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By
Gelela Tesfaye [former]
- July 18, 2024
Carjacking
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DC Superior Court Judge Erik Christen granted two co-defendants request for a forensic screening of potential DNA evidence on July 17.
Eligah Hughes, 34, and Elias Robertson, 29, are charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and unarmed carjacking. Hughes and Robertson, while armed with a knife and by force and violence, stole the victims car on February 25, on the 1000 block of F Street.
According to court documents, Robertson approached the victim and told her he wanted her keys and had a knife. The police later found the keys of the victim’s stolen vehicle allegedly in Hughes’ possession.
In court, defense attorney Anthony Smith stated a forensic screening motion regarding an analysis biological evidence was filed in the previous hearing and he is awaiting the result.
Parties are scheduled to return on July 23 with information.