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D.C. Witness Staff
- March 12, 2021
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During initial hearings on March 11, a DC Superior Court judge presided over five domestic violence cases and one sex abuse case.
In total, there were 23 cases presented before the court with an additional two defendants who were in the hospital, so their cases could not be heard.
Judge Lloyd Nolan held a male defendant charged with first-degree sexual abuse by force.
Defense counsel requested that the defendant be released into the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP) and placed on GPS tracking with a stay-away order. The prosecution, however, said that GPS tracking would not make sense in this case because the defendant and the victim live in the same building.
According to court documents, the victim had turned away the defendant after he insisted on going into her apartment for drinks. Later that day, the victim left her apartment to take out the trash. The defendant then grabbed the victim from behind and forced her into the apartment where he sexually assaulted her.
Judge Nolan said based on the nature of the charges, the defendant will be held at DC Jail. He is scheduled for a status hearing on March 31.
Judge Nolan also held Alonzo Miles who was brought in on a bench warrant after failing to appear at his probation hearing in 2017. In that domestic violence case, he was convicted of simple assault.
Miles was also brought in on two additional bench warrants for failing to appear at his hearings in two additional misdemeanor matters.
Miles will be held at the jail until his next hearing, which is scheduled for March 18.
Judge Nolan issued stay-away orders for defendants charged with misdemeanors in domestic violence cases and ordered them to call the Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) once a week.
The four misdemeanor domestic violence defendants have charges, including simple assault, destruction of property less than $1,000, and attempted threats to do bodily harm.
The defendants are scheduled to return on Aug. 12.