“I cried that day because you were so young,” Kofi Ross Minor told her brother’s killer, DeAndre Shaheed before his sentencing. “This little boy, this baby, who looked so innocent, stole my brother’s life.” Shaheed, now 19, pleaded guilty in July to second-degree murder while armed for his role in the shooting death of Akinwole … Read more →
Floyd Neal and Lafeyette Robinson pleaded guilty to armed robbery Tuesday, in a case stemming from the shooting death of Akinwole Olu Williams. Both had been charged first-degree murder and were scheduled for trial next week. Those murder charges were dropped as part of the plea agreement. Ten days earlier, Neal and Robinson both rejected … Read more →
Floyd Neal and Lafeyette Robinson both rejected plea offers Friday in connection with the shooting death of 31-year-old Akinwole Olu Williams, continuing to progress to their August trial date. Prosecutors offered to drop all other charges in exchange for Robinson’s guilty plea to conspiracy to commit armed robbery and Neal’s guilty plea to conspiracy to … Read more →
DeAndre Shaheed pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder while armed for his role in the shooting death of Akinwole Williams. In exchange, the prosecution agreed to dismiss the more serious charge of first-degree murder, conspiracy, attempted armed robbery and five other related charges. As part of the plea agreement, Shaheed will likely be sentenced to … Read more →
Judge Robert Morin found substantial probability Thursday that co-defendants Floyd Neal, Lafeyette Robinson and DeAndre Shaheed each participated in the shooting death of 31-year-old Akinwole Olu Williams. According to arrest documents in the case, Neal, Robinson and Shaheed set out to rob someone on the evening of March 14 when they saw Williams walking from … Read more →
Floyd Neal and Lafeyette Robinson, two alleged accomplices in the March shooting death of Akinwole Olu Williams, have been arrested on charges of felony murder in connection with Williams’ death. Neal, 20, was ordered held Tuesday pending a preliminary hearing scheduled June 27. Court documents say that Robinson, 19, was admitted to Howard University Hospital; … Read more →
