Dietrich Baker pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder while armed in connection with the 2012 death of James Ray Sherrod. Baker, 23, had been in custody since April 30, 2012 – two days after Sherrod’s death. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing last year. In January, a grand jury indicted Baker on first-degree … Read more →
Dietrich Baker, already in custody for the 2012 shooting death of James Ray Sherrod, was arraigned in D.C. Superior Court Thursday on a new five-count grand jury indictment. The grand jury charged Baker with first-degree murder while armed, along with four weapons charges. He pleaded innocent. Baker had originally faced second-degree murder charges in Sherrod’s … Read more →
Dietrich Baker waived his right to a preliminary hearing today, signaling that perhaps a plea deal is imminent in the second-degree murder case. Baker is suspected in the shooting death of James Ray Sherrod near a Kenilworth Avenue bus stop on a Saturday afternoon in April. Charging documents in the case rely on the testimony … Read more →
Washington’s Other Monuments has photos today of street memorials for James Sherrod, Sirocco Johnson, and Draynell Henderson. A sampling of the photos is after the jump. See more at Washington’s Other Monuments. Read more →
Dietrich Baker was ordered held today pending a preliminary hearing on a charge that he shot and killed James Ray Sherrod near a Kenilworth Avenue bus stop on Saturday afternoon. Baker, who was arrested Monday, appeared in court today to be presented with the second-degree murder charge. Charging documents rely on the testimony of two … Read more →
Dietrich Baker, a 23-year-old Northeast DC man, was arrested today in connection with the shooting death of James Ray Sherrod on Kenilworth Terrace. Baker is suspected of second-degree murder while armed, MPD said. A press release from MPD is after the jump. April 30, 2012 Arrest Made in the Homicide in the 700 Block of … Read more →
A man shot and killed inside a Kenilworth Terrace apartment building yesterday has been identified as 22-year-old James Ray Sherrod of Northeast DC. A press release from MPD is after the jump. April 29, 2012 Homicide: 700 Block of Kenilworth Terrace, NE (Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the homicide … Read more →
A man died after being shot Saturday afternoon on Kenilworth Terrace, the Washington Post reports. The homicide was first reported by Alan Henney on Twitter: Henney later added that the man was found shot in a stairwell of an apartment building on the street. Other tweets from the scene stated that a barricade had been … Read more →
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