Federal prosecutors said this weekend they have filed murder charges against a D.C. government employee who hit a Metropolitan Police Officer with his car and mortally wounded him days before Christmas.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said Jerrold Lonnell Coates, 47, was charged with second-degree murder while armed in the Dec. 23 crash on Interstate 695 that left Officer Terry Bennett fighting for his life. Officer Bennett died of his injuries on Jan. 6.
Police said they arrested Mr. Coates, who works for the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, on Friday. He made his initial court appearance on Saturday…