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Man released after sex abuse allegations arrested days later in more attacks
LOCAL CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
Man released after sex abuse allegations arrested days later in more attacks
By Peter Hermann
August 16, 2023 at 7:16 p.m. EDT
A man released from detention after being charged with inappropriately touching three women Sunday in Northwest Washington was arrested again two days later, accused of sexually abusing three more women in broad daylight near downtown, according to authorities and court records.
The Sunday incidents, in which police said 30-year-old Christopher Joseph Sharp inappropriately touched women’s breasts and buttocks, occurred on public streets in the Palisades neighborhood and on Observatory Circle, the official residence of the vice president. ... Police charged those offenses as misdemeanor sexual abuse. Judges can detain pretrial people charged with misdemeanors, but only in “limited circumstances” that did not apply in this case, the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. said in a statement. ... Sharp was freed after a court hearing on Monday.
On Tuesday, police allege Sharp struck again around Foggy Bottom. And in one instance, they alleged, he escalated the level of violence, grabbing a woman at 19th and I streets NW about 10 a.m., and pinning and nearly raping her before her screams alerted bystanders, who intervened.
Police arrested Sharp, who they said has no fixed address, a short time later and charged him with assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual abuse and kidnapping, both felonies. He was also charged with two counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse in attacks on two other women that authorities say had occurred on nearby streets minutes earlier.
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By Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann covers crime for The Washington Post. He previously worked for the Baltimore Sun for 22 years, covering a Baltimore suburb and then the Baltimore Police Department. Twitter https://twitter.com/phscoop
Man released after sex abuse allegations arrested days later in more attacks
By Peter Hermann
August 16, 2023 at 7:16 p.m. EDT
A man released from detention after being charged with inappropriately touching three women Sunday in Northwest Washington was arrested again two days later, accused of sexually abusing three more women in broad daylight near downtown, according to authorities and court records.
The Sunday incidents, in which police said 30-year-old Christopher Joseph Sharp inappropriately touched women’s breasts and buttocks, occurred on public streets in the Palisades neighborhood and on Observatory Circle, the official residence of the vice president. ... Police charged those offenses as misdemeanor sexual abuse. Judges can detain pretrial people charged with misdemeanors, but only in “limited circumstances” that did not apply in this case, the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. said in a statement. ... Sharp was freed after a court hearing on Monday.
On Tuesday, police allege Sharp struck again around Foggy Bottom. And in one instance, they alleged, he escalated the level of violence, grabbing a woman at 19th and I streets NW about 10 a.m., and pinning and nearly raping her before her screams alerted bystanders, who intervened.
Police arrested Sharp, who they said has no fixed address, a short time later and charged him with assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual abuse and kidnapping, both felonies. He was also charged with two counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse in attacks on two other women that authorities say had occurred on nearby streets minutes earlier.
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By Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann covers crime for The Washington Post. He previously worked for the Baltimore Sun for 22 years, covering a Baltimore suburb and then the Baltimore Police Department. Twitter https://twitter.com/phscoop
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