A stabbing defendant waived his preliminary hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Charmetra Jackson Parker on March 23.
Andre Towsend, 48, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with significant bodily injury for his alleged involvement in a stabbing that took place at 801 East Men’s Shelter, located at the 2700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE on March 19. The victim sustained a stab wound to the right side of his neck.
At the hearing, Towsend’s attorney, Edward Joseph, alerted parties that his client intended to give up his right to a preliminary hearing of the evidence against him…