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D.C. Witness Staff
- July 13, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge decided to hold man at DC Jail July 13 after charging him with assault with the intent to commit sexual abuse.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the 29-year-old suspect physically assaulted a man, who is a transgender, on the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE., near the 801 East Men’s Shelter, on July 11.
The Judge Heide Herrmann said she was sure the crime would have been sexual abuse if a bystander had not tried to help the victim.
According to court documents, the defendant was walking on the Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital former campus when he exposed himself while approaching the victim. He allegedly knocked the victim to the ground and attempted to have nonconsensual sex.
A bystander drove by and called the police.
The defendant is scheduled for a hearing on Aug. 20.
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