Two defendants accused of stabbing a fellow in a petty dispute at the DC Jail waived their rights to preliminary hearings on Jan. 20, before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Hildum.
Rahgee Jordan, 35, and Antonio Kingsbury, 38, are charged with aggravated assault knowingly while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly stabbing another inmate at the DC Jail on the 1900 block of D Street, SE, on Oct. 29, 2025.
During the hearing, Brandon Burrell, Kingsbury’s attorney, and Steven Polin, Jordan’s attorney, alerted the judge of their intent to waive a preliminary hearing.
Judge Hildum affirmed that the defendants understood they were forfeiting their opportunity to dispute the prosecution’s evidence for probable cause.
Both defendants will remain incarcerated before the next hearing and while they are tried for other crimes. Kingsbury is being held on a pending federal case, according to Burrell. Jordan will be tried on Jan. 28 for felony possession of a firearm, according to court documents and Polin.
According to prosecutors, Jordan allegedly stabbed the victim with a sharp silver object, described by the victim as a shank, after he asked Jordan for sugar in the jail’s recreation room.
“I ain’t giving you no sugar….I’ll cook you,” the victim claimed Jordan said, according to court documents.
Parties are slated to reconvene before DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel on Feb. 19.
