A DC Superior Court judge ordered April 27 that a defendant must be seen by a medical professional given his underlying medical issues.
Mark Miller is charged with assault with the intent to kill for allegedly stabbing a man in August of 2019.
Judge Todd Edelman ordered that Miller, 54, be seen by a medical professional within 24 hours of notifying jail personnel of symptoms from an illness because of his age and underlying medical conditions. The judge also ordered the DC Department of Corrections to provide a treatment plan for Miller’s underlying medical conditions by May 1.
Judges presided over 97 defendants’ cases at the DC Superior Courthouse between April 20 and April 24. Of those cases, only 27 percent of the defendants were released.
DC Superior Court Judges Neal Kravitz, Danya Dayson, Robert Morin, Michael Ryan, Robert Okun and Juliet McKenna presided over all the cases. Most the cases included defendants charged with felonies and misdemeanors.
The defendants filed emergency motions for release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge Danya Dayson has heard 61 hearings, most of the hearings that occurred during the week were for bond reviews. Judge Dayson released 16 defendants and denied release for 24 defendants. Of the cases, 36 percent of Judge Dayson’s hearings were repeated.
Judge Neal Kravitz heard one case during the week, which was a motion to reconsider a burglary defendant’s sentence. He denied the motion.
Judge Michael Ryan has heard 13 cases since April 20, releasing five defendants. Hearings for the rest of his cases were held. Dates for those hearings have not been set, as of April 27.
Judge Robert Okun presided over three cases, releasing all three defendants.
Chief Judge Robert Morin has mainly presided over fugitive from justice extradition hearings. He heard seven cases since April 20, dismissing charges for six defendants. He also set a nominal bail for Terri Seabrook in the amount of $10. Seabrook is charged with second-degree theft and unlawful entry of private property. D.C. Witness could not confirm if Seabrook paid the bail.
Judge Juliet McKenna has heard 12 cases since April 20. She released one defendant on April 23, dismissed two defendants’ fugitive from justice charges, waived two extradition hearings and issued five bench warrants. One defendant is still in the hospital and required to report to pretrial services. Another defendant’s citation hearing was rescheduled to July 9.
Five defendants who were arrested for charges, including unlawful entry and simple assault, were released from being held at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution.
The judges placed all of the 26 released defendants under the High Intensity Supervision Program (HISP).
On April 25, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested two men who are suspected of being involved in two separate assaults. The assaults also happened on Saturday.
According to a press release, the first assault occurred on the 1000 block of Brentwood Road, NE in the early afternoon.
During that assault the suspect allegedly threatened people with a knife. The suspect was apprehended by responding officers and a knife was recovered. The suspect also sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated at a local hospital.
The second assault occurred during the evening on the 1400 block Columbia Road, NW.
According to a press release, a suspect approached a victim, pulled a knife and threatened to stab that victim. The victim was able to flee. There were no injuries reported. The suspect was also apprehended by responding officers.
Two more inmates housed in the Central Detention Facility at the DC Jail tested positive for the coronavirus on April 26.
According to a press release, both inmates are male. One inmate is 28 years old and the other is 36.
As of April 26, 52 inmates have tested positive and are in isolation. Seventy-two inmates have recovered from their illnesses and returned to the general population.
In order for an inmate to return to the general population, that inmate has to be free from fever for at least 72 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications, according to the release.
The inmate must also show improvements in other symptoms, such as coughing and shortness of breath. For inmates to go back into general population at least a week needs to pass since the first symptoms appeared, the release says.
On April 13, the DC Department of Corrections (DC DOC) announced that one inmate died from the coronavirus.
According to the District’s site on the coronavirus, 37 personnel members at the DC DOC have tested positive for COVID-19. Twenty-nine of those members are not at work as of April 26. One personnel member died from the coronavirus.
Thirteen more inmates housed in the Central Detention Facility of the DC Jail tested positive for the coronavirus on April 25. A majority of the 13 are aged in their 20s.
According to a press release, all of the inmates are male. Seven inmates are in their 20s, one inmate is 35, four inmates are in their 40s and one inmate is 57 years old.
As of April 25, 54 inmates have tested positive and are in isolation. Sixty-eight inmates have recovered from their illnesses and returned to the general population.
In order for an inmate to return to the general population, that inmate has to be free from fever for at least 72 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications, according to the release.
