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Judge Sentences Defendant to Over Two Years for Assault and Contempt Charges

On Dec. 17, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant to serve 26 months for assault with significant bodily injury and contempt.

Keith Moore pleaded guilty back in October. The 34 year-old got into a verbal altercation about a traffic accident and struck his victim in the face on July 16, 2019 on the 3200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, according to the case’s gernstein.

Judge Michael O’Keefe sentenced him to 22 months for the assault charge and four months for the contempt charge. The sentences will run consecutively. He will receive  credit for time served.

Moore must also pay a total of $200 to the Victims of Violent Crime (VVC) fund. 

This article was written by Yasmeen McGettrick. 

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