Street Crimes
Reported September 23 – October 27, 2009
Published: November 27th, 2009
Adams, 100 blk.: man approached from behind by another brandishing a gun, ordered into adjacent alley & robbed of wallet [10:30pm, Mon., 10/19]
Adams Mill, 2600 blk.: man walking across Walter Pierce Park filed assaulted & robbed of wallet by 2 others [10pm, Sat., 10/24]
Adams Mill, 2600 blk.: man robbed of car keys at gunpoint by 2 others who then drove off in his car [3:15am, Sun., 10/25]
Adams Mill, 2800 blk.: woman accosted by man demanding her purse which she then turned over to him [11:30pm, Thu., 10/22]
Bryant, 100 blk.: man starting to open the gate to his front yard robbed at gunpoint by 2 others who also drove off in his car [12noon, Sun., 9/27]
Bryant, 300 blk.: man attacked & robbed by 3 others [ 12:30am, Sun., 10/4]
Calif., 1800 blk.: woman robbed at gunpoint by man [2:30am, Sun., 10/25]
Clifton, 1300 blk.: man accosted by 3 others who came from behind, forced him to the ground & robbed him [11pm, Mon., 9/28]
Columbia, 1700 blk.: man attacked & robbed by 6 others, necessitating hospital treatment [1:30am, Sun., 10/4]
Corcoran, 1400 blk.: man who had opened the door of his condo building for another who had knocked assaulted & robbed of cash by that same man [7:45pm, Sat., 10/10]
Corcoran, 1500 blk.: woman accosted by 2 persons who robbed her of iPod following being struck on the head [9:45pm, Tue., 10/20]
Elm, 200 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by another [3am, Fri., 10/23]
Florida, 1200 blk.: man robbed of coast & cellphone at gunpoint by another who came from behind [7:45pm, Fri., 10/23]
Georgia, 3200 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [12:45am, Fri., 10/16]
Georgia, 3500 blk.: person assaulted & robbed of cash & bus pass by 2 others [2:45pm, Tue., 10/27]
Hobart, 1700 blk. (alley): 2 women robbed at gunpoint of their purses by 2 men wearing ski masks who then fled in car [12mid, Sun., 10/4]
Irving, 600 blk.: man assaulted by another who used a metal & then robbed him [5:15am, Tue., 9/29]
Irving, 1200 blk.: man accosted by 3 men and a woman, held against a tree & punched in the stomach by one of the men while another robbed him [9:15pm, Sun., 9/27]
Irving, 1500 blk.: man attacked & robbed of bicycle by 2 teenage boys [2:30pm, Thu., 10/1]
Kalorama, 1700 blk.: person struck on the head with a bottle & robbed by two teenage old boys [1:15am, Mon., 10/5]
Kalorama, 1700 blk. 2 persons assaulted & robbed by two 16-year old boys when one of the persons refused to give a cigarette [3:30am, Sat., 9/26] (case closed with arrest)
Kenyon, 700 blk.: man attacked by 2 others, knocked to the ground & robbed [5:15am, Fri., 10/2]
Kenyon, 1200 blk.: man in stopped car approached by another, ordered to put his wallet on the car seat then pulled out of the car which was then driven off by the other [10:30pm, Sat., 10/3]
M, unit blk.: 2 persons walking to their car accosted by 3 young men wearing ski masks & robbed at gunpoint [12:45am, Sat., 10/17]
Mass., 600 blk.: 2 parking lot attendants robbed of cash at gunpoint by man & a woman [6:45pm, Sat., 10/16]
N, unit blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by another [9:45pm, Fri., 10/16]
New Jersey, 1600 blk. (alley): man robbed at gunpoint of cash & cellphone by 2 others who he then pursued in his car a couple of blocks where he was able to recover the phone [11:15pm, Fri., 10/2]
Ogden, 1500 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [9:45pm, Fri., 10/16]
Otis, 1400 blk.: man attacked from behind & robbed of wallet by 3 others [7:30am, Sat., 9/26]
P, unit blk. (alley): 2 persons in the rear of their house robbed by 3 others [2:15pm, Mon., 10/26]
P, 1700 blk.: resident of group home located in the block accosted by several other men wearing masks, pushed into adjacent alley & threatened by one of the men brandishing a gun that he would be killed if he went back to the house where, the gunman claimed, he had threatened one of his relatives [9am, Mon., 10/19]
Park, 1000 blk.: man robbed of wallet & cellphone by 2 others just as he was entering his apartment building and when another tenant approached, that person was also robbed by the 2 men [1:15am, Sat., 9/26]
Phelps, 1800 blk.: man’s hat snatched by another from his head & knocked down [11pm, Wed., 9/23]
Q, 1500 blk.: woman robbed by 2 young men [10:45pm, Fri., 9/25]
S, unit blk.: woman robbed at gunpoint by man who first ordered her into adjacent alley [10:15am, Thu., 10/22]
S, 1300 blk.: man walking past 2 others suddenly grabbed by his scarf by one of them, punched in the face, robbed & then kicked [7:45pm, Sat., 10/17]
Seaton, 100 blk.: 2 persons robbed at gunpoint of cash & backpack by another [10:45pm, Mon., 10/19]
Shepherd, 700 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by another & as he was running away following the robbery he hear gunshots behind him, though not hit [2pm, Mon., 10/19]
