A defendant accepted a plea deal for a jail stabbing that injured four before DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld on July 10.
Joly Germine, 33, was originally charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of unlawful possession of contraband into a penal institution for his involvement in a stabbing on Aug. 28, 2025 at the DC Jail, located on the 1900 block of D Street, SE.
At the hearing, Germine accepted a plea deal from prosecutors that required him to plead guilty to the two counts of unlawful possession of contraband into a penal institution. As part of the deal, the prosecution agreed to limit their sentence request to 24 months in prison, dismiss the assault charges, not charge Germine on any other counts related to the offense, and to not oppose concurrent sentencing.
The prosecution outlined how if the case had gone to trial the evidence would have proven that Germine got into an altercation with another inmate before rushing up the stairs to fight with two other inmates. After the incident authorities recovered two improvised weapons from Germine.
According to court documents, four inmates including Germine sustained injuries in the incident.
Parties are slated to reconvene for Germine’s sentencing on Sept. 11.
