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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 24, 2020
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On July 24, a DC Superior Court judge reserved bench warrant rights for a domestic violence defendant who is a loss of contact, giving her additional time to come into compliance with the conditions of her pretrial release.
The defendant pleaded guilty to simple assault on March 13 and her case is currently pending sentencing. She has been on release since being charged in February, and has had to comply with court-ordered GPS monitoring.
According to a notice of noncompliance, which was filed on July 14 by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), the defendant has not charged her GPS device since July 6, except for one time on July 18. The device’s battery has remained dead, and the defendant’s whereabouts are currently unknown by both her attorney, Edward Gain, and CSOSA.
However, during the July 24 hearing the prosecution refrained from requesting a bench warrant for the defendant’s arrest because it was unclear whether or not she was informed of the hearing.
At the prosecution’s request, Judge Danya Dason issued a judicial summons for the defendant to appear in court on Aug. 10 to address her noncompliance.
The defendant is currently scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 28, the same day as her co-defendant. The two pleaded guilty to assaulting the same victim.