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- August 28, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge ended an armed robbery defendant’s home confinement. She gave him a curfew instead.
Brandon Ward, 18, is charged in connection with a May 9 car robbery that allegedly took place on the 300 block of Buchanan Street, NW.
Ward has been on home confinement since his initial hearing in May.
During the Aug. 28 pretrial show cause hearing, the prosecution said Ward left his home without permission on multiple occasions. The prosecutor asked Judge Rainey Brandt to issue a judicial warning.
Ward’s attorney, Ieshaah Murphy, said that Ward didn’t understand how serious the court orders were and that there will be no issues moving forward.
Murphy also said Ward doesn’t have a criminal history and should be taken off of home confinement..
Judge Rainey Brandt agreed.
“I am sympathetic because of the pandemic,” she said. “I can’t look this young man in the face and tell him that this case is going to be resolved by even early 2021.”
Ward’s curfew will last from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. He will continue to wear a GPS monitor, and he must report to the Pretrial Services Agency (PSA.) regularly
Judge Brandt scheduled Ward’s next pretrial show cause hearing for Oct. 29.