DC Superior Court Judge Robert J. Hildum granted a stabbing suspect bond on July 29, but ruled that he be detained as he’s also charged in a murder.
Michael Sanders, 30, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of contraband in a penal institution for his alleged involvement in a stabbing on April 1 on the 1900 block of D Street, SE at the DC Jail’s Central Detention Facility (CTF)
Sanders was originally held at the lower security Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) as he awaits a trial for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Youness Zarouaki and the injury of another individual at a row home on the 1000 block of Thomas Jefferson Street, NW on Feb. 18, 2022.
Sanders waived his right to a preliminary hearing of the evidence in his stabbing case. Sander’s defense, Daniel Kolver, requested he be released in the stabbing case and Judge Hildum set bond at $500. However, he ordered Sanders back to jail as he awaits a trial date in October for the murder charge, which will precede the stabbing case.
Parties are slated to reconvene Aug. 29.
