From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating two persons of interest in connection with a Robbery Force and Violence offense, which occurred on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at approximately 2:00 am, near the intersection of 9th and T Streets, Northwest.
Anyone who has information regarding this case should call police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, information may be submitted to the TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.”
Matt reports just before 11pm last night:
“Gunshots again! Maybe 5 in a row. Basically the same spot near V/14th NW as last week’s incident.”
Jim reports:
“Another possible shooting in the 1400 block of V St NW. Police are in the street, appearing to look for bullets/casings.”
H reports:
“Pretty sure there was another shooting on V st and 14th a bit more down the block this time. I heard 5 shots this time, had my window open.”
T reports:
“Thought I heard 5 – 6 fired in quick secession. Cops on the scene within 2 minutes, with lights and sirens up, seem to confirm it.”
A reader reports:
“We live on 14th St. NE and this is the fifth time we’ve had a package stolen and caught the perpetrators on video. We try to have most things shipped to Amazon Locker or various corner stores, but that isn’t always possible. When a package gets delivered to our house, it’s only a matter of time before it gets stolen. Usually never more than an hour or so. As you can see, this video is pretty clear. We’ve filed a police report, so hopefully they track these kids down. They’re very likely from the charter school right up the street.”
From WMATA:
“Metro Transit Police have arrested a Maryland man on felony child abuse charges following an incident earlier this month aboard a Green Line train in Washington, DC.
Espinosa L. LOPEZ, 32, of Greenbelt, Md., was ordered held without bond pending a pretrial hearing scheduled for Friday, October 2.
The victim, a 13-year-old girl, reported to police that she was aboard a Metrorail train at Georgia-Avenue Petworth Station on September 11 when LOPEZ allegedly sat down next to her, exposed himself and began inappropriately touching himself.“
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From MPD:
“700 block of 6th Street, SW
The complainant observed suspects attempting to take his bike from the rear of the listed location. The complainant approached the suspects and they took off running. The complainant chased the suspects on foot; however, one of the suspects (b/m 18-20 years/Curly hair/Blk t-shirt and blk pants) produced a hammer and attempted to strike the complainant. The complainant was not struck and the suspect dropped the hammer in the 500 block of G Street, SW, where it was recovered by MPD.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user katecon
“Dear PoPville,
We wanted to follow up on a recent post on your site and hope you can maybe even post again to let others know to call 4D if they’ve been a victim of credit card fraud in Petworth recently.
My fiancee and I had dinner and drinks on Sept. 18th at three restaurants in Petworth (a drink at one, dinner at another, and an after dinner drink and dessert at the third). He paid for all three transactions with his credit card, which he doesn’t use often.
There was a fraudulent charge on his credit card from BestBuy.com a couple days later. When he called the credit card company, they directed him to call Best Buy directly. When he called, Best Buy told him the item purchased was a Madden game and it was shipped to an address in D.C.
He asked me if he should call the cops and I was originally going to say no – what are they going to do, especially if the credit card company waived the charge (and made him call Best Buy himself?!)?
But then I did some googling and found this post. Same day that we ate out in Petworth, which piqued my interest. I started reading the comments and came to this one:
Is it a store near Upshur & Georgia? We recently had 3 separate instances of fraud within 6 weeks, which we think was occurring after we visited a store near that location. We stopped going there and have had no further issues. Could be a coincidence, but now we use cash if we visit this store.
Two of the three restaurants we visited on the 18th were on Upshur. (The other restaurant was within walking distance of Upshur.)
He did call the cops and a cop just left our house. Took my fiancee’s info, the names of the restaurants, and the address the game was shipped to. We also checked if there were any other fraud charges – none so far. We confirmed the card is now cancelled. I shared the PoP post and comment with the cop – and the cop agreed it seemed like a big coincidence.
He reported the info to the Financial Division and gave us a case number. They are going to see if there are any other ongoing cases in 4D and if they can find any connections.
If you have any other readers who have experienced fraud charges after visiting Petworth restaurants, they may want to look into this and call 4D.
From MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an arrest has been made in the homicide that occurred in the 1800 block of Harvard Street, Northwest on Friday, September 18, 2015, at approximately 7:44 pm.
The decedent was identified as 25 year-old Charles Antonio Welch, of Fort Washington, Maryland.
On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at approximately 1:00 pm, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 27 year-old Antonio Brown of Suitland, Maryland. He was charged with First Degree Murder While Armed in the shooting death of Mr. Welch.”
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From MPD:
“Around midnight in the 1300 block of Fort Stevens Drive, NW, a Special Police Officer was approached by a subject with a gun. This subject shot at the Special Police Officer striking him. The Special Police Officer shot back at the subject striking him as well. Both of them were transported to local hospitals for treatment. The suspect is under arrest and will be charged with assault and firearms charges.”
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to let others in the neighborhood know about a burglary/car theft at our house last week. We live at 3rd and Varnum NW. According to the detectives it was pretty standard procedure: He came in through the roll up garage door to the alley, threw a rock through our basement window, loaded up my roommate’s car with our T.V. and laptops, etc., found her keys near the back door and escaped in her car. We have an alarm system that wasn’t tripped until he kicked in the front door, for unexplained reasons.
Needless to say, we are still feeling scared and violated. We’re hoping the cops will catch this guy soon, but our neighbors should know that this is going on. If you notice something going on that doesn’t look or sound right, err on the side of caution. Our row house neighbor actually heard a commotion and saw the guy drive away in the car, but didn’t realize until the cops came that he was a thief.”
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“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to raise some attention to an incident that occurred on Saturday night in Bloomingdale between Flagler and 2nd / U Street NW around 10pm. I had some friends over before the Art All Night Event and leaving my house to head to the event, three of them (all female) were attacked by a group of teenagers. The kids were between the ages of 14-16 and there were around 12 of them. They aggressively pushed the three women to the ground, dragging one by the hair, and stole a handbag containing wallet, passport and other valuables. While throwing punches, the children threatened “stay off of our turf,” indicating that they were in fact from the neighborhood. Luckily there were two men who live nearby who witnessed the incident and immediately intervened. The kids got away running up 2nd and Flagler streets towards V.
Many police officers showed up on the scene, including a detective and a medic. My friends are fine, just shaken up for the most part. After their statements were taken and they were released by the officers, we could see two young boys following and watching us on their bicycles.
The stolen bag was found, empty of all its contents somewhere along V Street. I wanted to request everyone in the neighborhood to keep an eye out for my friend’s passport which was among the stolen items. It is a passport for the Republic of Turkey and if anyone locates it, I would be very grateful if they could give me a call at 508-340-0430 to return it. “