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- June 30, 2020
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Judge issued a bench warrant on June 30 for a defendant who failed to appear in court to discuss his inability to keep his GPS monitoring device charged.
Darryn Thomas is charged with robbery and assault with significant injury for allegedly attempting to steal cigarettes from a 7-Eleven located on the 900 block of 17th Street, NW. He also allegedly broke an employee’s ankle by pushing him to the ground when the employee confronted him about stealing the cigarettes.
Thomas failed to appear at his hearing, scheduled to address his loss of contact with pretrial services. He was placed under the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP) on March 18.
A representative from Pretrial Services Agency said the defendant’s monitoring device stopped functioning on June 4 and Thomas has failed to report to them since then.
Thomas’ defense attorney, Sylvia Smith, said he was in compliance with his monitoring device for several months and suddenly dropped off. She said she is concerned about his well being. She also said she was uncertain whether he received notification about the hearing.
District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna issued a bench warrant for Thomas, citing his “egregious noncompliance.”