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D.C. Witness Staff
- August 5, 2020
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On Aug. 5, a defendant pleaded guilty to destruction of property.
Jeremiah Littman, 31, threw a brick into the windshield of a police cruiser that was parked outside the 6th District Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Police Station on the 5000 block of Hayes Street, NE on April 16. According to police, Littman said that she was homeless and did not want to sleep on the street.
Littman’s attorney Edward Joseph clarified during the proceedings that Littman had an outstanding parole warrant, and she wanted to turn herself in so that she would have somewhere to sleep. However, the police station did not have the warrant on file and refused to take her in. Joseph said the offense that she committed was out of self-preservation.
“This was the only thing in her mind at the time,” Joseph said. “This is the reason she did what she did.”
Littman has been held in DC Jail since her arrest.
Due to the significant amount of time Littman had spent in jail while awaiting trial on a misdemeanor charge, DC Superior Court Judge John Campbell sentenced her to time served. She did not receive any probation time.
The prosecution requested that Littman pay some amount in restitution to the MPD for the damage she caused to the police cruiser. However, Judge Campbell did not order any.
“I don’t think that imposing restitution for the cost of damage to a police cruiser is appropriate given the circumstances,” Judge Campbell said. “The police likely have some insurance of some sort.”
However, because of the parole violation, Littman will not be immediately released from DC Jail.