The attack stemmed from a heated argument at an auto body shop in April of 2013.

Sosefina Amoa pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter after killing her infant son in October.

Kenneth Furr, a Metropolitan Police Department officer who was arrested in August 2011 after an incident in which he fired a gun at a group of women after he attempted to solicit sex from an transgender prostitute, was sentenced today.

Former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown said in a letter today that he was truly remorseful for having lied on personal bank loan applications.

Former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown was scolded by a federal judge today for missing three pre-sentencing phone calls.

A sentencing memo for one of Mayor Vince Gray’s campaign associates bring up the question: what’s next in the investigation into Gray’s 2010 mayoral campaign?

Former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown’s sentencing has been put off from September to November, while former Vince Gray campaign confidante Howard Brooks may get a lighter sentence than originally expected.

If prosecutors get their way, the five men found guilty yesterday of leading the 2010 South Capitol Street shooting that left five people dead won’t ever see the outside of a prison cell.

Calling the theft of over $350,000 in District funds by Harry Thomas Jr. a “betrayal of the public trust,” a judge today sentenced the former Ward 5 councilmember to more than three years in federal prison.

Disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. was sentenced to 38 months in prison today for stealing over $350,000 in city funds and using them for a luxury SUV, trips to exotic locales and other personal expenses.