Getting reports starting around 9:15am this morning (Thursday): “Wondering if anyone knows why a park police chopper has been circling Park View this morning…”
Another reader reports around Warder and Irving seeing a large number of FBI, US Marshalls and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) officers.
Has anyone heard any other details?
More photos and Video: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
This is more of a PSA to the thieves who should realize it’s not worth it. I parked my bike in Mount Pleasant for a few hours Sunday afternoon, and thieves stole the head unit from my pretty basic e-bike. (more…)
photo by sophiagrrl
From the Office of the Attorney General (OAG):
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that JBG Associates, L.L.C. (JBG Smith) and Mid-America Apartments (MAA) will pay a total of $9.3 million and change their business practices as part of separate settlement agreements resolving the OAG’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that the companies had illegally conspired with other landlords, using RealPage, Inc.’s pricing software, to inflate rents at thousands of apartments across the District. In DC, JBG Smith owns over 4,500 units and MAA owns 269 units. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
This is ring camera footage of a man slashing tires on 15 cars along Chapin street Thursday night at 11:10pm. The officers who responded were great and really wanted to find the guy. They said it would be a felony at this point.”
2300 block of Georgia Ave, NW
From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying the suspect in a shooting that occurred in Northwest.
On Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at approximately 9:15 p.m., the suspect approached the victim in the 2300 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest. The suspect brandished a gun, shot the victim, and then fled the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect was captured by security cameras and can be seen in the attached photos. (more…)
ICYMI: “Police Phone Scam”
“Dear PoPville,
Here is the transcript from the jury duty scam call, here it is: (more…)
Thanks to T. for passing on Joy’s disturbing report:
“explain why my 311 service request was closed without action, stating “rain will clear it”? Why couldn’t DPW be bothered to send a crew to clean up actual biohazardous blood on a heavy trafficked public sidewalk?”
And regarding the graffiti issue: (more…)
photo by Mr.TinMD
From The Office of the Attorney General (OAG):
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta). It is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The District will receive at least $90,395,940 and up to $129,356,762 to resolve the lawsuit the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed alleging that Meta has caused long-lasting psychological damage to children through its exploitative, addictive social media platforms, Instagram and Facebook, while at the same time deceiving the public about the risks associated with using those platforms. In addition, Meta must implement a sweeping set of safety features designed to protect children. The agreement resolves claims by 51 states and territories. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I received a call from a “No Caller ID” number today. The voicemail (see transcript below) claimed to be Nathaniel Porter of the Metropolitan Police Department trying to reach me about an urgent matter. (more…)
From the Office of the Attorney General (OAG):
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that warrants were signed seeking the arrest of six members of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for falsifying overtime claims by forging supervisory approvals and manipulating official overtime records, resulting in the District paying them $441,137 for work they did not perform. An investigation into this fraud scheme was opened after MPD’s Internal Affairs Division identified irregularities in overtime submissions, including unusually high volumes of claimed overtime hours and inconsistencies between claimed work activity and independent verification data.
Given the limited criminal jurisdiction of the D.C government under the Home Rule Act, prosecutions of adult felonies such as this are handled by the federal government, through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia (USAO). The Office of the Attorney General (OAG), however, is committed to protecting District resident’s tax dollars and ensuring that DC public officials who abuse their positions of power face consequences and are held accountable for breaches of the public trust. As a result, OAG has entered into a partnership with USAO through which OAG attorneys are detailed to USAO, serving as Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys (SAUSAs) to prosecute local fraud and public corruption cases.
“These six officers abused their positions of power, exploiting the District and the residents they took an oath to serve and protect. No one is above the law, especially those trusted with enforcing it,” said Attorney General Schwalb. “While the Home Rule Act does not grant my office the jurisdiction to directly prosecute these cases, through our partnership with the USAO, we are able to protect taxpayer dollars and root out local public corruption. I encourage DC residents to report suspected public corruption to my office.”
The MPD members involved and the amounts they fraudulently received are: (more…)