Judge Holds Sex Abuse Defendant During Initial Hearings

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 29, 2021
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During the April 27 initial hearings, DC Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann held a sex abuse defendant, releasing an additional sex abuse defendant and two domestic violence defendants.

Judge Herrmann held a defendant who is charged with first-degree sexual abuse. The defendant, a 33-year-old male, allegedly raped a woman on April 3 on the 500 block of B Street, SE. The defendant was ordered to stay away from the alleged victim in addition to being held at the DC Jail.

His next hearing is scheduled for May 19.

One of the released defendants was arrested for failing to appear for a court hearing in a domestic violence case. In this case, the judge released the defendant as he turned himself in on the day of the warrant being issued.

The defendant is scheduled to return to court on May 18.

Two defendants, with charges related to domestic violence and sex abuse, were released. One was given a stay-away order from the alleged victim.

The domestic violence defendant is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 2, and the sex abuse defendant is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 22.

Alaina Provenza wrote this article