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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- September 29, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant after he resolved his three cases with a global plea deal.
Kehinde Ogun pleaded guilty to simple assault in one case and threats to kidnap or injure a person in another. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dismissed his other case, in which he was charged with two counts of simple assault. Prosecutors also asked for 90 days on both charges to be served concurrently.
Judge John Campbell sentenced Ogun, 35, to 180 days, all but 90 of which were suspended, plus one year of supervised probation, for each of the charges. The sentences and the probation will run concurrently.
The terms of Ogun’s probation include seeking psychological treatment and mental health treatment at the direction of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA.)
“You do have a history of similar kinds of things,” Judge Campbell said during the Sept. 28 hearing. “I realize that you have had difficulties with homelessness and that it is an especially difficult time to be homeless.”
The defendant picked up the threats charge for making a throat slashing gesture to a victim on the 1600 block of H Street, NW, on July 12. As a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer arrested Ogun, he said, “I can do 35 for murder, that’s nothing,” then “Your career is done with, your life too.”
Ogun will also have to pay $100 to the Victims of Violent Crime (VVC) compensation fund.