A homicide defendant accepted a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on Oct. 17.
George Sydnor, 46, was originally charged with three counts of first-degree premeditated murder while armed in an especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel offense, first-degree burglary while armed, and kidnapping while armed for his involvement in the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Christy Bautista on March 31, 2023, at the Ivy City Hotel on the 1600 block of New York Avenue, NE.
During the hearing, Jesse Winograd, Sydnor’s attorney, alerted the court of his intent to accept a plea deal extended by prosecutors – a week before his trial was slated to begin with DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman. Sydnor specifically requested to accept the deal before Judge Kravitz…