Homicide Watch D.C.

From MPD:

August 9, 2011

Arrest Made in the Homicide of Charles Hicks

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an arrest was made in the fatal stabbing which occurred in the 2600 block of Douglas Road, SE.

On Sunday, June 19, 2011, at approximately 1:22 am, units from the Seventh District responded to the 2600 block of Douglas Road, SE for the report of a stabbing. Upon arriving on the scene, officers located an adult male victim suffering from apparent stab wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The decedent has been identified as 53 year-old Charles Hicks of Southeast, Washington, DC.

On Monday, August 8, 2011 at approximately 11:45 pm members from the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 31-year-old Terrance McNeil of Southeast, DC, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant charging him with Second Degree Murder while Armed.

A stabbing in northwest DC early Monday morning killed a woman police have not yet identified. Her body, according to media reports, was found in an outdoor stairwell of the Old Post Office Pavillion.

MPD’s press release is below.

August 8, 2011

Homicide: 1100 Block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal stabbing which occurred in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

On Monday, August 8, 2011, at approximately 6:20 am, units from the First District responded to the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW to investigate the report of an unconscious person. Upon their arrival, they found an unidentified female on the scene, suffering from apparent stab wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to the scene and determined that the victim had no signs consistent with life.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME (1-888-919-2746).

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.
Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to DC CRIME SOLVERS at 1-800-673-2777 and to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411. If the information provided by the caller to the Crime Solvers Unit leads to an arrest and indictment, that caller will be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

A man currently in custody in Maryland on suspicion of first-degree murder there has been indicted by DC’s grand jury on a murder charge here in connection with the shooting death of Darrel Hendy.

Corey Yates is scheduled to be presented with the first-degree murder charge, and additional charges including conspiracy and firearms charges, on Aug. 16.

Co-defendants in the case, Meeko Carraway and Chamantae Walker, were arraigned in the case on Friday. Both of the men pleaded “not guilty.”

A trial date has been set for Feb. 21, 2012.

Yates, who will be 22-years-old on Tuesday, is due to stand trial on Jan. 9, 2012 in Montgomery County for the Dec. 2010 shooting death of Doodley Derose in Wheaton. Read the docket in that case here.

Read the Grand Jury’s indictment after the jump.
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In brief:

• MPD said there was a “potential emerging pattern” after a second transgendered person was shot. The first victim, Myles LaShay McLean, died. No arrests have been announced in that case.
• William Faison was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder of in connection with the shooting death of Jeffrey Yarnell Covington on July 2.
• In the District’s first homicide since July 20, 24 year-old Marcellus Terrell Bailey was fatally stabbed this week. No arrests have been announced.
• Marc Terrence Tapp was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jermaine Anderson in May.
• An early morning shooting Friday killed 28 year-old Christopher Emanuel Freeman of Southeast, DC. No arrests have been announced in the case.
• Deandre Rogers and Deon T. Jenkins were convicted in the 2008 murder of William Foster.
• Judge William Jackson ruled Friday that there was enough evidence to try two men accused of engaging in urban warfare following the Caribbean Festival in Northwest DC in June.
• Anthony Anderson was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 48-year-old Tyrone Smith last June in Petworth.
• A shooting Saturday morning in Northeast DC killed 48-year-old Howard Harold Williams. Lester James Wright, 21, has been arrested in connection with the case.

A shooting Saturday morning in Northeast DC killed 48-year-old Howard Harold Williams and a 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the crime, MPD said Sunday.

Williams was found with multiple gunshot wounds at about 9:56 a.m. Saturday. He died at a local hospital that same day.

Lester James Wright was arrested at about 10:30 Saturday night on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in the case.

MPD’s press release is after the jump.
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Anthony Anderson was sentenced today to three and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 48-year-old Tyrone Smith last June in Petworth.
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Prosecutors reported today that approximately seven months of plea negotiations with Marvin Palencia have failed and that they are refocusing on securing an indictment in the case.
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Judge William Jackson ruled Friday that there was enough evidence to try two men accused of engaging in urban warfare following the Caribbean Festival in Northwest DC in June.

Said AUSA Bruce Hegyi, in order to use the urban warfare legal theory, prosecutors must prove that

• the parties involved were armed and ready to fight when a crime took place,
• that they engaged in a gun battle,
• that they did not act in self-defense,
• that their conduct played a role in how the crime unfolded,
• and that it was reasonably foreseeable that the death of an innocent bystander could occur during the course of a fight.

Hegyi argued that the actions of Deonte Bryant and Terrance Bush following the Caribbean Festival met this criteria.

Defense attorneys for the men disagreed.

“Mr. Bryant was taken completely by surprise,” said attorney Daniel Quillin. “He had the absolute right to return fire and defend himself.”

Added attorney Kevin Mosley, on behalf of Bush, “There is a clear indication they [Bush and Bryant] were retreating when they were shot at.
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From the US Attorney’s Office:

Jury Convicts Gang Members of Murder in April 2008 Rush Hour Murder

WASHINGTON - United States Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today that Deandre Rogers, 20, of the 300 block of S Street, Northeast, and Deon T. Jenkins, 26, of the 1100 block of K Street, Southeast, were convicted today of First Degree Murder While Armed for the April 14, 2008, murder of William Foster at the intersection of North Capitol and R Streets, Northeast, Washington, D.C. Foster was murdered as he sat in his van trapped in rush hour traffic. Foster’s murder resulted in a spate of gang shootings in Northeast D.C. in the Spring of 2008 between two rival crews, the T Street/Yellow Brick Road Crew and the Todd Place Crew.
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A double shooting at about 3 a.m. Friday killed 28 year-old Christopher Emanuel Freeman of Southeast, DC, MPD reports.

Freeman was found shot in an ally in the 300 block of 34th Street Southeast and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim was taken to a hospital and MPD did not comment on that person’s condition.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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