Judge Removes GPS Tracking from Defendant’s Release Conditions

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 22, 2020
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On July 22, a DC Superior Court judge allowed a defendant to be taken off  GPS monitoring while on pretrial release.

The defendant is charged with second-degree child sex abuse. 

Judge Danya Dayson cited the defendant’s compliance thus far and lack of a criminal record when making her decision.

Defense attorney Solange Hilfinger-Pardo asked for her client’s GPS monitor to be removed because he wants to get another job and was told the ankle monitor will make obtaining employment difficult. 

The prosecution expressed concern that the defendant would not comply with his stay away order from the victim and her mother if the tracking device was removed. 

Hilfinger-Pardo said the defendant has been fully compliant with his pretrial release conditions. He calls in weekly with the Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) and immediately got his GPS fixed when there was an issue with its battery.

The defendant’s next hearing is scheduled for Sept. 25.