Mount Pleasant

Visitor Parking Pass spotted on Craiglist for $60 – Does a significant black market exist for them?

By Prince Of Petworth

Free parking - DC 2016 Visitors Parking Pass (any zone)

“Dear PoPville,

A resident pointed out to our ANC (Mount Pleasant) that there’s an ad on Craigslist offering “Free parking — DC 2016 Visitors Parking Pass (any zone) — $60”. The Visitor Parking Passes are very popular among residents, allowing them to have guests, or contractors, without having to worry about RPP parking tickets. But from the beginning, there’s been concern that the VPPs would be abused, sold to commuters with jobs in neighborhood businesses. Should that abuse be widespread, the VPP program could well be cancelled.

The law is clear: “DCMR 18, 2414.18: The forgery, counterfeiting, sale, exchange for value, or unauthorized use or replication of an annual visitor parking pass shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300).” That means that both the seller of a VPP (including a legitimately obtained pass), and the user (a commuter, not a visitor to the owner of the VPP), are subject to $300 fines. The serial numbers on the VPPs make it easy to connect an improperly used VPP to its resident owner.

Is this a substantial problem in this area? If so, then measures will have to be taken to stop abuse, and preserve the VPP program for residents who use it properly.

— Jack McKay
ANC 1D03″

Today’s Rental is a “Mt. Pleasant end unit row house classically restored”

By Prince Of Petworth

3408 Brown Street Northwest

This rental is located at 3408 Brown Street, Northwest. The listing says:

“Mt. Pleasant end unit row house classically restored & updated w/all the modern amenities.Bright living rm with hardwoods/fireplace.Large separate Din.room w/pocket doors and original features. Gourmet kitchen w/gas cooking and access to back deck and brick patio. Powder room and front porch complete the first floor. Extra storage in bsmt & walk up attic. Walk to work, shops,cafes,Metro & more.”

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You can see more photos here.

This 3 bed/1.5 bath is going for $3,750/Mo.

Time to Play: “Are These Drugs?”

By Prince Of Petworth

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“Dear PoPville,

These foil packets of powder have been in the yard of a building in Mount Pleasant for months. What are they? Why hasn’t anyone come back for them?”

Anyone know the shelf life of cocaine these days. Maybe the owner lost them/gave up on them during/after the blizzard?

Ed. Note: The best short story created from this premise gets a free PoPville t-shirt.

“Until then, I’ll continue to carry my mace.”

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user slatifolia

“Dear PoPville,

I went to the police station with a friend to make a report of the incident, but the cop unfortunately told me based on the story I’ve provided it was not sufficient (so my friend asked: what is “enough” to make a report?). Another friend of mine was disappointed with the lack of response from the cop and suggested that I reach out to spread awareness.

On Friday late evening/early Saturday morning at 3am, I was followed by a guy about 5’4″, 30-ish, Hispanic, from the intersection of Mt. Pleasant & 15th towards Harvard & 14th. At first, the guy followed by bike as I was heading down towards the direction of Irving. He tried engaging in conversation, but I ignored him as I kept walking. At one moment, the guy disappeared (between Irving & Columbia along 15th street) and occasionally I looked over my shoulder to make sure he wasn’t there. That’s when I took out my keys, along with my mace, so I didn’t have to dig for them while standing at my door. (more…)

MPD Releases Video of Fight “Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Chair)” from Mount Pleasant Saturday Night

By Prince Of Petworth

don juan
1600 block of Lamont St, NW

From MPD:

The Metropolitan Police Department seeks the public’s assistance in identifying three persons of interest in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Chair) incident which occurred in the 1600 block of Lamont Street, Northwest, on Saturday, January 27, 2016 at approximately 11:15 pm.

The victim at a local establishment and was approached by suspect one, who uttered a few words, and then abruptly assaulted him. During the assault, suspect two assaulted the victim with a chair. The assault continued, until the suspects fled the scene. The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries.

The persons of interest can be seen in this video:

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.”

“Needless to say, only the most depraved life forms would threaten a female pedestrian with a baby strapped to her chest”

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user brunofish

“Dear PoPville,

Mine may be an isolated incident, but I figured I would reach out, as I hope no one else experiences what I did as I walked home to Mount Pleasant yesterday afternoon with my 10-month-old.

As I’m sure you are well aware, there are many “crosswalks of shame” around the District and pedestrians have to gingerly navigate piles of plowed snow to safely cross the street. Around 3:45pm, a man in a late model black Ford F-150 plastered with Redskins stickers narrowly missed hitting my daughter and I as we waited patiently on packed snow for our turn to cross 16th Street at Monroe. Of course, he almost hit us because he gunned it at the last second and decided to swerve around the snow bank on a red light.

As I threw up my hands and shook my head in disbelief, he had the gall to stop, get out of his truck, and yell several times, “I’ll hit and kill you next time, b*itch!” He was still screaming at us as we walked away, with many on-lookers watching the incident in disbelief.

Needless to say, only the most depraved life forms would threaten a female pedestrian with a baby strapped to her chest in front of several other adult and child pedestrians, so no wonder what that piece of human garbage is capable of doing. While I am relieved my child and I were able to walk away safely, I am shaken and wish I had been able to get the offender’s DC tag number.”

Today’s Rental is “on the top floor of the building filled with natural light”

By Prince Of Petworth

3125 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest

This rental is located at 3125 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest. The listing says:

“This 1 BD, 1BA condo is on the top floor of the building filled with natural light, located in the northwest corner of Washington D.C. in Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Updated kitchen, open floor plan, wall to wall carpet. Walking distance from restaurants, stores and more.”

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You can see more photos here.

This 1 bed/1 bath is going for $1,800/Mo.

“because of the recent spike in crime in this neighborhood we’re doing a door to door offering of our services.”

By Prince Of Petworth

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“Dear PoPville,

Kind of odd.

Last night (8:45pm) I got a knock on the door. When I looked out the window I saw someone with a yellow ADT vest on. When I opened the door the representative said, “because of the recent spike in crime in this neighborhood we’re doing a door to door offering of our services.”

Ironically he asked if he could come inside to discuss (are you kidding me) and when I said no he asked when a good time would be. (I can still hear him now going door to door with the same pitch.). I simply told him we weren’t interested.

He gave me his card with a name on it. By the looks of the card he seems legit but I for one am not comfortable with anyone asking if they can come in our home at this time of day to discuss home security AND I think it’s a little smarmy to target DC neighborhoods because of a perceived uptick in crime (especially if you’re from Fredericksburg VA).

Attached is the card I got. Legit or not, be safe.”

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