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“Kill all Americans.”
“Bomb Georgetown.”
“Hack into government computers and files.”

Those are things Albrecht Muth allegedly threatened to do, according to testimony heard Friday.

In a bizarre preliminary hearing Friday, MPD Detective James Wilson presented these statements that witnesses in the investigation attributed to the 47-year-old man accused of killing Viola Drath on Aug. 12 in the Georgetown home they shared.

But before Wilson could testify about that evidence, Muth himself made a request: that he be allowed to read a short document to the court.
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MPD reports an arrest in the death of 24-year-old Marcellus Terrell Bailey, who died of a stabbing on Aug. 3.

Davon Holmes, a 28-year-old of Northwest DC, was arrested today on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed. A press release from MPD is below.
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It was six weeks ago that Terry Jimenez first appeared in front of Judge William Jackson for a preliminary hearing in the second-degree murder case that accuses him of killing a man in armed urban warfare. On Friday that hearing was completed, and Jimenez was ordered held.
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“A writer. A journalist. A reporter. A poet.”

This is what Curtis Weeks could have been. But he was 16-years-old when he was arrested on suspicion of felony murder while armed. And today, at 18, he received his sentence. Forty years incarceration for the shooting death of Reggie Cook.

“He is a teenager like many other teenagers,” said Weeks’s attorney Maria Hawilo. And those professions reflect things Weeks likes to do, she said.
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In a soft voice, murder defendant Calvin Monroe, answered “guilty” this morning to Judge William Jackson’s question of how he wished to plea in the death of 27-year-old Lonnie Whitted.

With that one word Monroe agreed that he shot Whitted, his brother’s former friend, by shooting at him multiple times, even as Whitted fled. His likely sentence: 17 to 22 years incarceration.
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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.

Monday
Kevin Clark and Donald Crosland are expected for a status hearing with Judge Thomas Motley. They are suspected in the fatal shooting of Ricardo Minger in Southeast D.C. on Jan. 7, 2011. A trial date has been set in the case for Oct. 17.
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The second-degree murder charge against teen Rashid Caviness-Bey was amended Thursday, just one day before Caviness-Bey was scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing.
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This comment of the day comes from Shiann Muhammad, who wrote in about her mother, Barbara Lloyd.

i believe in justice an my mother deserves it she didnt do anything to anyone to deserve this to happen to her i loved my mom dearly and it killed me to see her struggle to raise me on her own sometimes she would go without just make sure he children was taking careRead more

This Comment of the Day comes from “Unknown Writer,” who wrote in about Anthony Hatton, suspected in the shooting death of Tyrell Fogle.

Don’t get me wrong, Mr.Hatton may have did his dirt, but who are we to judge him?? Mr.Fogle’s family and friends will not be the only family to suffer. Mr.Hatton has a familly as well who has to grieve about the self conscious act he pulled, yet only watch him age behind bars.Read more

Each Sunday, Homicide Watch brings you a review of some of our top stories of the week.

In crime news:

A double shooting Sunday near Dunbar High School killed 21-year-old Dominic Dixon.

Seventeen-year-old Tyrell Fogle was shot to death in Northeast D.C. Monday night; eighteen-year-old Anthony Hatton was arrested and presented with a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the case.

A woman found stabbed to death less than a mile from the White House on Aug. 8 was identified as Barbara Lloyd, a 56-year-old Baltimore woman.

In courts news:

Stephanie Lawson was presented with a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Karen Jordan. Court records show Lawson had a court order to stay away from Jordan.

Brandon Andrews was ordered held on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Leonard Bigelow in Northeast DC.

Shawn Davis entered a plea of “not guilty” to one charge of first-degree murder while armed in the death of Southwest D.C. woman Tawanna Barnes Copeland.

Steven Cephas pleaded guilty to causing injuries and physical trauma to his girlfriend’s 20-month-old child, Dominic Dwayne Kingsbury Jr., who was in his care last November.

Bradley Allen, a 30-year-old man suspected of switching court identification bracelets with murder suspect James Brewer, was been added to Brewer’s case as a co-defendant. In the same case, prosecutors said this week that a potential witness was killed in Prince George’s County, Md. Finding probable cause, Judge Thomas Motley ordered all three murder defendants held.

In other news:

On WTOP’s “Ask the Chief” program, MPD Chief Cathy Lanier spoke about the Wyatt Earp Robinson case and allegations that an MPD officer witnessed the shooting and failed to take action.

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Send your tips, thoughts and comments to Homicide Watch Editor Laura Amico at homicidewatchdc@gmail.com