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D.C. Witness Staff
- July 28, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge held a defendant charged with carrying a pistol without a license in two separate cases.
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrested Anthony May, 19, on Feb. 3 on the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE after they found a 9mm pistol on him. MPD officers confronted the defendant again on March 24 inside a laundry shop on the 1100 block of Trenton Place, SE for suspected loitering. They recovered another pistol inside his pants.
The defendant was brought before the court on July 28 to address his lack of compliance with his pretrial release conditions.
A Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) representative said May violated his curfew and home confinement orders by regularly leaving his residence late at night.
Defense attorney Frederick Iverson said his client had various reasons to go outside his residence. He said May had to move his belongings because he was issued an eviction notice.
May’s mother also said that her son tested positive for COVID-19 and stayed at a hotel room for self quarantine.
However, the prosecution said that May had no good reason to move in the middle of the night and staying at a hotel could not explain why he left his home multiple times a month.
The PSA representative also noted that the defendant was not competent to stand trial due to his mental health issues on March 17.
The judge ordered that May be held at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution, for inpatient competency restoration.
A mental observation hearing is scheduled for Aug. 31.