I’ll be checking in periodically over the holiday for breaking news, but most coverage, including courts, will be posted Monday. You can always reach me through the comments sections on HWDC, or by sending an email to HomicideWatchDC [at] gmail.com.
D.C. Superior Courts is closed, with exceptions. From their site:
On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25, 2010, the D.C. Courts will be closed, except for adult arraignment and juvenile new referrals.
On Friday, November 26, 2010, the D.C. Superior Court will be open for adult arraignments, juvenile new referrals, preliminary hearings and requests for temporary protection orders in domestic violence cases. In addition, the Judge in Chambers office will be open. The D.C. Court of Appeals will not have counter service; however, documents may be filed by placing them in the night drop box at the security desk. Pleadings due on November 26th will be timely filed if received by midnight on November 28th.
Enjoy your holidays.
Laura
The most recent ranking of safe cities by publisher CQ Press names Washington D.C. as the fourth most dangerous large city in the U.S. The report uses FBI crime statistics to draw conclusions about city safety and comparisons between cities.
Report: D.C. fourth-most dangerous big city in US
Washington Examiner | Nov 23, 2010
Quote: Even as the D.C. police department touts falling homicide rates, a report released by CQ Press on Monday listed the District as the fourth-most dangerous city in the country among those with a population of 500,000 or more. Baltimore was listed as No. 2. Detroit was the most dangerous big city in the nation. Among all cities, D.C. ranked 22nd.
The report, however, is controversial.
U.S. Conference of Mayors Denounces Crime Rankings as Bogus, Damaging to Cities
Business Wire | Nov 21, 2010
Quote: The U.S. Conference of Mayors today denounced the expected release of city-by-city crime rankings by CQ Press as “a premeditated statistical mugging of America’s cities.” The book containing the rankings is scheduled for publication on Monday, November 22.
What do you think? Here’s the report:
It’s that time again to examine the tally of people killed in the past calendar year. And because this was an election year, D.C.’s number is likely to receive extra scrutiny.
The quick news is that the number of people killed in D.C. will likely drop again this year, even below last year’s number which was the fewest recorded since 1966, according to press reports and projections.
For the record: The Washington Post reports 115 homicides so far this year, compared to 123 last year at this time.Read more
Nov. 5, 2010: 9:30 a.m.
Prince George’s County Detention Facility said this morning that Robert Carter is currently in custody there, but the records clerk I spoke with referred me to her supervisor for information about his charges, saying only he was being held as a “prisoner from another jurisdiction.”
Nov. 4, 2010: Last Friday’s triple shooting that killed 13-year-old Angel Morse sparked an intense effort by the DMV’s online and media community to locate the man responsible for the shooting, who was believed to have carjacked a Metro Access vehicle while fleeing the scene. Hours after the shooting, police credited WTOP radio with broadcasting a Be on the Lookout alert that helped an off-duty officer spot suspect 39-year-old Robert Carter.Read more
