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Judge John Ramsey Johnson ruled Friday that Donzell Butler will serve more than 13 years in prison for the July 2012 stabbing death of Charles Anthony Scott Jr. Butler pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with significant bodily injury in January. Judge Johnson ruled Friday that the sentences for each will run consecutively, meaning … Read more →

Donzell Butler pleaded guilty to unarmed voluntary manslaughter and assault with significant bodily injury Friday in the stabbing death of Charles Anthony Scott Jr. He faces up to 30 years in prison. Scott and others were leaving a carry-out restaurant on East Capitol Street on July 7, 2012, plea documents say, when his group passed … Read more →

A grand jury indicted Donzell Butler last week on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the July 2012 stabbing death of 20-year-old Charles Anthony Scott Jr. Butler, 21, was also indicted on several related weapons offenses; he pled innocent Friday to all charges. According to arrest documents in the case, witnesses told police … Read more →

Donzell Butler was ordered held Thursday at his preliminary hearing after Judge William Jackson found probable cause that he committed second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Charles Scott. Members of MPD found Scott and another man injured in the middle of 53rd and Ames streets Northeast on July 7. Both men had multiple stab … Read more →

Donzell Butler was ordered held today pending a preliminary hearing on a charge of second-degree murder while armed. Prosecutors say he stabbed Charles Anthony Scott on Saturday, killing him. Butler was arrested on Wednesday after two witnesses identified him in photographs. Members of MPD found Scott and another man injured Saturday. They were lying in … Read more →

A 21-year-old Northeast DC man has been arrested in connection with a double stabbing on Ames Street Northeast that killed Charles Anthony Scott Jr. on Saturday. Donzell Butler is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the case, MPD said. A press release from MPD is below. July 11, 2012 Homicide Arrest: 5300 … Read more →

A stabbing and two shootings killed three men last night. MPD has now identified the men as Charles Anthony Scott Jr, Michael Edward Jones and Davon Brown. Scott, 20, was one of two men found stabbed on the 5300 block of Ames Street Northeast. Jones, 30, was found “unconscious and unresponsive suffering from a gunshot … Read more →

Update: This story has been updated to include information from MPD that that victim is 20-year-old Charles Anthony Scott Jr. A stabbing in Northeast DC Saturday evening killed one man and injured another, NBC Washington, WJLA and WUSA report. MPD issued a lookout shortly after the incident, but did not report any arrests. 6D DOUBLE … Read more →