A stabbing defendant refused to come to court from the jail for his status hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno on March 11.
D’andre Montgomery, 20, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with significant bodily injury while armed. These charges stem from his alleged involvement in a stabbing at the DC Jail at the 1900 block of D Street, SE on April 17, 2025.
According to court documents, the DC Department of Corrections (DoC) reviewed surveillance footage and found Montgomery along with his co-defendants, allegedly assaulting the victim in the common area of the jail’s housing unit with a sharp metal object.
Tyshawn Simms, 27, Daymark Baird, 21, previously pleaded guilty for their involvement in the same incident. Ramie Saunders, 38, also faces charges for his alleged involvement, but is currently held in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BoP).
At the hearing, a US Marshal alerted parties that Montgomery refused to come over from the jail and would not be present at the hearing.
Montgomery’s attorney, Charlotte Gilliland explained that she received a plea offer from the prosecution, but Montgomery needed more time to consider it.
The prosecution agreed to let the plea offer stay open until the next hearing when Montgomery should be present. No terms of the plea deal were discussed in court.
Parties said Montgomery is starting a trial for an unrelated matter in April that is expected to last two-to-three weeks and they will reconvene after this matter is resolved.
Parties are slated to reconvene May 19.
