Power Outage Causes Delay in Bond Hearings

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 15, 2020
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On April 14, the jail facilities at the DC Department of Corrections (DC DOC) experienced a phone and power outage April 14, delaying nine bond review hearings for two days.

There were 12 hearings and one forensic exam scheduled to occur on Tuesday. All but three hearings were affected by the outage.

All of the hearings that were affected were emergency bond review hearings that would determine if inmates would be released due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bond review hearings for Victor Coley, Jamal Blakley, Mamadou Seck, Ja’Amonte Jeter, Dale Southerland, Keith Moore, Bryant Webster, Dominic Risper and Malik Coles have been rescheduled for April 16.

There is currently no available information as to why the power outage occurred.

Tamika Green’s arraignment was vacated. She was released to the High Intensity Supervision Program on April 13.

Charges were dropped for Rondale Wilson. He was charged with being a fugitive of justice.

By request of his defense counsel, David Cunningham’s bond review hearing was rescheduled to April 17.

Kenneth Phillips’ forensic mental exam was not held. He is scheduled for a mental observation hearing and a bond review hearing on April 17.