Godleski. Godleski was bicycling home from his job as a waiter at a restaurant when Foreman allegedly robbed him for $60 at gunpoint in Sherman Circle. Godleski was shot several times in the course of the robbery.
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Comment of the Day: “Keep both parties families in your prayers.”
This Comment of the Day comes from Manofblessings, who wrote in about the Angelo Jones/ Rickey Pharr murder trial
Keep both parties families in your prayers, at the end of this trial there will be alot of being affected by the outcome either way. Angelo Jones family has lost a son,brother,nephew,father etc. So keep all of them in your prayers. Rickey also has a family that could possibly loose him as well so keep him and his family in your prayers as well. Despite how you feel about this case their are alot of people being affected by it so if you know the words of prayer just pray for the the everyone involved as well as there family and friends.
“All I wanted to do was prevent the incident from happening,” Witness tells Jury
For many present in Judge Thomas Motley’s courtroom late Wednesday morning, the eight minutes played from a recorded 911 call likely felt interminable.
“That’s not a good address… What’s your location?” the 911 dispatcher asks the caller, in different ways, again and again.
The caller tells her, again and again. Clay Terrace. 54th Street. The number 300 is on the street sign. The house number is 5339. Near the H.D. Woodson construction. Please just come, he says. There’s going to be a fight.
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Wayne Jackson Arrested in Fatal “Revenge Robbery” of Kevin Blackwell Jr.
A third suspect has been arrested on suspicion of felony murder in connection with the stabbing death of Kevin Blackwell Jr.
Wayne A. Jackson, a 22-year-old Capitol Heights Md. man, was presented with the charge today at DC Superior Court. His case joins those of Harold Maurice Proctor and Christopher Reginald Williams, also suspected in Blackwell’s death.
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