Court records show that a preliminary hearing for Claude Kinney, suspected in the stabbing death of his wife, Alecia Wheeler, in Trinidad this month, has been postponed.
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On Henry Kelly’s Birthday, “The Pressure is On” to Find his Killer
On her son’s birthday today, Juanita Coghill is not thinking about cake or presents. Henry Kelly has been dead almost seven months. With no suspect behind bars, Coghill is instead visiting his grave. And getting ready to launch an effort to help police find the person responsible.
“I want someone in court and charged,” she said. “The goal is to put pressure. We’re not going to let this pressure go. The pressure is on.”
Kelly, who would be 21 years old today, was killed March 5 in a shooting in Southeast D.C.
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Jubilation— and Anger— as Judge Releases Man Accused of Killing Friend in Game of Russian Roullette
There was silent applause, fist pumping and smiles in court Wednesday when Judge Anthony Epstein ordered Terrell Brent released from custody.
But there were also tears. And anger.
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Anthony Hatton Held on Suspicion of First-Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Tyrell Fogle
Substantial probability was found today in the case against Anthony Hatton, who is suspected of gunning down teen Tyrell Fogle in Northeast DC in August.
Two MPD officers witnessed the shooting and chased Hatton through the neighborhood. Hatton eventually dropped a gun, put his hands up, and came out of some bushes where he was hiding, Detective Alfred Thomas Austin-Braxton testified Wednesday.
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Comment of the Day: “I’m not upset at you; I had forgiven you.”
This comment of the day comes from Jizzle, who wrote in about Antwain Henderson.
WOW I WAS JUST THINKING WHAT COULD A PERSON POSSIBLY DO TO ANOTHER TO GET TREATED LIKE THAT ALL I CAN SAY IS REST EASY AND I HOPE YOUR FAMILY RECIEVES SOME CLOSURE BECAUSE MY FAMILY HAS IM NOT UPSET AT U I HAD FORGIVEN U FOR 8-17-03 REST EASY DUDE
Innocent Plea from Third Defendant in Murder of Darrel Hendy
Corey Yates pleaded innocent today to a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the death of Darrel Hendy in Sept. 2010.
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At Dupont Circle Vigil, Gaurav Gopalan Remembered in Shakespeare Readings
Friends and family of Gaurav Gopalan as well as politicians and LGBT community activists gathered in Dupont Circle Sunday night for a candlelight vigil in memory of Gopalan, who was killed in Columbia Heights earlier this month.
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Week in Review
In brief:
Reginald Vance and Derrell Bennett pleaded innocent to charges that they shot and killed Keith Banks in Nov. 2010.
An annual report by the FBI showed the use of firearms in murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in the District to be slightly higher than the national average.
A memorial for Myles “LaShay” McLean, who was killed in July, was burned, WAMU reported.
Judge Karen Howze ruled that a fatal game of Russian Roulette, which killed twenty-year-old Lugus Fleming on Friday night, could not be a crime of second-degree murder because the teen believed to have fired the fatal shot, Terrell Rashad Brent, thought that the gun was empty.
Neighbors of slain Trinidad woman Alecia Wheeler gathered for a vigil in her memory, focusing on the impacts of domestic violence in the community and what can be done to halt it.
Gaurav Gopalan, who was found dead in Columbia Heights earlier this month and was identified at the time as a transgender woman, is believed to have been killed in a homicide, after a medical examiner’s report attributed his death to violent injuries.
Davon Holmes was ordered held on probable cause that he fatally stabbed Marcellus Bailey in August.
Quentin Joavor Ragland was killed in Southeast D.C. and Karl Pugh was ordered held on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the case.
Larnell Allen, one of the two men charged in the shooting death of teen Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr, is not standing trial in the case as scheduled in October. Co-defendant Kwan Kearney‘s trial date of Oct. 31 remains.
Nineteen-year-old Jeffrey Britt was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of George Rawlings after the funeral of a mutual friend.
Terrance Brooks was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of Zachery Funke, despite regret from Judge Thomas Motley that he could not impose a longer sentence on Brooks due to the plea agreement.
Isaiah Sheffield of Northeast D.C. was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the 1100 block of 21st Street NE.
NE DC Shooting Kills 24-Year-Old Isaiah Sheffield, Post Reports
The Washington Post reports that 24-year-old Isaiah Sheffield of Northeast D.C. was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the 1100 block of 21st Street NE.
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“Nothing could be so important that he had to lose his life at such a young age,” Motley tells Terrance Brooks at Sentencing
Terrance Brooks was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for the murder of Zachery Funke, despite regret from Judge Thomas Motley that he could not impose a longer sentence on Brooks due to the plea agreement.
Brooks, who was 44 when he committed the crime, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Funke, 22, on Jan. 2, 2010.
Motley said he understood the U.S. attorney office’s reasoning for not wanting to put the victim’s and the defendant’s families through a trial, but added that if they had and the jury returned a guilty verdict, the sentencing guidelines would have allowed him to impose a 26-year sentence, which he would have preferred, citing Brooks’ record that includes robbery and drug convictions.
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