DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel denied a release request for a stabbing defendant before going to trial on Feb. 10.
Chauncey Liverpool, 32 , is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for his alleged involvement in a nonfatal stabbing on Sept. 9, 2025 on the 4000 block of 3rd Street, NE. One victim was wounded.
Liverpool had been evaluated previously by the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) to make sure that he was found mentallhy competent to stand trial and so declared in a hearing on Jan. 15.
Judge Israel said he was found competent to stand trail in thatr he understood the charges which were read to him by the prosecution
At the hearing, the prosecution extended an offer to Liverpool that required him to plead guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Liverpool’s defense attorney, Howard McEachern, informed parties that his client rejected the plea offer and wants to go to trial. The plea offer details were not disclosed during the hearing.
McEachern also requested that Liverpool be released pretrial. He said the defendant could live in the DC area and stay away from the incident location. McEachern said the crime was a family matter, not a community concern.
Prosecutors objected acknowledgeing Liverpool’s prior criminal history of Liverpool ‘sstabbed a family member with a pair of scissors.
Judge Israel denied the release request.
Parties are scheduled to meet on June 5 for a trial readiness hearing.
