In a brief proceeding before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno on April 27 a defendant charged with stabbing her mentally impaired sister was released pre-trial.
“This is more of a person issue,” not a community safety issue, said Judge Salerno in making his ruling.
Dana House, 55, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly stabbing her sister with a sharp object on March 14 on the 1200 block of Valley Avenue, SE. Probable cause that House committed the crime with aggravating circumstances was determined earlier this month and she was detained…