Charges against Wesley Monroe were dropped Wednesday after prosecutors in the case asked Judge Ronna Beck to dismiss the case.
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Marlon Williams Receives 40 Year Sentence in Murder of Minn Soo Kang
Judge Russell Canan sentenced Marlon Williams to 40 years in prison Thursday in connection with the 2010 shooting death of 37-year-old Minn Soo Kang.
“By all accounts an outstanding member of the community was killed over a car,” Canan said. “Mr. Williams you are responsible for that.”
Williams maintains that he is innocent of the charges against him.
“I give the real family my condolences. I can’t imagine the pain they suffered,” he said at sentencing Thursday. “But it’s a sad day for my family too, because an innocent man is going to jail.”
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Grant Johnson Found Guilty in Murder of Ricardo Lancaster
Grant Johnson was found guilty Thursday of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, second-degree murder while armed, armed robbery and related weapons offenses in connection with the shooting death of 32-year-old Ricardo Mandrell Lancaster.
Jurors in the case delivered their verdict around 11:25 a.m. Thursday after deliberating for approximately two and a half days.
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Sosefina Amoa Remains Held in Connection With Death of Infant Son
Judge Robert Morin ruled Wednesday that Sosefina Amoa, the woman accused of killing her newborn child, will remain held after lawyers in the case waived Amoa’s preliminary hearing. Amoa, 26, is charged with felony first-degree murder in the case.
Prosecutors allege that Amoa hid her pregnancy, lied about delivering her own baby, then lied when she said she found the child outside in the cold.
On October 11, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Amoa brought her unconscious infant son to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Charging documents state that an autopsy revealed the cause of death to be asphyxiation, and the death was ruled a homicide.
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Comment of the Day: “family is family and he will be missed and loved”
This Comment of the Day comes from pooh little, who wrote about the shooting death of Devar Battle.
This was my cousin, my mom use to babysit him and his brother. Even though i have not seen him in years, family is family and he will be missed and loved. RIP a child of God. and many blessings and comfort to his mom and family.
Judge Declares Mistrial on Remaining Charges Against Stanley Moghalu
After finding Stanley Moghalu innocent of murder last month, jurors in the case have failed to come to any conclusions on lesser weapons charges in the case, prompting Judge Henry Greene to declare a mistrial Monday.
Moghalu, 25, was accused of killing 36-year-old Steven Curtis Moore. The earlier verdicts, which found Moghalu innocent, will stand. But he could face a retrial on the weapons charges. He remains held pending a status hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
Jurors in the case have deliberated for more than two months and have not yet announced verdicts on remaining charges against three of Moghalu’s co-defendants. They are expected to continue deliberating Tuesday.
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Jury Deliberations Begin in Grant Johnson Murder Trial
Charged with killing his best-friend’s little brother in what prosecutors characterized as a flawed drug deal, Grant Johnson on Monday watched as jurors, who have spent nearly three weeks hearing evidence in his murder case, filed out of the courtroom to deliberate his innocence.
It is innocence that his attorney, William Roberts, claims, saying that Johnson is the victim of an investigation that worked backwards, presuming him guilty from the start.
Johnson, 37, is charged with first-degree felony murder while armed, first-degree premeditated murder, armed robbery, and related weapons offenses in connection with Ricardo Lancaster‘s death.
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Week In Review
In brief:
James Baxter, 46, was killed in a Wednesday night shooting on the 500 block of 48th Place Northeast. MPD has not arrested a suspect in this murder.
Sosefina Amoa, 26, was arrested and held in connection with the first-degree felony murder in connection with the asphyxiation death of her newborn son. The baby died Oct. 11. Amoa is held pending a preliminary hearing December 3.
Erik Postell, 23, was ordered held last Saturday in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo. Postell is one of two suspects charged in the murder, and is held pending a preliminary hearing October 22.
Rasdavid Lagarde, 26, of Northwest D.C. was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Howard University student, Omar Sykes. Lagarde was ordered held pending a preliminary hearing November 13.
Burnis Cole, 35, was indicted on charges of first-degree murder while armed and related weapons offenses in connection with the stabbing death of 40-year-old Raasheem Jamal Rich. Cole pleaded innocent to all charges and remains held pending a status hearing November 14.
Albrecht Muth, the man charged with the 2011 death of his 91-year-old wife, Viola Herms Drath, was denied the right to represent himself at trial. Muth has been unable to attend court hearings due to a nine month self-induced fast.
Davon Holmes, the man convicted of the 2011 stabbing death of 24-year-old Marcellus Terrell Bailey, was sentenced Friday to 24 years in prison.
Anthony Thomas, one of three suspects arrested in connection with the 2011 shooting death of 71-year-old Solomon Reese, pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter while armed and related robbery offenses.
Week Ahead
Each week, 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 homicidewatch [at] gmail.com. To see scheduled court hearings beyond next week, see our calendar.
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Sosefina Amoa Held in Death of Infant Son
Sosefina Amoa, the woman accused of killing her newborn child, was ordered held Friday after a judge found probable cause that she fatally suffocated her infant son. Amoa, 26, remains held pending a preliminary hearing December 3.
On October 11 at approximately 11:00 a.m. Amoa brought her unconscious infant son to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be asphyxiation, and the death was ruled a homicide. Several days later Amoa was arrested and charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of her child.
Charging documents say Amoa may have waited an entire day before telling anyone she had given birth. Read more
