In brief:
There were no murders reported in D.C. this week.
Stefon Kirkpatrick pleaded innocent Wednesday to first-degree premeditated murder while armed. Kirkpatrick, 23, remains held without bond in connection to the July 2013 stabbing death of his 22-year-old pregnant girlfriend Julisa Brittney Washington.
James Walter Yates, 29, was arrested and held in connection with the shooting death of Andre Pierce Joyner last Friday near Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School. Yates is suspected of second degree murder while armed.
Antonio Hester, 30, was ordered held without bond Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree premeditated murder while armed in connection with the January 2013 shooting death of Tracy McFadden. McFadden, 44, was found by police on Jan. 2013 outside a nightclub on the 2700 Block of Georgia Avenue Northwest, suffering from six gunshot wounds.
Albrecht Muth was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the death of his 91-year-old wife, Viola Herms Drath. Muth, 49, was convicted in January of first-degree premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances.
Judge Jennifer Anderson found probable cause that 22-year-old Carlton Maurice Johnson was involved in the double homicide of Anthony Chase and Eric Leeper on July 17, 2013 in Southeast. Johnson was arrested nearly nine months later on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder while armed.
