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In brief:

Andrew Williams, a Northeast DC man known as “Drew” and “Barbershop,” was ordered held on probable cause in the shooting death of Junon Snead.

Charging documents in the case against Christopher Williams, suspected in the alleged revenge robbery of Kevin Blackwell Jr., name a third man police say took part in the fatal stabbing. That person, Wayne Antwon Jackson, is not in custody. Williams and Harold Proctor are.

Christian Navarette-Rivas, the sixteen-year-old suspected of taking part in a gang melee in Petworth in October, has pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault in connection with the death of Miguel Drullard.

MPD released a video of a car believed to have picked up people responsible for fatally shooting Mico Briscoe in Novemeber in Northeast DC. Watch the video here.

Judge William Jackson found probable cause in the case against Jeffrey Mills, a DC man accused of beating Juan Paredes to death with a barbell in a busy Columbia Heights commercial area.

Dalontray Williams, a 19 year-old Northwest DC man died Thursday after being stabbed. Police were called to the Kennedy Recreation Center, about a block away, where they found Williams in the lobby.

Ronnell James, 39, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree murder while armed, with aggravating circumstances, in 2007 NE DC slaying of Robert Beidleman Jr.

Steven Cephas was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the beating death of his girlfriend’s toddler, Dominic Dwayne Kingsbury Jr.

In brief:

A baby girl found abandoned on a Northeast DC doorstep early Monday morning died and police are investigating the circumstances of her death. MPD Chief Cathy Lanier appealed to the public for help identifying the baby’s parents.

A man beaten in Columbia Heights last Saturday died of his injuries and police classified the death a homicide this week. The man was identified as Juan Antonio Paredes. Jeffrey Mills was arrested on suspicion of assault with intent to kill in connection with the case, MPD said further charges were forthcoming.

John Smith pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Elaine Coleman. Smith, 46, could be sentenced to a maximum of 40 years in prison, said Judge Robert Morin, who heard the case.

Christopher Reginald Williams, a 20-year-old Landover, Md. man, was arrested on suspicion of first degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Kevin Blackwell Jr.

Seventeen-year-old Derek Johnson was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for fatally stabbing former classmate Jamar Freeman near a Petworth playground in October.

Vasile Graure was convicted of felony murder in connection with a 2007 fire in Northwest DC that ultimately killed Vladimir Djordjevic.

Antonio Eugene Williams died on Nov. 8, 2011, after an alleged assault on Oct. 27. This week, MPD said his case has officially been ruled a homicide by the Baltimore Medical Examiner’s Office.

In brief:

A man fatally shot early last Sunday morning in Northeast DC was been identified as 19 year-old David Lee Robinson. Mayor Vincent Gray said Robinson was killed in a robbery for his Nike shoes.

Navarro Anthony Brown, 18, was killed in a shooting early Tuesday evening in Southeast DC.

Stephen Horsley, an 19-year-old Northeast DC man, was killed in a shooting on Benning Road Southeast Friday night.

Antoine Taylor was sentenced to 17 years in prison on a charge of second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Joshua Hopkins.

Marcellus Jackson and Keir Johnson pleaded innocent in all charges included in an 80-count gang indictment. They were presented at DC Superior Court this week on the charges after being sought by authorities since December.

Damien Pannell was sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing 46-year-old Glenn Bailey in a parking lot fight last May.

A superseding indictment enhanced two of the most serious charges against Eric Foreman, who is scheduled to go to trial for the shooting death of Catholic University student Neil Godleski in less than a month. The enhancements could mean more prison time for Foreman if he is convicted.

Corey Yates pleaded guilty in Maryland court to first-degree murder in the Dec. 2010 shooting death of Doodley Derose. Yates, 22, is also pending trial in DC. He’s charged in the Sept. 2010 shooting death of Darrel Hendy.

Claude Kinney was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the stabbing death of his estranged wife, Alecia Wheeler. The couple’s children witnessed the daytime crime which took place in a Trinidad alley.

Lester Wright pleaded innocent to a charge of premeditated first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of 48-year-old Howard Williams in Northeast D.C.

Calvin Monroe was sentenced to 23 years in prison for the shooting death of 27-year-old Lonnie Whitted.

Antonio Ramell Barnes, 20, and Earl Timothy Jackson Jr, 19, were arrested in connection with a fatal shootout in the Clay Terrace neighborhood in 2009. They are each suspected of first-degree murder while armed in the homicides of Davonta Artis and Daquarn Tibbs.

