wtop.com | Apr 13, 2011
A D.C. Superior Court judge has granted a mistrial for a suspect charged in the 2008 murder of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the Trinidad neighborhood.
Antonio McAllister, 20, faced 26 charges including first-degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill while armed following a series of shootings in July of 2008 that claimed the life of Robinson and wounded several others.
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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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wtop.com | Apr 12, 2011
A D.C. Superior Court jury acquitted two suspects in the events surrounding the 2008 murder of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the Trinidad neighborhood, but remains deadlocked on the fate of three others on trial.
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A series of violent attacks across D.C. late Wednesday night injured at least eight people, with two confirmed fatalities as of 12:30 Thursday morning.
At least seven people were shot in four separate incidents in Southeast, Northeast and Northwest D.C. Also in Northeast, at least one person was injured in a stabbing.
The first confirmed fatality was in Petworth; MPD Commander Kimberly Chisley-Missouri confirmed on the Fourth District listserve that a man shot in the 700 block of Quincy St. NW had died.
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office:
District Man Convicted of Stabbing Neighbor to Death- Attack Took Place While Defendant Was High on PCP
WASHINGTON - Troy Richardson, 40, of Washington, D.C., was convicted today of voluntary manslaughter while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon in the 2009 killing of his neighbor, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
The verdict followed a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Honorable Gerald I. Fisher, who presided at trial, scheduled sentencing for June 16, 2011.
The evidence at trial revealed that on May 17, 2009, the victim, 34-year-old Tyrone Wheaten, went to his mother’s apartment in the 2400 block of Elvans Road SE for Sunday dinner, as he did every week. He brought along his long-term girlfriend and two young sons. At about 6 p.m., he encountered Richardson, who had been a neighbor for over 15 years.
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washingtonexaminer.com | Apr 4, 2011
Homicides in the Washington region jumped 17 percent in the first three months of the year, fueled by a spate of killings in Prince George’s County. Sixty-two people were killed in the first quarter of 2011 compared with 53 in 2010, highlighted by several high-profile slayings including a homicide at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda on New Year’s Day, the beating death of a yoga shop employee last month and the shooting death of a University of Maryland student
Washington Times | Apr 3, 2011
After he admitted shooting and killing a 24-year-old D.C. man, Dominic Samuels received a sentence of seven years in prison.
After his conviction for a $600, half-ounce cocaine deal, Antwaun Ball got a sentence of 18 years in prison.
Samuels and Ball were sentenced in the same federal courthouse in Washington. They stood before the same judge. They were co-defendants in the same trial. But their vastly different punishments provide a stark reminder of just how much discretion federal judges have at sentencing. The outcomes also shed light on a controversial but perfectly legal practice that lets judges mete out tougher sentences based on conduct that jurors rejected at trial.
wtop.com | Apr 3, 2011
The fate of five suspects on trial for events surrounding the death of 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson in the District’s Trinidad neighborhood is now in the hands of a Superior Court jury. Antonio McAllister and twin brothers Joshua and Christian Benton are affiliated with the Kenilworth neighborhood and face first-degree murder and other charges stemming from a series of shootings in Trinidad in 2008. Robinson — in town to visit his ailing great-grandmother — was gunned down during a night of violence July 19, while several others were hurt, including a college student who suffered extensive injuries.
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office:
Jury Convicts District Man of Murder, Obstruction Charges Stemming From 2003 Slaying of Homeless Man
WASHINGTON - Alfred Evans, 28, of Washington, D.C., was convicted by a jury today of charges stemming from the April 2003 murder of Reginald Brighthart, a 35-year-old homeless man, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
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As March draws to a close I’d like to mark an important anniversary: Homicide Watch D.C. has been reporting and publishing crime news for six months.
My husband, Chris, and I started working on the site in September 2009 with a lot of brainstorming, planning and research. We finally launched on WordPress at the very end of September 2010. While we had no idea at that point where the project would take us or how many hours (nights, weekends, early mornings) would go into the daily operations, being able to do this work every day has been more rewarding than we ever could have imagined.
What I like best is bringing you news that no one else has. By staying with cases from start to finish, we have made huge headway already in reporting and publishing important information about every homicide in our District. As good reporters know, the best way to get a story is to stay ahead of it; I do that every day attending court hearings and connecting with families, friends, co-workers and neighbors of homicide victims and suspects.
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