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Professor Johnson teaches in Georgetown's criminal clinics. She writes about policing and criminal procedure. Prior to joining Georgetown University Law Center she was a supervising attorney in the Trial Division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). At PDS Ms. Johnson was assigned to the most serious cases at the “Felony One” level, and her experience included numerous trials in D.C. Superior Court representing indigent clients facing charges including homicide, sexual assault, and armed offenses. Ms. Johnson’s responsibilities at PDS also included supervi...

A 34-year-old Mayview man is facing multiple felony charges following an incident last year in Lafayette County. A Lafayette County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a call in reference to a physical disturbance in progress on October 22, 2020. While the deputy was en route, dispatch advised that a female juvenile caller was stating that Anthony T. Miller was hitting her mom and was using a tire iron to break out the windshield of the woman’s vehicle. When the deputy arrived, Miller refused to talk to the deputy. The deputy attempted to place Miller under arrest, he allegedly resisted and att...

A 42-year-old Brookfield man is facing multiple felonies after allegedly leading a law-enforcement officer on a pursuit on May 28. According to a probable-cause statement, a Brookfield Police officer attempted to make a traffic stop, but the driver of the suspect vehicle didn’t stop and sped out onto Missouri Highway 11. The suspect vehicle turned onto Jewel Drive, and after approximately one mile, the driver of the suspect vehicle lost control on the gravel. The vehicle left the roadway on the right side of the road returned to the road, overturned and ejected the driver. The driver, Chris...

A Carthage man is facing a drug-related felony charge in Saline County. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, on June 28, a trooper obtained a search warrant from Jasper County Circuit Court to ping the cell phone of Chase Johnson after receiving information that Johnson would be traveling to Colorado to transport marijuana back to Missouri. The ping was monitored over several days, and on July 5, the trooper observed Johnson’s cell phone traveling back toward Missouri. At approximately 2 a.m. on July 6, a trooper observed a vehicle displaying Colorado registration t...

In San Antonio, crime victims and accused face long wait for trial dates FacebookTwitterEmail Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales, right, talks with Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff before a press conference last November.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales announced new windows on crime statistics are available on his office website as of Friday, including data showing a significant trial backlog brought on by COVID-19. “I’m very concerned about the backlog,” Gonzales said in a Zoom video conference with reporters. “This will mea...