Judge Considers Combining Defendants’ Homicide Cases

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 20, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge is considering conjoining two defendant’s cases into one.

Tierra Posey, a resident of Southeast, DC, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 21-year-old Tia Carey on the 3700 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE on Jan. 6.

DeJon Ford is charged with kidnapping while armed and carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or a business in connection with the homicide case. 

According to court documents, Carey was Ford’s longtime girlfriend.

After Posey shot Carey at a gas station, documents state that Ford drove off  in a witnesses’ car that Carey was in. Her children were in the back.

Apparently, Ford took the children to Carey’s mother’s house because he said he didn’t want the children to see Carey bleeding from her head, according to the documents.

Ford said he took the gun away from Posey after she allegedly shot Carey. He told officers from the Metropolitan Police Department that he didn’t realize he still had the gun with him when he dropped off with the children.

Ford and Posey’s attorneys asked the judge to not join the cases.

Posey’s attorneys Bernadette Armand and Kevann Gardner also requested that she be released under 24-hour home confinement and that the prosecution offers her a plea deal. 

On Feb. 20, Judge Anita Josey-Herring said that she would make a decision on joining the cases after Ford’s preliminary hearing, which is scheduled on March 3.

She also denied the Posey’s request for release for the second time. The prosecution also declined to offer Posey a plea deal. 

A status hearing  for Posey is scheduled to occur on March 19.