Judge William Jackson sentenced Charles Coates to 33 years in prison Friday for a 2011 shooting that killed Eddie A. Leonard Jr., Coates’ cousin. A jury found Coates guilty of second-degree murder and three related weapons charges in September. Prosecutors argued that Coates led Leonard to an alley behind the 400 block of 24th Street … Read more →
A jury last month found Charles Monroe Coates guilty of second-degree murder and three related weapons charges in the February 2011 shooting death of his cousin, Eddie A. Leonard Jr. A hearing next week, though, to look into allegations that one of the jurors may have been biased may give Coates the chance for a … Read more →
A judge today found substantial probability that Charles Coates killed his younger cousin, possibly for $200 to help pay a cable bill. Judge Gerald Fisher made that decision after hearing testimony from an MPD homicide detective involved in the case and watching a 45-minute taped interview that Coates gave at police headquarters when he was … Read more →
Charles Monroe Coates was ordered held today on suspicion of first degree murder in the shooting death of Eddie A. Leonard Jr. in a robbery behind a fastfood joint on Benning Road in Northeast D.C. Coates, who appeared in court this afternoon to be presented with the charge, shook his head from side to side … Read more →
A 41-year-old Southeast D.C. man was arrested today on suspcion of killing Eddie Leonard Jr., 32, in Northeast D.C. in Febuary. MPD’s arrest warrant charges Charles Monroe Coates with first-degree murder while armed. No court date was available yet Thursday night. MPD’s press release follows the jump. Arrest Made in the Homicide in the 400 … Read more →
Metro Police have identified a man killed in a shooting in Northeast D.C. late Sunday night as 32-year-old Eddie A. Leonard Jr. Leonard’s body was found in the 400 block of 24th Street NE, less than a mile from his home in the 1600 block of Isherwood Street, NE. Metro PD’s press release follows the … Read more →
WUSA is reporting that a man died after being shot in the head overnight. The man was found by police in the 400 block of 24th Street NE, near Anacostia Park, around midnight, WUSA reports. D.C. emergency responders tweeted last night that they had been called to that same address for a report of a … Read more →
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