Domestic Violence Defendant Pleads Guilty to Simple Assault

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A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a domestic violence defendant to serve 45 days in jail with credit for time served and one year of probation.

Conner Brown was charged with simple assault, second-degree theft, attempted threats to do bodily harm, violation of a civil protection order, attempted second-degree cruelty to children, and contempt for violating release conditions. As part of a plea agreement with the prosecution, all charges were dropped except for three charges of simple assault. The assaults took place in January of 2019, February, and July.

As part of the conditions of his probation, Brown must stay away from the victim and her home, enter and complete a domestic violence intervention course and undergo drug and alcohol testing.

“You’re a very young individual. Your life can certainly take a different path,” Judge Maribeth Raffinan said.

For all three charges of assault, Brown will serve concurrent sentences of 45 days in incarceration and one year on probation.

The defendant must also pay $500 in restitution to the victim for stealing her phone and $150 to the Crime Victims Compensation fund.