Defense Requests Additional Time to Review Shooting Defendant’s Probation Case

By Phillip Lopez - January 30, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

On Jan. 30, DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz granted a defendant’s request to focus on his status in an unrelated federal case before resolving probation in a 2020 shooting case. 

Ronald Yarborough , 29, was originally charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his involvement in a non-fatal shooting that occurred on June 28, 2020 at the 400 block of 2nd Street, NW. He was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a prior convict for being in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest on July 23, 2020, at the same location. 

On Dec. 22, 2020, Yarborough accepted a deal extended by prosecutors, which required him to plead guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a prior convict in exchange for a dismissal of all other charges, and dismissal of a misdemeanor case. 

On May 3, 2021, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced Yarborough to 36 months for assault with a dangerous weapon and 18 months for unlawful possession of a firearm by a prior convict, the terms to be served concurrently.

He was also required to be on supervised probation for two years upon release. 

On Jan 29, Yarborough allegedly violated his probation, and was detained in connection to an unrelated federal case. Donna Beasley requested Yarborough not be held in the current matter, arguing he should be permitted to continue with his probation and requested additional time to return once a proceeding is held in his federal case. 

Parties are slated to return April 1.