Keith Alexander

Reginald “Reggie” Brown was out for an early morning walk in Northwest Washington when he was attacked by five girls, ages 12 to 15, who had never met him.

At the time body camera video was released, the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. issued a statement calling the footage “extremely upsetting.”

Four years after the city reached a settlement in a 35-year legal battle over the treatment of court-involved youth, a new lawsuit alleges that problems persist.

Joseph Coles was sentenced to 45 days in jail for misdemeanor assault after a jury failed to reach a verdict on a strangulation case involving ex-girlfriend.

D.C. Police Chief Pamela A Smith said the email soliciting volunteers for a crime reduction program was “insensitive” and “unprofessional.”

Prosecutors argued that Keanan Turner killed Ebony Wright and her mother after Wright filed for custody and child support to help care for their son.

A 15-year-old girl testified against two of her four friends in the murder trial of Reginald “Reggie” Brown, who was fatally beaten last year.

Sasha McCoy pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 death of her 3-year-old daughter. Prosecutors said her daughter ingested a Percocet laced with fentanyl.

The 15-year-old girl is the first of five teenage co-defendants convicted in the 2023 fatal kicking and beating of a disabled man in Northwest Washington.

The city elevated strangulation from a misdemeanor to a felony in hopes of reducing domestic violence. But proving the offense at trial remains a hurdle.