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Lawrence Cotton Powell, 19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, are now charged with assaulting Levine. Powell was stomping on Levine’s head; Levine got up briefly, but the crowd chased him down again, and they continued to attack him on the ground and then robbed him of his sneakers and his watch. The group then walked toward the location of another crime within minutes.
Edward Corristine, a 19-year-old Doge employee working in administration, was walking a young woman to her car in the 1400 Block Of Swan Street Northwest when approximately 10 suspects approached. He pushed the young woman into the car to protect her, then was attacked by multiple suspects who punched him repeatedly, causing significant injuries. They got him to the ground, and while they did so, they demanded the car from the woman inside the car who had already locked the car. They were banging on the car and pulling at the car door, trying to open it and telling the woman to hand over the keys. The woman was able to lock the car door, preventing entry. A Metropolitan Police Department officer on patrol witnessed the suspects assaulting Corristine as he lay on the ground next to the car.
The juveniles fled, but within a short period, two 15-year-olds were arrested and taken into the family court by the attorney general’s office.
Significant about this case is Lawrence Cotton Powell’s history. Powell is charged with robbery, first-degree robbery, for which he faces 15 years in prison, and assault with intent to commit robbery for another 15 years. He is also charged with robbery for Edward Corristine for 15 years, assault with intent to commit robbery for another 15 years, and attempted carjacking for 5 years.
Powell’s background: on April 3, Powell was sentenced for a felony attempted robbery. The office asked for jail time, but Judge McClain, a judge in the criminal part of Superior Court with no criminal background, granted probation despite the felony attempted robbery conviction. Within 31 days, by May 4, Powell reoffends and is rearrested while on probation, charged with simple assault and possession of a prohibited weapon. On May 4, the office again asked that probation be revoked. On May 16, Judge McClain released Powell, telling him to be a good boy. On July 24, he is sentenced on one of the two misdemeanors he is charged with, and again the office asked for jail time after victimizing yet another person. On July 25, another judge suspended his sentence and decided he should be on probation. After a felony attempted robbery conviction, after a violation of probation, after a second crime and a second conviction, after no compliance with CSOSA, the judges say do better, and they let him go. And within ten days, he is involved again with Ethan Levine and Edward Corristine.
The co-defendant in this case is Anthony Taylor. He is charged with the same crimes. He is from Maryland, 18 years old. We are unaware of any history as it relates to him.