Domestic Violence Defendant Released due to Family Emergency

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On Aug. 11, a DC Superior Court judge released a defendant into the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP) so she could care for her two hospitalized family members.

The defendant is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly stabbing a woman in front of her two young children in an apartment on Livingston Road, SE on July 5. The defendant has been held in DC Jail since then.

While incarcerated, the defendant’s relatives, of whom she is the sole caretaker, have had multiple medical emergencies. Attorney Adgie O’Bryant filed an emergency motion for release on July 21, which was opposed by the prosecution. He filed a response to the opposition on Aug. 10.

“We request the court protect the complainant and any witnesses involved with a stay away order,” O’Bryant said. “We’ve tried to update the court as much as we could about the conditions of the [family members].”

Judge Michael Ryan released the defendant under HISP with a stay away order from the victim, the witnesses and their home addresses.

The defendant’s next hearing is scheduled for Sept. 9.