Boy, 15, charged with murderA 15-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Wyatt Campbell, an 18-year-old from Alexandria.
Campbell sought treatment for trauma wounds at the Inova Springfield Healthplex at about 10:30 p.m. Oct. 14 and died about 30 minutes later.
Fairfax County police said the two teenagers were acquaintances and had been involved in an altercation earlier in the evening. Both were from the Rose Hill area.
The boy is being charged as a juvenile.
New trial for P.G. screwdriver stabber
A Gaithersburg man linked to the MS-13 gang and convicted of fatally stabbing one man and trying to kill another in 2006 will get a new trial.
Eduardo Escobar Martinez was convicted by a Prince George’s County Circuit Court jury of stabbing two people with a screwdriver in Langley Park. At trial, defense attorneys were prohibited from questioning the surviving victim, Santos Lorenzo Mejicanos, about his potential bias and incentive to help prosecutors.
That violated Martinez’s right to confront his accusers, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled, granting him a new trial.
Prosecutors had dropped charges related to a stolen vehicle against Mejicanos. He was also jailed during the trial on a writ to ensure he would testify.
Man sentenced for threatening to kill ex-girlfriend
An Arlington man was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for threatening to kill his former girlfriend, her parents and her co-workers.
A jury found Kyle M. McDonald, 27, guilty in June. Prosecutors said he threatened to torture and kill his former girlfriend in recorded telephone calls he made while an serving a sentence at the Arlington County Detention Center for stalking and violating a protection order.
– Emily Babay
