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Street Crimes

Reported October 28 – December 1, 2009

Adams Mill, 2900 blk.: woman’s laptop snatched by 1 of 3 men who had approached her [12:15am, Sun., 11/1]

Cedar, 400 blk.: man assaulted & robbed of bag by several others [4:45pm, Fri., 11/6]

Champlain, 2300 blk.: man attacked & robbed at gunpoint by man who fled in a car [1:30am, Fri., 11/20]

Conn., 1300 blk.: young man (reportedly teenage), accompanied by another, snatched a cell phone from a table inside a restaurant [5pm, Sun., 11/22]

Conn., 1700 blk.: young man (reportedly teenage) snatched a cell phone from a sidewalk café table [7:15pm, Thu., 11/19]

Conn., 2600 blk.: man accosted from behind by 2 others, struck on his head & robbed of cellphone [10pm, Thu., 11/12]

Corcoran, 1400 blk.: 2 pizza delivery persons robbed by 2 men at gunpoint of cash & a cellphone [11:15pm, Sat., 11/21]

Euclid, 1400 blk.: man accosted from behind by 2 others, one of whom brandished a knife & demanded cash but got none when man fled from them [9pm, Thu., 11/12]

Euclid, 1700 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint of jacket, cash & keys[4:15am, Sun., 11/1]

Florida, unit blk.: person punched in face & robbed by several young men [9:45pm, Tue., 11/10]

Georgia, 3200 blk.: woman’s cellphone snatched from her by a young woman (reportedly teenage) snatched cell [2:30pm, Tue., 11/24]

Georgia, 3500 blk.: man attacked by another who attempted to rob him but failed & fled after a struggle [4p,. Fri., 11/20]

Georgia, 3600 blk.: man surrounded, assaulted & robbed of cash by several young men (reportedly teenage) [10am, Sat, 11/21]

Gresham, 500 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others of cellphone [2:15am, Sat., 11/14]

Harvard, 1600 blk.: man confronted by another who acted as if he had a gun & demanded cash but when man refused & other man fled [7:15pm, Tue., 11/3]

Holmead, 3400 blk.: man robbed by another of cash but refused to turn over a bag, whereupon he was threatened with a knife [10pm, Sat., 11/21] (case closed with arrest following an MPD officer witnessing an incident a short time later involving another victim)

Ingleside, 1800 blk.: 2 persons approached from behind & robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [12:15am (date not reported)]

Kenyon, 1200 blk.: man accosted by 4 young men, one of whom demanded his cellphone & threatened him with harm, whereupon the man yelled for help, following which 2 men got out of passing car & came to the rescue [7:45pm, Sat., 11/14] (case closed by the 2 men holding 3 of the 4 for police)

Kenyon, 1300 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [10:45pm, Fri., 10/30]

Kirby & New York: man robbed of cash by another who started to force him into adjacent alley [10:34am, Tue., 11/24]

M, 500 blk.: man approached by 2 others, one of whom brandished a gun & demanded his property to which he refused, telling them he was a prosecutor, whereupon the men left the scene [6:45pm, Tue., 12/1]

Marion, 1500 blk.: several persons robbed of cash at gunpoint by another [1pm, Fri., 11/20]

Monroe, 1400 blk.: man robbed at knifepoint by another [10pm, Sat., 11/21]

Morgan, 200 blk.: several persons robbed at gunpoint by 3 men [10am, Thu., 10/29]

N, unit blk. (alley): 2 persons behind convenience store robbed at gunpoint by another [11:30am, Thu., 11/5]

New Jersey, 1700 blk.: man assaulted & robbed of wallet by 2 others [2:30am, Sun., 11/8]

Newton, 1700 blk.: woman accosted by 2 men, one who grabbed her while the other attempted take her purse from her but failed during the ensuing struggle and her shouting for help [3:30am, Sat., 10/31]

Newton, 1700 blk.: person robbed of cash & cellphone by 2 men [2:30pm, Sun., 11/15]

Oak, 1300 blk. (alley): deliveryman robbed at gunpoint by 3 others [11:30am, Mon., 11/23]

P, 200 blk.: man accosted by several others, placed in chokehold, beaten & robbed of shoes [3:30pm, Thu., 11/5]

P, 900 blk.: 2 persons sitting in parked car robbed by another at gunpoint of cash [Sun., 11/8]

P, 1500 blk.: woman robbed of bag by man who ran toward her brandishing a gun, whereupon another man approached & ordered her to sit on the ground & not look at them [1am, Fri., 11/27]

P, 2100 blk.: carjacking – man ordered out of his stopped car at knifepoint by another who then with another person, got in the car & drove off [5:15pm, Sat., 11/10]

