DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan lifted a detainer holding a homicide defendant in DC, allowing his transfer for a case in a different jurisdiction in a hearing on April 10.
Jayvon Thomas, 22, and Lavar Hunter, 21, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and attempt to commit robbery, for their alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Anwar Wingate on the 2100 block of 8th Street, NW, on Nov. 19, 2023.
Thomas was released in this case in April 2024, less than two months later in June 2024, Thomas was arrested in an unrelated matter in Maryland. Parties did not specify the charges Thomas faces in Maryland…