Judge Holds Domestic Violence Defendant During Initial Hearings

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 5, 2021
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During initial hearings on May 5, a DC Superior Court judge held one domestic violence defendant.

In total, there were five domestic violence defendants presented before Judge Sean Staples.

The domestic violence defendant that the judge decided to hold was brought in on seven bench warrants for failing to appear at probation and pretrial hearings. 

All seven of the defendant’s cases are domestic violence related, and the underlying charges are violation of a Temporary Protection Order (TPO), violation of a Civil Protection Order (CPO), unlawful entry, destruction of property and contempt of court.

The defendant will be held at the DC Jail until he can be seen by the judge on his cases. The hearing is scheduled for May 11.

Judge Staples released four additional domestic violence defendants and ordered them all to stay away from the alleged victims, the locations of the incidents or both.

The underlying charges in the cases consist of simple assault and violation of a CPO.

Those defendants have their next hearings scheduled for Nov. 10.