Joshua Mebane Ruled Competent to Stand Trial

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 Try Insanity Defense

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 →

Joshua Mebane To Pursue Insanity Defense in Death of Quadar Muhammad

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 Indicted in Murder of Quadar Muhammad

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 Bury Pleads Guilty in Connection with Quadaar Muhammad Murder

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 →

Teens Suspected of Killing Cab Driver Held Without Bond

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 →

Teen Suspected in Killing of Cab Driver is Also Suspected in Md. Dog Walk Murder

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 →

Teen Couple Charged in Killing of Cab Driver

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 →

Joshua Terrell Mebane

  • Arrested: Nov. 9, 2012
  • Age: 17
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Black

Suspected in the Nov. 7, 2012 death of Quadar Muhammad.