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- March 9, 2021
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A DC Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant for a defendant charged with misdemeanor sex abuse and simple assault after he failed to appear in court.
During the March 9 hearing, defense attorney Kyle McGonigal said he has not been able to get in touch with his client. The pretrial services agency (PSA) reported that he is a loss of contact with them as well.
Judge Steven Wellner asked if there was anything more that either of them can do to try and reach him.
McGonigal said he can try to contact a relative. However, having limited confidence that this will be a successful effort, Judge Wellner decided to grant the prosecution’s request for a bench warrant.
The warrant won’t be executed at this time due to a moratorium on the execution of certain misdemeanor bench warrants that has been put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge Wellner told McGonigal that if he can get his client to court in the meantime, they can try to resolve the bench warrant before it ever has to be executed.