District Man Indicted for Felony Assault on a Senior Citizen at Navy Yard Metro Station Prior to Nationals Game

WASHINGTON - Te'Vaughn Brown, 20, of the District, was indicted yesterday by a grand jury in the Superior Court for assault with significant bodily injury on a senior citizen, a felony charge, in connection with an unprovoked attack on an elderly man last summer at Navy Yard Metro Station, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department.

View indictment here.

The case is currently scheduled for a jury trial to begin on July 14, 2025. Brown is also currently pending trial in a separate case in Superior Court where he is facing misdemeanor charges for simple assault and theft.

According to the government's evidence, at approximately 3:30 p.m., on Aug. 9, the victim exited a train at the station and encountered Brown sitting on the stairs leading from the platform to the mezzanine level. The victim attempted to maneuver around the defendant to ascend the stairs when he suddenly felt Brown grab his leg. The defendant proceeded to repeatedly punch the victim in his head and face before fleeing the scene. The victim was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for multiple injuries, including a fractured nasal bone, a broken tooth, a contusion on his scalp, and a laceration in the inside of his mouth that required twenty stitches.

Brown will be arraigned on the felony charge before the Honorable Judge Jennifer Di Toro. If found guilty, the defendant faces a potential enhanced penalty for a crime of violence against a victim who was 65 years of age or older at the time of the offense. The enhancement allows for a punishment of a fine of up to 1 1/2 times the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense and a term of imprisonment of up to 1 1/2 times the maximum term otherwise authorized for the offense, or both.

This case is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ariel Lieberman of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.