“Dear PoPville,

WANTED: Plant Theft Caught on Camera. I need to preface this post by saying that this is a bit tongue in cheek. There are genuinely horrendous crimes committed across this city and nation daily, especially against our neighbors, friends, and family members that are people of color. This is a petty and ridiculous crime, but this man deserves some mild ridicule from his community for what he did.

Neighbors, even our plants are not safe these days:

At 2:53 AM on Wednesday, this man, approximately 30 years old, beard, wearing a polo shirt, baseball hat, and shorts that say, “I don’t care how I look, even when stealing plants,” walked through our gate and ripped a hydrangea out of the ground in our front yard. The bluish/purple hydrangea, weighing in about 15-20lbs (root ball and all), was last seen being dragged westbound on T ST NW.

Pictures are attached, but the videos are way better: (more…)



via google maps

From MPD just before 9pm Friday Night:

“The Third District is investigating a shooting in the 200 block of V Street NW. An adult male has been transported to an area hospital with a non life threatening gunshot wound.

Anyone with information is asked to call 202-727-9099.”



300 V Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

I’m writing in the hopes you can share about the free produce distribution that Common Good City Farm is doing every Wednesday from 4pm-6pm at their farm in LeDroit Park (300 V St NW). I’m a volunteer there and want to make sure the city knows about this effort- access to healthy food is so important, especially if you’re out protesting! The farm is distributing pre-packaged boxes (for food safety/Covid reasons) of fresh, organic produce from farms around the DMV area, completely free. Last week, boxes included broccoli, salad greens, sweet potatoes, rhubarb, and more. This will change weekly, but it’s always a great selection! (more…)



501 Florida Ave, NW

From The Royal:

“WE’RE BACK! After almost 9 weeks with closed doors, we have developed the safest new practices for our staff and guests, and will be reopening for take-out and delivery this Thursday, 5/28! Expect all your Royal favorites, plus some new home bar/pantry goodies from our new BODEGA! Stay tuned for more details throughout the week. We’ve missed you all and can’t wait to safely serve you very, very soon!”



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Readers reported: “I was walking through LeDroit Park just before 5 PM today and heard about 8 gunshots seemingly coming from just north of the park. Everyone ducked and ran.”

“Tons of cops heading towards Bloomingdale area. Now police helicopter.”

“Multiple rapid fire gunshots on 200 block W St NW ~4:40p. Huge mpd response with helicopter”

“There were like 10+ police cars in response to this.”


From MPD:

“The Third District is currently investigating a shooting in the 2100 block of 4th Street NW. Units responding to the area located shell casings, and an adult male walked into an area hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the lower extremities.

Motorists and pedestrians can expect road closures in the area as we investigate.

Anyone with information is asked to call 202-727-9099.”

A reader reported: (more…)


Bryan reports:

“I was walking past the little funeral home at 6th and Florida last night and noticed the beautiful stairs had been damaged pretty badly. I can’t figure out how exactly because there are light posts in the way, but it appears that a car wrecked into the stairs and did quite a number on them. There was still a piece of the headlight sitting on the step and the tree across the sidewalk had an big gash in it but I cannot figure out how a car got in there from the street without hitting the light post in the way.

[Update photos of the crash added!] (more…)


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