DC Superior Court Judge Heide Herrmann accepted a stabbing defendant’s waiver of her preliminary hearing on June 18.
Tanjanae Bradley, 21, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for her alleged involvement in a stabbing that injured one individual on May 16 on the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road, SE.
According to court documents, Bradley was allegedly in a fight with the victim’s friend over the styling of a wig. Following the confrontation, the victim allegedly approached Bradley’s apartment door. Bradley reportedly said that she “is not scared of no fat b*tches,” and then allegedly stabbed the victim once in the stomach.
Bradley, present via Webex, allowed her attorney, Derek Paige, to waive her right to a preliminary hearing on her behalf.
Paige said Bradley was recently in a car accident and is on crutches. Paige asked that Judge Herrmann modify Bradley’s release conditions that required frequent drug testing.
Judge Herrmann did not grant Paige’s request for release modifications because she is not the calendar judge for the case. However, she encouraged Paige to ask DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel at the next hearing.
Parties are slated to reconvene July 22.
