Judge Schedules Hearing for Sex Abuse Defendant

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 28, 2021
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing after parties said they have been trying to get one under the calendar judge.

The 60-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree sex abuse and third-degree sex abuse for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home and sexually abusing her. According to court documents, the victim awoke to the defendant standing in her room threatening to shoot her if she did not give him money. Later, she was reportedly able to escape after realizing he was brandishing a tool and not a gun.

During the April 26 proceedings, Judge Judith Smith asked why parties were put in this courtroom since the case is apparently pending a competency exam, on which she does not have the authority to rule. Parties explained they had been trying to schedule a hearing under the calendar judge, Judge Milton Lee, but never got a response.

The next hearing, which Judge Smith scheduled for May 13, will be presided by Judge Lee, so he can rule on the prosecution’s pending motion.

The defendant has 21 other charges in this matter, including first-degree burglary, first-degree burglary while armed, kidnapping, threats to kidnap or injure a person, robbery, kidnapping of a senior citizen, robbery of a senior citizen, second-degree theft, kidnapping while armed, robbery while armed, second-degree burglary, attempt to commit robbery and simple assault.