After a stabbing defendant refused transport to his June 10 hearing, DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld warned his attorney that he could not avoid court forever.
Edward Cowser, 46, is charged with assault with significant bodily injury while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon. The charges stem from an incident at a gas station on the 3000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, where prosecutors allege Cowser stabbed another man in the back after the victim refused to share any more of his PCP-laced cigarette.
Anthony DiMillo, Cowser’s attorney, informed parties that his client refused transport that day.
According to Judge Hertzfeld, this was not the first time Cowser had refused transport to court in this case. She asked DiMillo to tell his client that she was “gonna see him one way or another.”
DiMillo told Judge Hertzfeld that he had gone to see Cowser the day before and asked him if he was coming to his hearing, but Cowser was noncommittal.
Judge Hertzfeld continued the hearing to June 12.