A man found dead at 8 a.m. on New Years Eve was ruled the first homicide victim of 2012. Leroy Studevant was found strangled in Marvin Gaye Park. No arrests have been announced.

Howard Ricardo Sampler was fatally shot Tuesday night in Kenilworth, the fourth recent homicide int he neighrborhood. According to comments from friends and family, Sampler, 21, was good friends with Marcus Parham, who was killed in the same neighborhood in November.

John William Smith Jr., 46, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the stabbing death of Elaine Coleman. According to charging documents in the case, Smith was Coleman’s boyfriend; he had served time on a manslaughter charge in Baltimore before moving into Coleman’s home.

Anthony Speight, the man suspected of killing Bloomingdale man Bill Mitchell Jr,. waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday. Charging documents state that Mitchell may have been killed in the course of a robbery for $20. Speight is due back in court Feb. 10.

Harold Proctor was ordered held in the death of Kevin Blackwell Jr. at a preliminary hearing Friday; Proctor told detectives he was one of four people who participated in the fatal revenge robbery that left Blackwell dead.

An unidentified man was killed in a shooting in Northeast DC early Sunday morning.

In Brief:

Michael Ezekel Epps of Windsor Mill, Md. was killed by MPD officers Monday night. Police said Epps, 20, was shooting a gun at apartments in the Clay Terrace neighborhood and was believed to be on PCP.

Jekwan Smith was ordered held on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Isaiah Sheffield. At a preliminary hearing, an MPD detective said the shooting was part of an ongoing dispute between rivaling neighborhood men.

MPD released a composite sketch of a man they say is responsible for shooting two people at a Northeast DC gas station over the weekend, killing one of them, 24 year-old Stephon Emmanuel Way of Upper Marlboro, Md.

The FBI, MPD, US Attorney’s Office, and Montgomery County Police announced that they have joined forces in a renewed effort to identify a man responsible for a series of violent sexual attacks on DC-area women more than 13 years ago.

Dominique Bassil was indicted on one count of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Vance Harris on Aug. 13.

Sharrod Peppers pleaded innocent Friday to five counts related to the shooting death of Rodney Bean on Oct. 30, 2010. Peppers is charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed in the case, along with several weapons charges.

James Sandidge was ordered held on a finding of substantial probability in the shooting death of Keenan Jerel Lee. Sandidge’s attorney said that the shooting was in self defense.

Keith Littlepage pleaded innocent to the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Selina Knight, at her Southeast D.C. apartment.

William McCorkle and Andre Clinkscale were each sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for a triple homicide in Trindad.

Allen Butler was sentenced to 64 and a half years in prison for his role in a fatal home invasion that left Franklin Johnson dead.

Omare Cotton was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of teen Alonte Sutton.

Prosecutors said a witness in the murder case against David and Montez Warren is dead, killed sometime after the two brothers were arrested in the shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin.

Find out what’s coming up this week at DC Superior Court with our Week Ahead.

In Brief:

In Crime News:

A woman killed in Northeast DC last week was identified as Elaine Coleman, 47. Friends said she worked at a local grocery store.

A man killed in Northeast DC last week was identified as Steven Curtis Moore, 36.

Delvon Javis Shearin, 35, was fatally shot in Southeast DC Saturday morning.

Stephon Emmanuel Way, 24, was fatally shot in Northeast DC, also Saturday morning. A 16-year-old girl who was with him was wounded in the shooting.

In Court News:

David Warren, the brother of Montez Warren, is suspected of felony murder while armed in the shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin, court records showed.

James Speaks pleaded innocent to a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Shonell Chris Corriea.

Jewell Washington was released from custody; she had been held since October on suspicion of killing her half-brother, Mark Goldring, during an argument at their father’s Northeast DC home. The case is pending a grand jury indictment.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says it won’t press charges in the death of Army veteran Patrick Casey who died after a fight outside a McDonald’s near Dupont Circle. Police are calling it a “justifiable homicide by citizen.”

Seven DC men were indicted with a series of gang, weapons, drugs, and violent crimes reported to have taken place in Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan and the U Street corridor since 2006. Among those crimes are three homicides, including that of Jamal Coates, who was killed while leaving a friend’s funeral in the U Street corridor last year. Councilman Jim Graham, said the indictment is a “huge breakthrough in breaking up one of the most violent gang wars in Ward One.” Two of the men named in the indictment— Keir Johnson and Marcellus Jackson — remained at large Friday; Judge Thomas Motley urged them to turn themselves in to authorities. He told a lawyer representing Jackson that the warrants are “not an invitation.”

