Week-Long Jury Trial To Begin July 18 For Man Accused of Killing Boss at Suburban

The man on New Year’s Day will face a jury trial July 18.

The trial date for Keith D. Little of Lanham was confirmed at a pre-trial hearing in Montgomery County Circuit Court Friday. The trial is set for one week, but may last longer, county prosecutor George Simms said in court.

 “We think it may go a little into the following [week,]” Simms said.

Little has been charged with the murder of his boss, hospital maintenance engineer Roosevelt Brockington, Jr. Brockington was found in the hospital’s basement broiler room Jan. 1, with a knife protruding from his neck, prosecutors have said.

Montgomery County police and prosecutors have said that Little, who worked at Suburban under Brockington’s supervision, had been recently reprimanded by Brockingon and denied a pay raise, a possible motive for the murder.

Little didn’t appear in court. He was represented by a public defender.

A motions hearing is set for June 9^th, during which Little’s defense will argue to suppress certain evidence against Little, Simms said. It wasn’t known what evidence the defense would seek to suppress.