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“Dear PoPville,

Can you please alert your followers about this horrifying incident that happened this morning in Dupont to my friend. We’ve ask MPD to update the alert to make sure people know this was not just a robbery but also an attempted kidnapping.

This morning at 6am my female friend was walking and was grabbed from behind at the corner of 19th and Q NW from a man who tried to force her into his white sedan. She fought him off and he took off in the car. (more…)



photo by Jeff Vincent

From MPD:

“On Sunday, April 2, 2023, the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run will take place in the District of the Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into consideration:

The following streets will be closed by the Metropolitan Police Department to vehicle traffic on Sunday, April 2, 2023 from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.:

1200 block of Maine Avenue, SW
Maine Avenue from I-395 Westbound to Independence Avenue, SW
9th Street Tunnel ramp to Maine Avenue, SW”

From the National Park Service:

“On, Sunday, April 2, the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Race will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into consideration:The following streets will be closed to traffic on Sunday, April 2, from approximately 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.: (more…)



phone found this morning, if yours email me at [email protected] and I can put you in touch with OP.

A reader found an iPhone this morning and there was a disturbing warning/response:

“Be careful. I did this once and then had my front door kicked in with men raiding my home looking for the iPhone.

This was in 2017. I found it outside a bar at closing time it was like 3am, me and my roommates took the phone with us that night and somehow we were texting with a friend of the owner. No texts the following day and then around 10pm our front door was kicked in and the phone was taken. I think it was just the phone and my roommates Xanax that they took but it was scary nonetheless. (more…)


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