Kwan Kearney was found guilty of first-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr. The trial began Monday. A verdict was reached by noon, Friday. Kearney was also found guilty on all other seven counts in the indictment, including assault with intent to kill.

Rashad Slye, who is suspected of first-degree murder in the October shooting of cab driver Domingo Ezirike, was ordered held after Judge Gerald Fisher found substantial probability that he is responsible for the man’s shooting death.

In Brief:

A large fight in Dupont Circle last weekend turned fatally violent when 34-year-old Jhonte Coleman of Suitland, MD, was shot. A total of five others were stabbed or shot as well. No arrests have been made.

Rico Matthews was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the charge of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Jerome Bailey in Nov. 2010. Judge Lynn Leibovitz called the crime, which reportedly was centered on jealousy about a woman, “senseless.” “Two lives have been lost,” she said.

Two people were killed in Northeast DC: at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday night a man was shot multiple times and later died. Just after midnight, a woman was found inside an apartment building. She had been shot in the face.

To learn more about what cases are coming up this week, please see our calendar or The Week Ahead.

Below is a map of homicides this week.

Three people were killed this week in three separate incidents over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Shortly after midnight Saturday, 18-year-old Mico Briscoe was fatally shot in Trinidad.
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In Brief:

Silvestre Antonio Perez-Agustine, also known as Tony Perez, died early Monday morning after being shot in the face in Northeast DC. He was 21-years-old.

Antonio Eugene Williams was assaulted in Northeast DC on Oct. 27 at about 6:35 p.m., the poster states. He died on Nov. 8 of injuries associated with the assault. MPD released information about the case this week.

A double shooting Monday night in Northeast D.C. killed 27-year-old Ronald Deacon Smith.

Albrecht Muth continued his correspondence with DC Superior Court, submitting this letter in response to the government. At a hearing Friday, Muth gained the court’s permission to represent himself at trial. His wife, Viola Drath‘s, death, he said at the hearing, was an Iranian hit.

Ray Allen Dicks was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with Eric Kearney‘s shooting death. The fatal shooting was retribution for a jailhouse rumor that Kearney was spreading the word about someone informing in his brother’s murder case.

Delron Atchison and Vincent Gray were ordered held today after Judge Thomas Motley found substantial probability that they were involved in the fatal shooting of Demetrius Thompson on board a Metro bus in Southeast DC last month. Both men are suspected of second-degree murder in connection with the case.

DC’s Chief Medical Examiner has concluded that Jodi Ward was killed in a homicide and Felicia Jones, the woman police believe attacked him, is now being charged with murder. She had previously been suspected of assault in the case.

Derek Johnson pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of Jamar Freeman. Freeman, 17, was killed on Oct. 8 at the at the Raymond Recreation Center/Park. Johnson, also 17, was a former classmate of Freeman’s. Under the terms of the plea agreement for second-degree murder while armed, he could be sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison.

Irving Johnson was ordered held on substantial probability in connection with a triple shooting in Columbia Heights that left two men dead this summer.

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In brief:

The family of Neil Godleski has filed a $20 million lawsuit against DYRS, alleging that the organization failed to adequately supervise the committed youth accused of killing Godleski.

Henry Diaz-Antunuez, who MPD said was arrested in connection with a May homicide, has been indicted on federal racketeering and murder charges.

Tyronn Garner, a 17-year-old shot on Halloween in Georgetown, died of his injuries. No arrests have been announced. A vigil was held Saturday evening.

Two men suspected of fatally shooting Demetrius Emmanuel Thompson on board a Metro bus last month have been returned to the District from Florida, where they were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder. Delron Atchison, 22, known as “Dale,” and Vincent Gray, 21, known as “Vinny,” appeared in DC Superior Court Tuesday and were each ordered held pending a preliminary hearing.

Marcus Parham, 26, was killed in a shooting in the 4500 block of Quarles Street NE. He was found inside a building shot multiple times, MPD said.

John Youngbey, 30, was sentenced to 13 years of incarceration for the July 2008 shooting death of Robert Mallory.

Shawn Davis pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed in the death of his ex-girlfriend, Tawana Barnes Copeland. In pleading guilty, Davis faces a sentence of 14 to 18 years.

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