District of Columbia Courts Press Releases

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is updating its operations as it continues to address concerns regarding the Coronavirus ...

August 31, 2021 The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is updating its operations as it continues to address concerns regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, the Court of Appeals continued regular operations, holding oral …

Superior Court Extends Rules Emergency Through November

August 19, 2021 The D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure is inviting comments on the qualifications and fitness of Judge Phyllis Thompson, who is seeking recommendation for an initial appointment as a senior judge on the D.C. Court of …

MPD Officer Involved Shooting and Arrest Made in an Assault on a Police Officer While Armed (Gun): 1700 Block of Minnesota Avenue, ...

  Agents from the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Internal Affairs Bureau are investigating an officer involved shooting and announce an arrest has been made in an Assault on a Police Officer while Armed (Gun) offense that occurred on Tuesday, …

DC Court of Appeals To Continue Remote Oral Arguments

  The District of Columbia Court of Appeals will continue to hear oral arguments via videoconference until further notice, taking a conservative approach in light of pandemic conditions, practices in other local appellate courts, our ability to hear a full …

Armed driver dead after police-involved shooting in D.C., MPD chief says

Lawsuits allege ‘disgraceful’ negligence before fatal 2019 fire, seek $300M from landlord, DC

The families of two people killed in an August 2019 row house fire in Northwest D.C. have filed wrongful death lawsuits totaling $300 million against the landlord and D.C. authorities, alleging a stunning pattern of negligence in the months leading up to …

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 1400 Block of Brentwood Parkway, Northeast

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an arrest has been made in a homicide that occurred on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, in the 1400 block of Brentwood Parkway, Northeast.   At approximately 3:11 pm, members of …

Budget problems force agency to ask court to remove defendants from GPS monitors

Budget problems force agency to ask court to remove defendants from GPS monitors The federal Pretrial Services Agency or PSA, which monitors defendants accused of crimes in D.C., has asked judges to take dozens of defendants off GPS monitoring devices, …

Superior Court Issues Order Regarding Access to Juvenile Records

August 11, 2021 After four years of service, Rebecca K. Troth is leaving her post as executive director of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, wrapping up a tenure that saw the organization transform the lives of tens of thousands of District residents in need …

Man Charged With Killing Girlfriend in DC Cites Accident With Gun

A 21-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, 18-year-old Talaya Campbell, in Northwest D.C. Campbell was fatally shot Friday afternoon inside a home in the 500 block of Irving Street NW. Over the weekend, …

DC Auditor: DCPS failed to meet CDC, DC Health guidelines for COVID-19 testing of in-person students

According to the report, only 4% of in-person students were screened for COVID-19 during Spring 2021. WASHINGTON — An audit recently found that D.C. Public Schools did not meet CDC or D.C. Health guidelines for schools doing asymptomatic testing when …

Staffer from major law firm sentenced to prison for spending $425,000 on designer clothes, candles and other luxuries

Robertson was the D.C. office operations manager for the firm Morrison & Foerster from early 2017 to late 2018, according to court and public records. During that time he admits he spent $425,000 on personal luxuries that he disguised as office …

Arrest Made in an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) Offense: 3500 Block of 14th Street, Northwest

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Fourth District announce an arrest has been made in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense that occurred on Friday, May 14, 2021, in the 3500 block of 14th Street, Northwest. …

Ex-MPAA GC Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse, Blackmail

Law360 (July 30, 2021, 11:28 PM EDT) -- A former general counsel for the Motion Picture Association of America, and former partner at Jenner & Block LLP, pled guilty Friday to charges of third degree sexual abuse and blackmail for alleged threats to …

Domestic Violence Case to Go to Trial in 2022

By Tory Lysik - August 5, 2021 Court | Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | Suspects | A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a jury trial for a domestic violence defendant who is indicted on 12 counts.  The defendant’s charges include assault with a dangerous …

Judge Holds Two Domestic Violence Defendants During Presentments

By Amaya Smith - August 3, 2021 Court | Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | Homicides | Presentments | Suspects | A DC Superior Court judge held two domestic violence defendants during presentments on Aug. 2. A total of 39 defendants were presented before …

Judge Rules Fatal Stabbing Case Has Enough Evidence to Go to Trial

By Will Lawrence - August 2, 2021 Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing | Suspects | A DC Superior Court judge ruled that a homicide case has enough evidence to go to trial. James Lewis is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly …

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Teen arrested, second suspect sought in armed robbery and shooting in Northeast D.C.

D.C. police on Saturday arrested and charged a 16-year-old boy from Virginia with armed robbery and assault with a gun, and they are searching for a second perpetratorcaught on surveillance camera, police said.

Why Mayor Bowser Accused D.C. Courts Of Creating A 'Public Safety Crisis'

The D.C. Superior Court Martin Austermuhle/WAMU/DCist hide caption toggle caption Martin Austermuhle/WAMU/DCist As the District faces a continuing surge in homicides, Mayor Muriel Bowser and other D.C. officials have placed some blame for the increase at …