The inmate must also show improvements in other symptoms, such as coughing and shortness of breath. For inmates to go back into general population at least a week needs to pass since the first symptoms appeared, the release says.
On April 13, the DC Department of Corrections (DC DOC) announced that one inmate died from the coronavirus.
According to the District’s site on the coronavirus, 37 personnel members at the DC DOC have tested positive for COVID-19. Twenty-nine of those members are not at work as of April 25. One personnel member died from the coronavirus.
On April 24, officers with the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a juvenile male.
The juvenile is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (gun).
According to a press release, officers responded to the sound of gunshots and found an adult male and two juveniles suffering from gunshot wounds. All three victims were treated for non-life threatening injuries at a local hospital.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested April 24 a suspect who is believed to be connected to a homicide that occurred in Southeast, DC.
According to a press release, 26 year-old Eldred Watts is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 33-year-old Zenus Epps on the 3500 block of A Street, SE on March 25.
Watts is also charged with armed robbery for an offense that occurred on the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE on Jan. 30.
Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., D.C. Witness was able to track three crime alerts sent out from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The most recent alert was sent out at 6:20 p.m. in relation to a fifth district robbery that occurred on the 300 block of Douglas Street, NE. A lookout was released for two suspects. The first is a black male wearing a grey hoodie and a ski mask. The second is a black male wearing an orange hoodie and black pants.
Another alert was sent out earlier at 4:57 p.m. in relation to a robbery on the 700 block of Alabama Ave., SE. A lookout was released for a black male in his mid-twenties, wearing a black jacket with white writing on it, as well as blue jeans, and a face mask. He was armed with a handgun and last seen running towards 6th Street, SE.
The first alert came out at 9:19 a.m. in relation to a carjacking that occurred on the 2500 block of Calvert Street, NW. A lookout was released for a 2006 black Nissan Maurano with unknown Florida tags occupied by a black male. The suspect was last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.
On April 22, judges at the DC Superior Courthouse released four inmates.
One defendants’ bond review hearings were carried for a ruling at a later date.
There were four hearings that were not in relation to emergency releases because of COVID-19. Two were status hearings. One was a pretrial show cause hearing which the defendant did not show up for resulting in a bench warrant being issued. One was a motion hearing for an inmate to reduce his sentence which was denied.
Judges also denied the release of six inmates.
In total there were 16 defendants that had cases. A majority of the cases were for bond review hearings. You can read about each case on dcwitness.org.
Leonard Smith was released from a halfway house after parties were able to agree on conditions for release.
Smith, 30, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, and carrying a dangerous weapon (knife) for his alleged roll in the stabbing of 26-year-old Leonte Butler on the 4000 block of South Capitol St., SE, in March of 2017.
During an April 24 hearing, a defendant’s request for removal from isolation was denied.
Jaquel Davis, 19, is charged with receiving stolen property in excess of $1,000, and unauthorized use of a vehicle for an incident that occurred on the 1500 block of South Capitol Street, SW, in June of 2019.
According to court documents, Davis tested positive for COVID-19. DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson denied his request for release from isolation.
Davis has a probation show cause hearing slated for July 17.
A murder defendant did not show at his hearing on April 24.
Michael Anthony Grant, 34, is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly assaulting 33-year-old Lucas Alonzo Thomas on the 3100 block of Randle Place, SE on July 28.
Grant was released to a halfway house in November of 2019. He has been missing from the halfway house since April 17.
He failed to appear to his pretrial show cause hearing and Judge Juliet McKenna issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
A felony status conference is scheduled for July 10.
A man accused of murder was released from a halfway house on April 24.
Leonard Smith is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Leonte Butler, 26, on the 4000 Block of South Capitol Street, SE in 2017. Smith’s was declared a mistrial on Dec. 3, 2019.
On April 23, Judge Danya Dayson delayed Smith’s hearing until parties could agree on release conditions. The conditions they agreed to were not disclosed however, Smith was released from a halfway house in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Smith is scheduled for a trial readiness hearing on June 12.
A judge required the prosecution to preserve video footage of the floor a jail unit until a defendant’s COVID-19 symptoms were remedied.
Dexter Brown is charged with kidnapping while armed and unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction.
DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson ordered that the prosecution keep track of video footage from Brown’s unit from April 23 until his COVID-19 symptoms subside. Brown is currently in isolation.
Brown’s bond review has been carried until April 29.
