In brief:
Jerome Calvary Lewis, 46, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of four-year-old Samauri Jenkins, who died in a house fire in Southeast D.C. Lewis survived the same fire.
Joseph Hardin, 30, of Alexandria, VA, was shot to death on 9th Street Northwest around 1:16 a.m. Saturday. Police arrested Cedric Spicer, 24, of Northwest D.C., the same night.
Damon Luke Brown, 49, died in a separate Saturday night shooting. Brown was killed on Livingston Street Southeast at approximately 2:53 a.m.
Jurors convicted Irving Harris Johnson on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Domonique Barbour and Jimmie Lee Simmons III.
A mental health review found Jonathan Fullard competent to stand trial Wednesday in the death of 20-month old Keyontae Osbia Moore. Fullard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with Moore’s death in October, but is considering withdrawing the plea.
Jurors deadlocked Wednesday in the first-degree murder case against Marlon Williams, and Judge Lynn Leibovitz declared a mistrial on behalf of Judge Russell Canan, who was unavailable. Prosecutors plan to try the case again in July.
Judge Stuart Nash found probable cause to hold David Jamal Wilson Wednesday in connection with the death of Howard Venable Jr. in February.
Albrecht Muth will not be able to act as his own attorney in his trial scheduled for March. Judge Canan ruled Thursday that Muth’s ongoing refusal to eat has left him too feeble to represent himself in the case. Muth is accused of killing his wife, Viola Drath, in 2011.
A jury began deliberating Friday afternoon in the first-degree murder case against Brandon Andrews.
