A DC Superior Court judge continued a hearing for a defendant on probation in three misdemeanor domestic violence cases.
Fred Joyner was first charged with misdemeanor simple assault in a domestic violence case from December 2018. He pleaded guilty the following February and was sentenced to serve 30 days plus one year of supervised probation. Joyner later violated his probation twice and was charged in a second domestic violence case for destruction of property less than $1,000 the following July.
Later that month, Joyner was re-sentenced in his first case and released to the Mental Health Community Court probation.
He was then charged with simple assault, attempted possession of a prohibited weapon and contempt in another domestic violence case the following August.
The next month, Joyner resolved the second and third cases by pleading guilty to simple assault and destruction of property less than $1,000.
During the Feb. 8 hearing, defense attorney Mark Rollins requested a continuance of the hearing because Joyner is currently detained in Prince George’s County, Md.
Parties agreed to continue the matter before Judge Gerald Fisher at a date after Joyner is anticipated to be released.
The next hearing is set for June 1.
