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District Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Violent Attack At Taylor Swift Dance Party: Feds District Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Violent Attack At Taylor Swift Dance Party: Feds
District Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Violent Attack At Taylor Swift Dance Party: Feds A District man has been convicted of a hate crime after a shocking attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party in Northwest DC, authorities announced. The conviction stems from an incident in August, when the man verbally and physically accosted attendees at the event, presumably because of their perceived LGBTQ+ status, officials said, then went a woman in charge of security at the event held at the 9:30 Club on U Street NW. According to prosecutors, on Saturday, Aug. 3, Siate verbally and then physically accosted multiple people outside of the 9:30 Club. First, he approached a line …
Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly: Teen To Be Tried As Adult In DC Man's Murder Birthday Celebration Turns Deadly: Teen To Be Tried As Adult In DC Man's Murder
Ashton Ibabinet Charged In Death Of Diamonte Lewis The 16-year-old who brought a gun to a fist fight will be tried as an adult for a murder in Northwest DC earlier this year. Alexandria, VA's Ashton Inabinet was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 5 and charged for his role in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Diamonte Lewis in October, local and federal officials said. It happened in front of Nellie's Sports Bar on U Street NW around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. Gunshots rang out in the 900 block of U Street near the intersection of 9th Street NW, and when officers arrived, they found Lewis suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronoun…