Dwayne Hilton, 21, pleaded innocent on Friday to charges of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, and several related weapons offenses in connection with the November 2011 shooting death of 18-year-old Mico Briscoe.
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Chavez Myers Moves Forward with Guilty Plea in Death of Olijawon Griffin
Chavez Myers moved forward to sentencing Friday after affirming his guilty plea to first-degree murder while armed in connection with the November 2012 stabbing death of 18-year-old Olijawon Griffin.
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NW DC Stabbing Victim Identified as Candance Reed, 40
A woman fatally stabbed early Friday morning on Georgia Avenue NW has been identified by police as 40 year-old Candance Reed of Northwest DC.
Reed was one of two people injured; a man who was also stabbed has survived.
A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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Michael Poth Murder Trial Begins with Eyewitness Testimony and Video Footage of Stabbing
The murder trial against Michael Poth began Thursday with eyewitness testimony and video footage that place Poth in a deadly encounter with 23-year-old Philip Bushong, who was killed across the street from a Marine Barracks the two both lived in.
Poth, 21, a former Marine, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in connection with the 2012 fatal stabbing death of Bushong, a fellow Marine.
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Woman Dead in Georgia Ave NW Double Stabbing Early Friday
A woman died after being stabbed early Friday morning in NW DC; a second stabbing victim has survived.
The stabbing was just outside a strip club on Georgia Avenue, but police did not say whether the stabbing was connected to the club in any way, NBC Washington reports.
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Mistrial Declared in Joshua Andrews Murder Case
Judge Ronna Beck declared a mistrial Thursday in the case against Joshua Andrews, after the jury notified the court three times that they were deadlocked.
Andrews is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the 2010 shooting death of 17-year-old Darond Alonte Lucas.
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Judge: Probable Cause that Justin Wilson Killed Freddy Hawkins
An MPD detective testified Thursday that no guns or weapons were found at the Valero gas station on Florida Avenue where 28-year-old Freddy Hawkins was shot and killed late last month.
Justin Wilson , a suspect in the case, told police that he shot Hawkins after Hawkins reached for a bulky item in his waistband.
Wilson, one of two men facing charges in the murder, was ordered held after a preliminary hearing Thursday with Judge Herbert Dixon while a grand jury investigates the case.
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Stephen Page and James Brewer Plead Guilty to Second-Degree Murder While Armed in Solomon Reese Death
Stephen Page and James Brewer, two of three suspects charged in connection with the 2011 shooting death of 71-year-old Solomon Reese, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder while armed and related robbery offenses.
Police found Reese June 27, 2011 at approximately 9:30 p.m. in his apartment on the 2300 block of Good Hope Road Southeast suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
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Prosecutor: ‘G-Rod’ members accused of murder “wanted power” in Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan Neighborhood
Members of a street gang that operated near 14th and Girard streets in Northwest D.C. were “not content to live in the neighborhood they were from,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Gee told jurors Wednesday in opening arguments, beginning a trial of four co-defendants charged with three murders. Instead, Gee said, they “wanted power.”
Keir Johnson, Lester Williams, Robert Givens and Marcellus Jackson are linked, Gee said, by their allegiance to “G-Rod,” a group of “20 or so members” living near 14th and Girard. Read more
Anthony Williams Ordered Held in Shooting Death of James Edward Booker
Anthony Williams, 16, was ordered held on Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 24-year-old James Edward Booker.
On Nov. 5, police officers found Booker conscious at 9:56 p.m in the 500 block of Alabama Avenue Southeast, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m.
According to charging documents, video footage shows three individuals surround Booker in front of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, about a block from where Booker was found. Read more
