A DC Superior Court judge gave parties in a domestic violence case more time to work on a potential plea deal.
The defendant is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and simple assault. He is currently released into the High Intensity Supervision Program.
Defense attorney Kevin Kassees told Judge James Crowell he needed to “throw two or three U.S. attorneys under the bus” because a plea bargain had been discussed two weeks ago but he had not yet received the plea paperwork.
The plea bargain was sent on Feb. 24 and again the day before the March 7 hearing, according to the prosecutor. Turns out, he was apparently sending it to the wrong email address.
Judge Crowell scheduled the proceedings to pick back up on April 13. In the meantime, Kassees plans to turn the case over to a new attorney.
