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- July 15, 2020
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On July 13, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a carjacking and robbery case has enough evidence to go to trial.
Co-defendants Keon Smith, 20, and Ja’cori Williams, 16, are charged with unarmed carjacking and armed robbery for allegedly demanding a victim’s rental car at gunpoint on May 9 on the 4600 block of Livingston Road, SE.
Williams is being tried as an adult.
Judge Ronna Beck scheduled the hearing for July 22.
According to court documents, around 2:46 p.m., one of the suspects displayed a handgun and demanded the keys to a black Chevy Malibu the victim was renting. The victim complied and the suspects fled the scene in the vehicle.
A short time later, members of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) located the stolen vehicle and apprehended the defendants. Officers found a handgun in the car.