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A Monmouth man will be back in a Warren County courtroom on Tuesday, April 19, for his trial on numerous drug and weapons charges. According to Warren County State's Attorney Thomas Siegel, 24-year-old Dwight Washington is facing charges that include Armed Violence, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, and Possession of over 5,000 grams of Cannabis with Intent to Distribute. Washington was arrested on Friday, April 8, after law enforcement executed a search warrant of a residence in the 500-block of South 2nd Street in Monmouth. Siegel says that the U.S. Postal Service alerted the State's...

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Am hearing more and more about this, apparently the prosecutor that was supposed to be handling this case had quit, but she did a day or two ago, and then they say that her name was forged on multiple documents. those are legal documents. and if that is true, she needs to go. >> jacqui: i want to ask you, the mother of dwight washington who was accused killer got a plea deal without consulting the family is speaking out. here's what she told martha maccallum, listen to the sound here. >> they had accepted a plea deal and this particular prosecutor asked me in fact what happened, and i said wha...

Recent cases. dwight washington was beat to death. kim gardner's office allow the man accused of killing him to plead to involuntary manslaughter with eight years, causing the mother of dwight washington to called gardner incompetent. >> the prosecutor was in and out himself, not prepared to handle my son's case. he seemed absolutely unaware as he slipped through the pages. , what he was talking about. this is not my fault, he says. i was just handed your son's case and told to accept eight years. and i am just appalled. >> turned over in gardner's office has been -- or the circuit attorney's ...