“Dear PoPville,
I’m feeling nosey about a strange, large police presence I saw while walking in Kalorama around 6p (Monday.) Huge police checkpoint set up in front of the Chinese Embassy residence (end of the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Ave, NW). Probably 6-8 cop cars, a dozen police, and a handful of cars stopped in the checkpoint. Haven’t seen anything on social media or news about it at all so no idea what happened!”
Another reader adds: “6 cruisers and multiple officers stopping cars at the south end of the Taft bridge in front of the Chinese embassy. Pulling cars over.”
MPD shared the police report with me:
“Officers were conducting a Traffic Safety Checkpoint in the 2300 block of Connecticut Ave NW and observed the driver of a Honda SUV not wearing a seat belt. A traffic stop was conducted at the location and WALES/NCIC confirmed S1 does not possess a valid drivers license to operate a motor vehicle on public space. S1 was placed under arrest and transported to the Second District Station for processing.”
And regarding the Wilson Pool and even odder reader report:
“I was swimming at Wilson Pool in Tenleytown tonight (Monday) around 8:30pm and the Metro police arrested someone while he was swimming laps in one of the lanes. The police pulled him out and then escorted him to the changing room before leading him away. He was a middle-aged white man in a jammer swimsuit. We were kept out of a part of the locker room while the person changed.”
MPD only shares: “There was no arrest made at that location, just a call for service.”
Updates if more is learned.