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Teens involved in attack on ex-DOGE staffer sentenced to probation
The teens received probation sentences after assaulting a DOGE employee, an incident that led to President Trump deploying National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
- On Tuesday, two 15-year-olds were sentenced for the Aug. 4 attack that injured Edward Coristine, former DOGE employee, in the 1400 block of Swann Street NW.
- Suspects accosted Edward Coristine and a woman while they stood next to their car on Swann Street NW and demanded the vehicle, police said.
- Officers on scene quickly apprehended two suspects as an MPD cruiser arrived, prompting others to flee while the 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to felony assault, robbery and simple assault and the 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty to simple assault.
- A 15-year-old boy received 12 months' probation and the 15-year-old girl nine months, though both had faced custody until age 21 under D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.
- The attack occurred around the time when President Donald Trump ordered a federal surge in Washington, D.C., shortly after Edward Coristine, a former DOGE employee, was injured on August 4.
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Two of the teens involved in the brutal beating of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine—an assault that spurred President Donald Trump’s emergency crime crackdown in Washington, D.C.—have been sentenced to probation instead of jail time. The decision, handed down Tuesday in juvenile court, allows both offenders to avoid incarceration despite the severity of the attack. The 15-year-old boy was sentenced to 12 months of probation with strict house arrest,…
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Two teenagers who participated in the viscous group assault on former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine avoided jail time after pleading guilty to simple assault at a Washington D.C. court. The two teens, a boy and a girl from Hyattsville, Maryland, both of whom are 15-years-old, were sentenced to probation on Tuesday just over two months after they were arrested in their role for the August 3 attack…
A 15-year-old boy and girl, both from Hyattsville, Maryland, were sentenced to probation by a D.C. judge after pleading guilty to simple assault for their roles in the brutal attack on Coristine.
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