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DC Man Jailed for Union Station Assault
Morris Graham, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 32 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at Union Station earlier this year.
Graham, who is set to be released from prison after serving 32 months, will then be placed on 10 years of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
The victim, who was visiting the District of Columbia with his family from out-of-town, had come to Union Station to have food after visiting the U.S. Capitol. The victim left his family to find an elevator for his brother, who was in a wheelchair, and was approached by the defendant in the elevator.
According to the government’s evidence, Graham grabbed the victim’s hand and forced it to touch his penis before the victim ran out of the elevator and located his family. The defendant was apprehended the next day at Union Station and has been in custody ever since.
The Amtrak Police and the Metropolitan Police Department, including the Youth and Family Services Division, investigated the case, commended by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu in a statement announcing the sentence.
Liu also acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Victim/Witness Advocate Veronica A. Vaughn and Paralegal Specialist T.J. McPhail. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart D. Allen also received praise for his work in investigating and prosecuting the case.
Graham’s guilty plea was entered in May 2018 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and he was sentenced by the Honorable Ronna L. Beck.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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