US EditionTeen pleads guilty in former DOGE staffer’s assault ahead of Trump DC crackdown
The guilty plea follows a violent assault that triggered federal police control and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., amid calls for tougher juvenile crime penalties.
- A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to felony assault, simple assault, robbery, and attempted robbery in D.C. juvenile court.
- The victim, Edward Coristine, was attacked while the assailants demanded a car on August 3.
- President Donald Trump condemned the attack and federalized D.C.'s police department to address rising crime.
- The teen's sentencing is scheduled for late next month, and concerns grow about violence in juvenile facilities.
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Teen pleads guilty in former DOGE staffer’s assault ahead of Trump DC crackdown
A 15-year-old pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the attack of a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee, which sparked President Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. this summer.
Teen Pleads Guilty in Beating That Spurred Trump's Federal Takeover of D.C.
A 15-year-old from Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges related to the August beating of Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, which prompted President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard and put D.C. law enforcement under temporary federal control. The post Teen Pleads Guilty in Beating That Spurred Trump’s Federal Takeover of D.C. appeared first on The Washington Informer.
The minor admitted to having participated in the attempted theft of a vehicle and in the beating of Edward Coristine
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