DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel delayed a hearing in a carjacking case in order to get more information about the defendant’s new case in a hearing on Feb. 10.
Antwon Brown, 33, is charged with unarmed carjacking for his alleged involvement in an incident on July 20, 2023 on the 1400 block of 22nd Street, NE.
According to court records, Brown was released to in-patient drug treatment on July 14, 2025 after his preliminary hearing.
At the hearing, Quiana Harris, Brown’s attorney, informed parties that although Brown was on release for this case, he was now held for charges in an unrelated matter. According to Harris, while on release in this case Brown allegedly committed another offense and a hearing is scheduled for that matter on Feb. 13.
Harris asked Judge Israel to delay the hearing because she believed details from Brown’s new case could impact this case.
The prosecutors noted that if the hearing were held they would have requested Judge Israel revoke Brown’s release in the current case. They said Brown was released from in-patient treatment on Nov. 19, 2025, and instructed to report to transitional housing. Two days later, on Nov. 21, Brown allegedly strangled someone but had not yet been convicted, said prosecutors.
A representative from Samaritan Inn, a DC non-profit offering support for homelessness and drug addiction, told the court that Brown checked in there on Dec. 18, 2025.
Judge Israel asked prosecutors to figure out where Brown was supposed to be and where he actually was around the date of the new alleged offense.
Parties are set to reconvene on Feb. 17 with more details.
