A District of Columbia Superior Court judge denied defense counsel’s request for their client to be placed in home confinement, citing the defendant’s reckless driving made him a threat to the community.
Timothy Johnson is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly hitting and killing 50-year-old Kim Moore in 2016.
Johnson is currently being held at DC Jail without bond.
According to court documents, Johnson, 23, was traveling at a high speed, about 75mph in a 25mph zone, on the 900 block of Eastern Ave., NE when he struck the left rear of Moore’s car. The impact forced Moore’s car to hit two parked cars. Johnson fled the scene but was apprehended a short time later. He was apparently under the influence of PCP, a hallucinatory drug, when the collision occurred.
In 2017, the prosecution offered Johnson a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter and felony assault, but he rejected it.
A Metropolitan Police Department press release said Johnson’s reckless driving also resulted in non-life threatening injuries to four other individuals.
His case is scheduled for a status hearing on Jan. 7.
