District Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting Stranger Near Metro Station

            WASHINGTON – Dashayn James Slade, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to six years in prison for sexually assaulting a stranger who he grabbed while she walked to work near a Metro station in 2009 in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced.

            Slade pled guilty in July 2017, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, to a charge of attempted first-degree sexual abuse. He was sentenced by the Honorable Lynn Leibovitz. Following his prison term, Slade will be placed on supervised release for the rest of his life. He also must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

            According to the government’s evidence, early in the morning on Dec. 22, 2009, the victim was walking to work near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station in the 700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE. Slade, a stranger to her, grabbed her from the Rhode Island Avenue overpass and pulled her over a concrete wall. Slade then pulled her across railroad tracks and snow until they reached a pile of railroad timber. He then sexually assaulted her.

            Slade was identified using DNA evidence years after the offense and arrested in January 2016. He has been in custody ever since.

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Liu commended the work of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), including the Sexual Assault Cold Case Unit, which investigated the case. She also acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Paralegal Specialist D’Yvonne Key and Victim/Witness Advocate Juanita Harris. Finally, she expressed appreciation for the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elana Suttenberg and Stuart D. Allen, who investigated and prosecuted the case.