The Washington Post, using documents filed in court Friday, reports today that Albrecht Muth‘s claims to military service are false.
Muth, in custody at DC Jail on suspicion of killing his wife, Viola Drath, at their Georgetown home in August, had claimed to be a member of the Iraqi army and told the court that his detention violated the Geneva Convention.
Read more
Corey Yates was arrested by MPD Friday afternoon at 2:30 in connection with the shooting death of Darrel Hendy, MPD said Friday night.
Yates was arraigned on the first-degree murder while armed charge on Sept. 26. He pleaded innocent and was in custody at D.C. Jail.
Read more
The victim of a fatal shooting early Saturday morning has been identified as 25-year-old Carlows Michael Eady, MPD said this afternoon.
Eady was shot several times while in the 5300 block of Dix Street, NE. at about 12:30 Saturday morning. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Online, family and friends have responded to Eady’s death. Read some of their comments, and a press release from MPD, after the jump.
Read more
A community walk in memory of shooting victim Henry Kelly has been canceled due to weather, the organizer of the event said this morning.
The walk has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m.
Read more
A shooting in Northeast D.C. has killed a man, WJLA and NBC Washington report.
The shooting was first reported on MPD’s Sixth District Listserve. Wrote Cmdr. Robert Contee,
The Sixth District is currently investigating a shooting in the 5300 Block of Dix Street N.E.
Read more
The death of an Army veteran and George Washington University grad student is a homicide, police announced today, but it remains to be seen whether it will be prosecuted as a murder.
Patrick Casey, 33, got into a fight at a McDonald’s on M Street NW last Friday. Initial reports, quoting Casey’s parents (who themselves relied on other witnesses at the scene), said he intervened in an altercation and was “sucker punched,” knocking him down. He suffered a “severe laceration” to the back of his head, according to the Washington Post, and was pronounced dead Tuesday after being in a coma for four days.
But at this point, WJLA reports, no one is facing charges in the case.
MPD Captain Michael Farish told reporters it’s unclear who started the confrontation last Friday, and Casey could have been the aggressor. He said the initial push came from either Casey or someone with him.
Farrish said the case could be a simple assault, a misdemeanor. Video reports are embedded below the jump.
Read more
Karl Pugh’s preliminary hearing was ordered continued today in Judge Thomas Motley’s courtroom.
Pugh, 30, is charged with second-degree murder in the Sept. 20 shooting death of Quentin Ragland, 27, in the 800 block of Southern Avenue, SE.
Read more
The defense attorney for the man accused of killing his teenage daughter and holding others hostage in the home following the fatal shooting has filed paperwork with the court saying that he intends to pursue an insanity defense on behalf of his client.
Attorney Steven Kiersh and his client, Robert Carter, were before the court Friday.
Read more
A preliminary hearing scheduled for this morning in the case against Stephanie Lawson was rescheduled for Oct. 6.
Lawson is suspected in the fatal stabbing of Karen Jordan on Aug. 27.
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.
A trial is due to start Monday in the May 2010 shooting death of 18-year-old DC City Council intern Alante Sutton. Omare Cotton was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the case in November. Judge Gerald Fisher has the trial.
On Tuesday, Aaron Adams is expected for a bond review hearing with Judge Fisher at 10:20 a.m. Adams is suspected in the death of Garrett Armand White.
Philip Crooms is expected for a preliminary hearing with Judge Lynn Leibovitz. Crooms is suspected in the death of Delonte Butler on Sept. 25, 2010. A preliminary hearing was begun in August, but Leibovitz sent government prosecutors back to the drawing board, instructing them to find clarification on the cause of death.
Read more
