(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred in the 1300 block of Levis Street, NE.
On Sunday, June 19, 2011, at approximately 5:45 pm, units from the Fifth District responded to the 1300 block of Levis Street, NE to investigate the report of an unconscious adult male. Upon arriving on the scene, officers located an adult male victim inside of a location. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death is pending an autopsy.
The decedent has been identified as 61 year-old Glenn Scarborough of Northeast, Washington, DC. Read more
Since Homicide Watch first started reporting homicides in DC, six defendants have been under the age of 18 at the time of their arrest. Only one has been tried as a juvenile. Now, a Cambridge University professor says that not only should the other five be kept out of the adult criminal justice system, anyone under age 30 shouldn’t be tried, or sentenced, as adults, either.
Citing a study funded by NIJ in 2008, the results of which are expected to be published soon, Farrington said he and his colleagues had determined that because young people’s brains aren’t fully developed until they reach young adulthood they don’t have full control over their impulses and thus are more likely than adults to break the law, act out and engage in delinquency. Young people exhibiting those behaviors are likely to benefit from treatment outside of the adult criminal justice population, Farrington said.
Brain development should be of particular concern to those working with delinquents and crime-prone populations because stress factors, including living in high crime area, can delay a person’s brain development even more, Farrington said.
His recommendation? Different treatment and punishment for offenders aged 29 and under.
Homicide Watch is currently tracking the cases of 49 DC murder defendants arrested since October 2010.
Of those defendants:
34 are 29 years old or younger
16 are age 21 or younger
6 are age 18 or younger
Only one defendant of the 49 has been tried as a juvenile.
Where do these young people belong? In the adult criminal justice system? The juvenile system? Or somewhere else entirely?
Two Men Convicted of Killing a Man and Wounding a Child In December 2008 Home Invasion in Northwest Washington - Third Defendant Convicted of Obstructing Justice, Perjury -
WASHINGTON- Allen Butler, 33, and Steven Lewis 30, both of Washington, D.C., were convicted by a jury today of second degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, and other charges stemming from a home invasion in December 2008 in which a man was killed and a five-year-old boy was wounded, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
A third defendant, Tawanda Sheffield, 33, also of Washington, D.C., was convicted by the same jury of two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury as a result of her having lied to police and a grand jury in an effort to fabricate an alibi for Butler’s whereabouts at the time of the home invasion.
The verdicts followed a three-week trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Honorable William M. Jackson, who presided at the trial, scheduled sentencing for all three defendants on September 9, 2011. Read more
A report from NBC Washington states that the man, who lived in a basement apartment in the 1300 block of Levis Street, was found with duct tape wrapped around his head.
MPD is investigating a homicide at a home in Trinidad, WUSA9,WJLA and the Washington Post report.
Says WUSA9:
Officials tell 9 NEWSNOW the body of a man in his 60’s was discovered by police after they were dispatched to the home in the 1300 block of Levis Street around 5:30 Sunday night. Police say the officers were called to investigate a report of trouble at the residence.
The Post adds:
Police said preliminary evidence indicated that the victim had been stabbed, and that duct tape may have been affixed to part of the victim’s body.
A man shot and killed late Friday night in Northwest DC has been identified by police as 32 year-old David Andrew Matthews of Fort Washington, Maryland.
Read MPD’s press release below.
June 18, 2011
Homicide: Unit Block of Longfellow Street, NW
(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a fatal shooting which occurred in the unit block of Longfellow Street, NW.
On Saturday, June 18, 2011, at approximately 12:30 am, units from the Fourth District were flagged down in the unit block of Kennedy Street, NW in reference to sounds of gunshots. They located an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound in the 5600 block of North Capitol St, NW. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and transported the victim to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was later pronounced dead. Investigation revealed that the shooting occurred in the unit block of Longfellow Street, NW. Read more
Just before 1am, a unit was flagged down for a shooting victim in the 5600 blk of North Capitol St. NW. An adult male victim was located suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The male was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced. Currently, the 5600 blk of North Capitol Street is temporarily closed while Homicide Division investigates. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-888-919-CRIME.
Homicide Watch is a community-driven reporting project covering every murder in the District of Columbia. Using original reporting, court documents, social media, and the help of victims’ and suspects’ friends, family, neighbors and others, we cover every homicide from crime to conviction. Read more…
