From MPD:
“Alert: Shooting investigation in the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue, NW.
One male victim has been transported to an area hospital.
Have info? Call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.” (more…)
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Crime
“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: (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
Seems like there is somebody walking around hitting or punching people around the Tatte at 14th and W. There were several girls crying and holding their heads and a man with a stroller with a bleeding head and cops running after somebody. Horrifying.”
MPD tells me: (more…)
From the Office of the Attorney General (OAG):
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today filed a lawsuit against Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., and its subsidiaries Mid-America Apartments, L.P., and Post 1499 Massachusetts, LLC (collectively, “MAA”), the owners and managers of a large apartment building in Ward 2, for charging junk fees and hiding the true cost of rent from prospective tenants.
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that MAA overcharged tenants and violated DC law by assessing a variety of illegal fees, including mandatory monthly fees for basic services that, as a matter of law, are already included in rent, like common area maintenance. In its lawsuit, OAG also details how MAA misled tenants searching for housing by advertising deceptively low “starting at” prices that did not include mandatory fees and were therefore not actually available to anyone.
“The rent you see advertised should be the rent you pay,” said Attorney General Schwalb. “MAA has been nickel-and-diming DC tenants with illegal hidden fees and concealing the true price of leasing their apartments. DC housing is already too expensive, and my office is putting an end to practices that prey on tenants and those looking for clear, reliable information when searching for a place to live.”
MAA is a Tennessee-based real estate investment trust that owns and operates more than 300 rental apartment complexes across 16 states and the District of Columbia. In the District, MAA owns and manages a 269-unit apartment building located at 1499 Massachusetts Avenue NW. (more…)
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MPD first reported at 12:20pm: “Alert: Shooting investigation in the 1000 block of Lamont Street, NW. (more…)
Thanks to D. for sending from Brookland.
It had been a minute 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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Thanks to T. for passing on from MPD:
“We did have a shots fired (approximately 12:20 am) in the 1300 block of Harvard ST NW. There were no victims struck with a gunshots, but we did have two damaged vehicles.” (more…)
“MPD is seeking the operator of a dirt bike that struck two children Saturday night and fled the scene. The operator was part of a larger group of illegal ATV and dirt bike riders.”
Full release from MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying the operator of a dirt bike that struck two children and fled the scene Saturday evening in Northwest.
On Saturday, April 4, 2026, at approximately 6:52 p.m., Third District officers responded to the intersection of 14th Street and Chapin Street, Northwest, for the report of a crash. Officers discovered two juvenile males who were injured after being struck by a dirt bike operator as they rode an e-bike in the bike lane. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and transported one juvenile male unconscious to an area hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The second injured child was treated on scene for minor injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates that the dirt bike operator lifted the bike onto its back wheel just before the collision. The dirt bike operator fled the scene, continuing northbound on 14th Street with a large group of ATVs and dirt bikes.
The suspect who struck the children, and the larger group of illegal vehicle operators were captured by a nearby surveillance camera and can be seen in this video: (more…)
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MPD reported around 4am:
“Alert: Shooting investigation in the 4400 block of Jenifer Street, NW.
Preliminary: (more…)
photo by Ted Eytan
Thanks to Jessica for passing on from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia:
“Nakita Walker, 45, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a Superior Court jury today for the March 15, 2023, vehicular deaths of Mohamed Kamara, Jonathan Alberto Cabrera Mendez and Olvin Josue Torres Velasquez, on Rock Creek Parkway, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Walker was found guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter for the occupants of the car she struck, one count of fleeing a law enforcement officer, and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon of her passenger. According to the expected sentencing guidelines range, (more…)