Sherman, 3100 blk.: man accosted from behind by 2 others who struck him in the face with a broomstick & then robbed him of a hammer [Fri., 9/25]
Spring, 900 blk.: woman talking on cellphone robbed of cash & then assaulted by man who had approached from behind [9:45am, Mon., 10/26]
T, 1000 blk.: man attacked from behind, knocked to the ground & robbed of wallet & cellphone by 3 others [11:15pm, Mon., 10/5]
U, unit blk.: man accosted by 2 teenage boys brandishing a gun, knocked to the ground whereupon his pockets were searched but nothing taken & the boys fled [5pm, Fri., 10/2]
U, 400 blk.: 2 persons robbed at gunpoint by 2 men [12noon, Sun., 9/27]
U, 900 blk. (alley): 2 painters working on a building robbed of cash at gunpoint by man [8:30am, Sun., 10/4]
V, unit blk. (alley): woman’s bag taken from her by man who fled in car [11pm, Sun., 9/27]
Vermont, 2000 blk.: man attacked, knocked to the ground & robbed of wallet by 2 others [1:15am, Mon., 10/5] (case closed with arrest of one who was 18 by off-duty MPD officer who witnessed the attack)
W, 100 blk.: person assaulted & robbed by several young men [10:30pm, Fri., 10/23]
1st, 1100 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by another who then forced him into adjacent alley where he was searched for more to be robbed of [10:45pm, Mon., 10/26]
7th & T: man robbed of cellphone & glasses by 2 others [3:45pm, Tue., 10/6]
8th, 2200 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others who came from behind [9:30pm, Fri., 10/23]
9th, 1300 blk.: man threatened by young man demanding wallet & brandishing a gun, whereupon man tossed cash on the sidewalk [5:45am, Sun., 10/25]
10th & Rhode Is.: man robbed by 3 others [11pm, Sun., 9/27]
10th, 2000 blk.: 2 women robbed at gunpoint by 3 men [1am, Sat., 10/17]
11th & Lamont: man robbed by 3 others who first struck him on the leg with a piece of wood and then on the head with a hammer [9pm, Tue., 10/27]
11th & R: woman accosted by 2 men who came from behind, forced to the ground & robbed at gunpoint [7:15pm, Sat., 10/17]
11th & U: parking lot attendant attacked & robbed by 2 men [9:45pm, Sun., 10/4]
11th, 1100 blk.: person robbed at gunpoint of wallet & cellphone by man [10pm, Thu., 10/22]
11th, 2900 blk.: 3 persons robbed at gunpoint by 3 teenage boys [11:45pm, Sun., 10/4]
11th, 3600 blk.: man approached by 2 others, one of whom asked for cash & when none was given, was shot in the leg & robbed of cellphone [1:45am, Tue., 9/29]
13th & Monroe: man hit on head with an unknown object by an unknown person & robbed of bicycle [2pm, Sat., 9/26]
13th, 1300 blk.: 3 persons robbed by man at gunpoint [11:30pm, Sun., 9/27]
13th, 3400 blk.: man who was getting on his motorcycle attacked & robbed by 4 others of wallet & motorcycle keys then fled on foot [2am, Fri., 10/2]
14th & Girard: man attacked, knocked to the ground & robbed by 4 others [10pm, Tue., 10/6]
14th & Riggs: woman walking past man suddenly grabbed, pushed against a car & robbed [10:15 (am/pm not indicated by MPD), Mon., 10/19]
14th, 3400 blk.: man robbed of bicycle at knifepoint by young man [4:45pm, Thu., 10/22]
14th, 3500 blk.: man attacked, forced to the ground & robbed by 2 men and a woman [1:15am, Tue., 10/6]
14th, 3700 blk.: driver of stopped car robbed at knifepoint by man who had opened the door [8:15pm, Fri., 9/25]
14th, 3900 blk.: man assaulted outside his residence by another when he refused to give him cash [2:15am, Tue., 9/29]
15th, 1800 blk. (alley): woman accosted from behind by man who threatened to shoot her & demanded her purse, whereupon she turned over her cash [12:30am, Sat., 10/17]
17th, 2500 blk.: woman robbed at gunpoint by man [11:30pm, Thu., 10/22]
18th & Kalorama: 2 persons robbed by 2 men at gunpoint [12mid, Fri., 9/25]
18th & N: woman’s cellphone snatched by man while she was sending a text message [5:45pm, Tue., 10/20]
18th & Wyoming: man confronted by woman asking for directions while 2 men blocked him, whereupon he was robbed of cash at knifepoint [1:45am, Sun., 10/25]
18th, 2300 blk.: person assisting another who was intoxicated had cellphone snatched from belt by man who came alongside [2:30am, Sun., 10/4]
19th, 1600 blk.: man attacked & robbed of cellphone by 3 others [1:15pm, Fri., 10/2]
19th, 2300 blk.: man accosted by another brandishing a gun demanding his wallet & ordered to the ground but obtained nothing [10:45pm, Thu., 10/22]
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The above is a sampling of reported street crimes in the 3rd Police District and the Bloomingdale neighborhood portion of the 5th District. Times shown are approximate. Emphasis here is placed, for the most part, on listing crimes against persons occurring in or adjacent to public space. Not generally reported are most assaults stemming from verbal altercations nor the extraordinary numbers of burglaries, auto heists, and "smash and grab" from parked cars.
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