Judge Releases Teens Charged in 'Big Balls' Assault

The pair of teenagers charged in an attempted carjacking that left a former DOGE staffer bloodied were released from a youth holding facility and into the custody of their caretakers on a strict curfew.

The 15-year-old boy and girl from Maryland were arrested by police after an attempted unarmed carjacking in Washington, DC, that DOGE whiz Edward Coristine, better known as “Big Balls,” tried to stop before he was beaten to a pulp on Aug. 3.

The teens were both held at the Youth Services Center until their hearing Thursday, where Judge Kendra Briggs, appointed by President Joe Biden, decided to release them — for now.

The girl will be sent to a youth shelter house and the boy will be released into his mother’s care on the caveat that they both adhere to a 24-hour curfew, electronic monitoring and refrain from contacting one another, among other restrictions.

They should only be moving between “school and home, that’s it,” Briggs said. If they are involved in any violence after their release, Briggs promised to schedule an emergency hearing to reconsider her decision.

The girl, Briggs noted, has “major truancy issues” and was even missing from home for a few months at one point. At the youth shelter, where electronics are banned, she will be drug-tested weekly.

The boy will be sent to his home because the shelter house is unreasonably far away from his school, Briggs said, noting that she “didn’t want to put hardship” on his family.

Still, he will also have to undergo spot drug tests, Briggs added.