Reuters, Ex-Bank Robber, Now Georgetown Law Prof, Charged With Felonies in Domestic Abuse Case:

Georgetown law professor Shon Hopwood, who spent 11 years in prison for robbing several banks in the 1990s and was later celebrated for turning his life around, is slated to be arraigned on felony charges Monday in connection with an ongoing domestic violence case, according to court records.

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on Wednesday charged Hopwood with two counts of obstruction of justice and five counts of contempt for violating the conditions of his release. Those are in addition to four previously filed misdemeanor charges for simple assault, each connected with 2023 incidents at the Washington home of Hopwood and his wife, Ann Marie Hopwood. 

Hopwood’s attorney, Phil Andonian, said on Friday that his client will plead not guilty, as he did with the earlier charges. The U.S. attorney’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.

Police went to the couple’s home on Sept. 24 after receiving a call that Ann Marie Hopwood had been locked in the basement. Shon Hopwood allegedly told police that she was out of town, but an officer eventually found her with a broken finger and chipped tooth, which she said she sustained during a fight several days earlier. In an application for a temporary protection order, Ann Marie Hopwood detailed four instances in which she said Shon Hopwood hurt her.

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• Former Convict Who Became Georgetown Law Professor Faces Domestic Violence Charge (Oct. 23, 2024)

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