Defendant to Spend 40 Months in Prison for Stabbing Security Officer

By Laura Berol - August 9, 2024
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DC Superior Court Judge Heidi Pasichow sentenced Alandon Jordan to 40 months in prison on Aug. 9 for stabbing a security officer at the parking garage of the Gallery Place shopping mall in Northwest DC.

Jordan, 33, was originally charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (knife) for a non-fatal stabbing that occurred on Dec. 11, 2023, on the 700 block of 6th Street, NW. 

According to arrest documents, another security officer at Gallery Place told a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD officer) that the victim was monitoring the parking garage security cameras when he saw Jordan trying to open the door to the victim’s car.

After the victim left the security office to intercept Jordan, the witness heard the victim screaming, “I’m security.” The witness left the office and saw Jordan near the victim holding a knife. While the witness was calling 911, the victim returned to the office with stab wounds in his side. 

Court documents state that Jordan turned himself in to a Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) officer about six hours after the incident. Jordan told the officer he was hearing voices telling him to do dangerous things. He said he had stabbed someone he thought was a security officer, but he couldn’t remember what happened.

On March 12, Jordan accepted a pre-indictment offer that required him to plead guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with significant bodily injury. 

On Aug. 9, Judge Pasichow sentenced Jordan to three years and four months imprisonment for assault with a dangerous weapon and two years for assault with significant bodily injury. The sentences are set to run concurrently, with credit for time served. Jordan was also sentenced to three years of supervised release for each charge, to run concurrently. 

Jordan addressed the court at the sentencing, expressing his remorse and apologizing to the victim.

“I turned myself in because I felt bad for what I did,” Jordan said. “I’ve been trying as hard as I can to get better. I can’t even find the words to say how bad I feel now and how bad I felt then.”

In a victim impact statement read by the prosecutor, the victim said that the stabbing has significantly harmed his health mentally as well as physically. 

“Get clean and lead a good life,” the victim urged the defendant.

Judge Pasichow ordered Jordan to undergo mental health and drug assessments and receive any treatment they indicate is needed. She required him to receive anger management counseling, employment assistance and vocational training.

“It’s not a matter of blaming the drugs. It’s a matter of blaming your ingestion of it. That’s voluntary,” Judge Pasichow told Jordan. “You’re not going to be in forever, so you’re going to have to make choices when you’re out also. Some of those choices will be hard for you.”

Judge Pasichow noted that violent crimes like Jordan’s, committed under the influence of drugs such as phencyclidine (PCP), demonstrate the seriousness of PCP possession charges, even when no victims are identified in the possession cases.

Jordan must pay $200 to the Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Fund and comply with a stay-away order from the Gallery Place parking garage.

No further hearings are scheduled in this case.