A reader sends the photo above at 3:30am. It looked a white pick up truck may have been involved and one person possibly detained. Updates when/if more is learned.
From MPD (3:52am):
“SHOOTING/1700 Connecticut Ave NW (more…)
Crime
“Dear PoPville,
This perpetrator was accosting dozens of innocent people yesterday at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park for more than an hour during the 5 to 6pm timeframe. Councilwoman Nadeau’s office responded to my outreach and is following up with the UOC (911 dispatch).”
Date and Time of Incident
March 19, 2025 05:16 PM
Please provide a detailed description of the incident
I called 911 for the first time at 5:16 pm to report a male perpetrator – across the street from my apartment window – who was threatening passersby with physical harm and using hate slurs as part of the verbal threats (more…)
photo by scottahb
From the office of the DC Attorney General:
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against GoBrands, Inc. and GB Logistics, LLC (collectively “Gopuff”), the companies behind the popular delivery service Gopuff, for illegally failing to pay its delivery workers minimum wage, overtime, and paid sick leave by misclassifying them as independent contractors rather than employees. The complaint filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) also alleges that, with its misclassification scheme, Gopuff is deliberately dodging its legal obligations to pay into the District’s unemployment insurance and paid family leave programs and failing to maintain workers’ compensation coverage. (more…)
Thanks to David for sending from Capitol Hill, NE.
It had been one day since our last stolen wheels report(s). You can see some MPD suggestions on ways to prevent a Helluva Way to Wake Up here. You can read a Witness Describing a Wheel Theft here.
Thanks to Kevin for sending from Capitol Hill.
It had been 33 days since our last stolen wheels report(s). You can see some MPD suggestions on ways to prevent a Helluva Way to Wake Up here. You can read a Witness Describing a Wheel Theft here.
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photo by Gemal Woods
Ed. Note: CNN reported:
“Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency, accompanied by DC police officers, gained access to the US Institute of Peace Monday after being turned away last week.”
A reader writes: “We see & hear crazy things that are now a daily occurrence in our government, sadly. Today, March 17, the aforementioned action was taken at the US Institute of Peace on 22nd Street NW. We know current actions are very different from actions that we may have considered normal. There is no normal today! How and why is armed force being used in a non-Federal institution and much less on the streets of our city?! What does MPD and Mayor Bowser have to say in response to this action?
Have we crossed that imaginary line yet?”
From MPD:
“On Monday, March 17, 2025, at approximately 4 p.m., the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was contacted by the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) regarding an ongoing incident at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), located at 2301 Constitution Ave, NW.
The USAO advised MPD that they had been made aware that at least one person was refusing to leave the property at the direction of the acting USIP President, who was lawfully in charge of the facility. (more…)
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
Massive police presence Friday night around 10-11pm at 13th and O following a knife attack. Man was chasing people with a knife. Someone said it was actually a machete. (more…)
photos by Mark Lyon
Thanks to Mark for sharing:
“The Moultrie Courthouse renovations turned out really nice, at least in the Jury Waiting area.” (more…)
15th and U Street, NW
Thanks to readers for sending photos. MPD reported around 9pm Saturday night:
“Incident: Hit and Run crash investigation in the area of 15th and U Street, Northwest. ATV operator struck an MPD officer. (more…)
From the U.S. Secret Service:
“🚓 DC residents and visitors may get a glimpse of a new fleet of vehicles we just added. Check out the new Uniformed Division cruisers! 🚓” (more…)