Judge Sentences Man to Serve More Than Four Years for Sex Abuse, Theft Charges

By Tory Lysik [former] - September 7, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Sex Abuse | Suspects | Victims |

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant to serve more than four years for sex abuse and theft charges.

Earlier this year, Anthony Crump pleaded guilty to third-degree sex abuse for sexually assaulting a woman on a metro bus on the morning of Oct. 6, 2020. He also pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in a separate case.

Judge Danya Dayson sentenced the 37-year-old defendant to serve three years for the sex abuse charge and 14 months for the theft charge. The sentences will run consecutively.

During the June 7 hearing, the prosecution showed security footage of the sexual assault. After making comments to the bus driver, Crump is seen turning towards the victim, who was sitting across from him, and asking her questions pertaining to her family and ethnicity. The victim is then seen sliding over to the window of her seat.

After Crump becomes more aggressive, the victim is seen trying to move away. Crump gets closer to her, touching her inappropriately and pulling her clothing. In the footage, he is heard saying, “I am going to f*** you,” and “I want to put my d*** in your mouth.” He repeatedly yelled at her to sit down even as the bus driver told him to stop. Crump’s verbal harassment continued even as police officers removed him from the bus.

“I apologize for the woman in the bus situation,” he said. “I was high.”

The victim did not appear in court but wrote a letter that the prosecution read aloud.

“I am constantly having nightmares,” she wrote.

Defense attorney Johnathan Armstrong said that this case is one of the few in which he has ever requested a forensic psychological screening during an initial hearing. He said his client began struggling with his mental health after having traumatic experiences in his early life, and called his client’s life as a whole, “extremely turbulent.”

Still, Armstrong said his client is not running from his charges and is “profoundly sorry” for his actions.

“I apologize to both of those people,” Crump said, referring to the victims in both of his cases. “I hope they both have successful lives.”