Judge Releases Defendant Charged with Assault to Home Confinement

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A DC Superior Court judge released April 20 a defendant to home confinement.

Michael Quander is charged with simple assault and destruction of property less than $1000.

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson released Quander under the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP). Part of the conditions of his release are GPS monitoring, home confinement and a stay away and no contact order for the person he allegedly assaulted and their home.

Quander was initially supposed to be released to a halfway house on Jan. 31, but due to the pandemic was detained at the DC Jail.

He filed a motion for release on April 15. His hearing for release was scheduled for April 16 but then was rescheduled to occur on April 20.