Two teens involved in the August attack of a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer were sentenced to probation Tuesday, according to WUSA9.
The teens, a 15-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl, were reportedly sentenced to 12 months and nine months of probation in a Washington, D.C., juvenile court, respectively. The boy pleaded guilty last month to felony assault, simple assault, robbery and attempted robbery, while the girl pleaded guilty to simple assault, after her lawyer asked for four-and-a-half months.
The judge instructed the teens, from Hyattsville, Md., not to contact each other or spend any time in D.C. outside of school, job or family responsibilities, WUSA reported.
The victim of the attack, 19-year-old Edward Coristine, worked as an engineer at DOGE from January until June. He resigned from the agency less than a month after its founder, Elon Musk, departed.
Last month, Coristine told Fox News that he was walking with a friend to her car at roughly 3 a.m. when the attack occurred. He sustained a broken nose and a concussion, while his friend was not physically harmed.
In a Wednesday post on the social platform X, Coristine, also known as “Big Balls,” said that law enforcement still has not caught eight of the 10 individuals involved in the attack.
“That night could’ve gone far differently,” Coristine added. “Think of your daughters and mothers. The same group attacked people before and after us, breaking ribs and stomping heads.”
Just over a week after the incident, President Trump deployed the D.C. National Guard and took control of the district’s police department, citing the need to “reestablish law, order and public safety.”
Local leaders, including Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), pushed back against the deployment — which is ongoing — arguing it violates the 1973 DC Home Rule Act, which grants autonomy, albeit with congressional oversight, to the nation’s capital.
