A judge found Joshua Mebane competent to stand trial Monday in a mental observation hearing. Mebane, who announced plans pursue an insanity defense in February, will continue with that defense. The 17-year-old is charged with first-degree murder while armed for killing a D.C. taxi driver. Police found 44-year-old Quadar Muhammad on November 7, 2012, in … Read more →
Joshua Mebane will go forward with an insanity defense, his attorney told a judge in a status hearing today. He is charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Quadar Muhammad. Mebane was sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital for a mental health examination on February 12, but was transferred back … Read more →
A Maryland teen suspected in the death of a DC cab driver has been sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital for a mental health examination after notifying the court that he intends to pursue an insanity defense in the case. According to court records, Joshua Mebane, 17, was released to the hospital Wednesday. Mebane is suspected … Read more →
Joshua Mebane, one of two teens suspected in the shooting death of a D.C. taxi driver, was arraigned Friday on two counts of murder in connection with the shooting death of 44-year-old Quadar Muhammad. Mebane pleaded innocent to all charges and remains held pending a status hearing October 31. On November 7, 2012, at around … Read more →
Linda Lee Bury, one of two teens charged in connection with the shooting death of a D.C. taxi driver, pled guilty in connection with the case Wednesday, although court documents do not make it clear as to what charge. According to documents obtained from D.C. Superior Court, Bury was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery … Read more →
The two teenagers suspected of killing taxi driver Quadar Muhammad were ordered held without bond during a preliminary hearing in D.C. Superior Court Tuesday. Joshua Terrell Mebane and Linda Bury, both Maryland residents, have been charged with felony murder while armed in connection with Muhammad’s death. Muhammad was found dead on Nov. 7 in his … Read more →
Joshua Mebane, who was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of killing D.C. taxi driver Quadar Muhammad, has been charged in a second murder, WJLA and the Associated Press report. They say: A 17-year-old accused of killing a Washington cab driver last week has been connected to and charged with shooting a woman to death … Read more →
A blossoming Internet romance between teenagers is believed to have been at the root of a deadly robbery that killed DC cab driver Quadar Muhammad in Northeast DC last week. Muhammad was found dead Wednesday evening; his body was in a burning four-door Lincoln taxi. Police said that the car appeared to have run off … Read more →
A man found dead in or near a burning car in Northeast DC earlier this week has been declared the victim of homicide, though authorities are not yet releasing his identity. MPD also announced Friday evening that two youths, one 17-year-old male and one “juvenile” female have been arrested in connection with the case and … Read more →
