The Georgetown Current reported yesterday that the Georgetown BID resolved to budget up to $100,000 for the coming months to hire off-duty MPD police officers to patrol Georgetown streets during “peak hours”. Unlike the CAG Neighborhood Guards program, these officers will still have all the powers of a normal cop to arrest suspects, etc. Continue reading
Category Archives: Crime
Crime Alert: Burglars on the Loose
From MPD2D:
The following is a crime alert for residents of PSA 206 involving
several recent burglaries:
* June 5, 2009, between 9:15 am and 5:10 pm – 1800 block 35th
Street NW – unknown suspect entered through a open/unlocked window and
stole electronic equipment and jewelry
* June 5, 2009, between 8:30 am and 7:00 pm – 2700 block of Q
Street NW – unknown suspect entered through an unlocked kitchen window
then forced open the screen and stole electronic equipment, money and
jewelry
* June 4, 2009, between 8:30 am and 5:40 pm – 2500 block Q Street
NW – unknown suspect entered through an open/unlocked bedroom window and
stole electronic equipment and money
Take this as a lesson: lock your doors and windows. This burglar (or burglars) seem to hit homes during business hours. Make sure you lock up (including your windows) before you leave for the day.
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Crime Alert – Mugging on P St.
Via MPD2D:
A Robbery/While Armed which occurred on Tuesday, June 1, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of P St. N.W. was reported to the MPD.
The victim reported that while walking home she was approached by a light colored four-door vehicle which stopped and two suspects got out. The first suspect pointed a dark colored object a the victim and stated “Give me your purse.” The victim screamed and the suspect grabbed her purse. The suspects got back into the vehicle and fled eastbound on P St. N.W. with a third suspect driving. Continue reading
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Does Jack Evans Abuse his Parking Privileges?
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MPD Daily Crime Summaries Replaced With Less Informative Map Feed
As described here, MPD temporarily resumed the daily crime summaries for the neighborhood and district listservs following complaints about the crime map replacements. The operative word there was “temporarily”. Those who follow the MPD2D listserv may have noticed recently that the crime summaries changed format dramatically. Find out how the new reports stack up to the old ones after the jump:
MPD Releases Photo of Suspect in M St. Robbery – UPDATED
As reported yesterday, there was a fairly brazen early evening robbery of the Steve Madden store on M St. on Wednesday night. Today MPD is releasing a photo of the suspect. They write:
The suspect is described as a light complexioned black male in his 30’s, 6’0” to 6’2” in height, with a heavy build. He was last seen wearing a dark colored jacket with blue jeans.
The Metropolitan Police Department is currently offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for any robberies committed in the District of Columbia.
Anyone with information about these cases is asked to call police at 202-727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIM[E] or the DC Crime Solvers Unit at 1-800-673-2777. Confidential information may also be forwarded to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by the text messaging 50411.
This suspect is wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies throughout NW DC. Contact MPD immediately if you think you have any helpful information.
UPDATED: MPD is reporting that they’ve arrested the subject. Check it out here.
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Steve Madden Store Robbed
According to MPD 2D, the Steven Madden at 3109 M St. was robbed around 8:00 last night. 2D reports:
March 4, 2009
8:35 pm -A male subject entered the Steve Madden Store @ 3109 M Street, NW, approached the employee, told her to lie on the floor, displayed a weapon and demanded US Currency. The subject took the US Currency from the cash register and ran out of the store in an unknown direction.
That’s quite a bold move at that hour. Anyone see this?
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Suspects Arrested after Mugging Spree
As discussed the other day, there has been a rash of muggings in the greater Georgetown area recently. Happily, the Current is reporting that there has been an arrest made of two suspects. The arrests were made after a Howard University public safety officer reported the men “acting suspiciously”. Congratulations go to MPD for a great job quickly catching these guys.
However, it raises a question (but does not beg it!), how does one “act suspciously”? Were they cackling madly while twirling their mustache? Was there ominous music being played in the soundtrack? Were they wearing sunglasses at night? What makes someone “suspicious”?
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Muggers Strike Georgetown
Helen Darling, Block Captain Coordinator of CAG’s Public Safety Committee, sent out word yesterday about a recent wave of muggings in and around Georgetown, all probably perpetrated by the same few individuals. Most recently, there was a mugging Friday night at the corner of O and 28th and 9:45 PM (which VP is reporting involved two female grad students). Full alert from MPD after the jump:
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Cannon Seafood Admits to Illegal Fish Trafficking
As reported in the Post, on Thursday the owners of Georgetown’s Cannon Seafood on 31st St. pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits individuals or corporations from creating false records for fish, and from transporting, selling, or buying fish harvested illegally.
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