This comment of the day comes from Juanita, who wrote in response to a community discussion about violent youth. She said:
My son Henry D. Kelly was murdered on March 5, 2011 he was found shot to death in the rear of 3122 Buena Vista Terrace SE, still to this day the police have not made an arrest and I am ANGRY. I do not think parents should be held accountable for the crimes there children commit. I think laws need to be changed to tougher penalties. Read more
James Speaks appeared in court late this afternoon on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Shonell “Chris” Corriea on April 6.
Speaks was presented with the charge and a preliminary hearing was set for Friday April 22.
Shackled and wearing a white jumpsuit, Speaks hung his head through the brief proceedings Wednesday. His court-appointed attorney, Rene Raymond, argued that the case against Speaks, which relies on one witness, was weak and undeveloped.
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A funeral service is expected to start at 11 a.m. this morning for Joshua Ruffin, killed in a double homicide April 6. The service is at Union Temple Baptist Church, 1225 W Street SE, according to Ruffin’s obituary.
A funeral service for slain teen Raheem Jackson is planned for Friday at 9 a.m. at Allen Chapel AME, 2498 Alabama Avenue, according to Jackson’s obituary.
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Reginald Williams, killed Wednesday, April 6 in a double homicide, will be buried Thursday, according to William’s obituary.
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Here’s a link to the obituary for Kirk Garnes, found dead in Lamond-Rigs on Saturday, April 2. An online guestbook is here.
James Anthony Speaks, a 22-year-old Northwest D.C. man, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Shonell Correia on Quincy Street NW last week.
MPD’s press release follows:
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A roundtable discussion on juvenile violent crime is planned for Wednesday evening in Northeast D.C. Details after the jump.
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The United States today formally opposed a defense attorney’s motion to compel D.C. authorities to search for the body of 18-year-old Latisha Frazier, believed to be buried in a Virginia landfill since her killing in August.
In the government’s paperwork, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Kavanaugh wrote that such a search would cost a minimum of $2.5 million, requiring 25,000 truckloads of trash to be moved from the landfill search location and lasting at least 164 days.
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An 18-year-old who has been indicted on charges that he shot and killed Darrel Hendy in Southeast D.C. last September, did so at the behest of a man who took the youth in off the streets, fed him and gave him a place to stay, according to testimony in court Tuesday.
Chamontae Walker sat quietly through his preliminary hearing on first degree murder charges Tuesday morning in front of Judge Thomas Motley.
According to MPD Detective Gabriel Truby, who testified at the hearing, investigators believe that Walker, 35, was upset with Hendy for allegedly stealing a bracelet. Meeko Sha Carraway, a homeless youth living with Walker, told Walker where Hendy was, took the handgun and ammunition that Walker handed him and shortly thereafter shot Hendy, the arrest warrant for Walker states.
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