P, 2100 blk.: person robbed at knifepoint of cash [7:15pm, Fri., 11/13]

Park, 1700 blk.: woman robbed of cash by man who had asked her for directions [8:15pm, Tue., 11/10]

Q, 1600 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by man & a woman [1am, Fri., 11/27]

Q, 2200 blk.: man robbed by 2 others of cash & cellphone [10:30pm, Wed., 11/11]

Quebec (Pl.), 700 blk.: person robbed of cash at gunpoint by man who approached from behind [11pm, Sun/, 10/11]

R, 1600 blk.: persons robbed at gunpoint by man who had initially stopped them asking for a cigarette, was given one & then went on his way only to return, this time with 2 others, whereupon the robbery was carried out [11:45pm, Sun., 11/8]

Randolph, 900 blk.: boy assaulted & robbed by 3 men (ages not reported) while on his way home from school [3:30pm, Tue., 11/3]

Rock Creek Church, 800 blk.: man on bicycle approached by another who was walking with several others on bicycles & was assaulted & robbed of his bicycle [11:15am, Tue., 11/17]

Spring, 1400.blk.: person assaulted by man with a stick & robbed [2:15am, Tue., 11/17]

Spring, 1500.blk.: man accosted from behind by another who placed a knife to his back demanding cash, whereupon man spun around, kicked him in the chest, causing them both to fall to the ground, following which he was cut on the cheek but the would-be robber fled [8:30pm, Fri., 11/28]

T, 900 blk.: man washing his car approached by another brandishing a gun & demanding cash & when told he had none, searched the car & finding nothing to rob then left the scene [6am, Mon, 11/2]

U, 100 blk. (alley): man assaulted& robbed by several men & a woman, one of whom threatened to shoot him [2pm, Mon., 11/16]

U, 1600 blk.: person’s property snatched by another who fled in a waiting car [1pm, Sat., 11/1] (case closed with arrest of 2 persons when car, which had been reported as stolen in Prince George’s County, was stopped by police)

V, 100 blk.: 3 men robbed of cash at gunpoint by another who fled on bicycle that had been stashed nearby [1:30pm, Fri., 11/20]

Warder, 3500 blk.: man robbed by another of cellphone & cash [6:15pm, Thu., 11/12]

Washington (Cir.): woman walking bumped by man who then snatched her cellphone [3pm, Fri., 11/6]

Wyoming, 1800 blk.: 2 persons preparing to open the front door of their house accosted by man brandishing a gun & demanded property but fled when they shouted for help and a resident inside opened the door [10:30am, Sat., 11/14]

4th,1000 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint of iPod [11pm, Sat., 11/14]

5th, 1400 blk. (alley): persons robbed at gunpoint of cash by man [10am, Tue., 11/24]

7th, 1900 blk.: man accosted by 3 others who searched through his backpack & robbed him of his wallet which was inside [4:45pm, Mon., 11/9]

10th & French: woman being followed by man demanded that she give him her bag but when she refused & pulled out cellphone to call for help he fled [9pm, Thu., 11/19] (case closed with arrest following the intervention of a passerby who witnessed what had happened)

11th, 1300 blk.: man at a parking lot accosted by young man brandishing a gun & demanded cash, following which one of the other 2 who were with him robbed the man of his lunchbox [8:15pm, Mon, 11/16]

12th, 600 blk.: woman’s property snatched by young man (reportedly teenage) [5pm, Wed., 11/18]

13th & U: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [1:30am, Sun., 11/22] (case closed with arrest of both)

13th, 1600 blk.: woman walking her dog approached by 2 men who snatched her cellphone [7:45pm, Mon., 11/23]

14th, 3000 blk.: woman’s handbag snatched by man who threw it on the ground & rifled through it [7:30pm, Fri., 11/6]

14th, 3100 blk.: man who had driven his car into a parking area approached by 2 others, one of whom pulled him out of the car, brandished a knife & grabbed his keys & then fled while the other attempted to drive off in the car but was prevented by 3 passersby who intervened [10:15pm, Tue., 11/24] (case closed with arrest)

14th, 3600 blk.: woman trying to hail a cab had her arm grabbed by man who robbed her of cash [2:30am, Thu., 11/5]

16th, 1900 blk.: man waiting for bus accosted by 2 others, one brandishing a gun & while the other struck him from behind with a baseball bat followed by a struggle & the man who they were attempting to rob grabbed the gun, whereupon they fled the scene in a car they had parked earlier [1:30pm, Sun., 11/1]

16th, 3000 blk.: man robbed at knifepoint by 19-year-old man [1am, Mon., 11/9] (case closed with arrest)

18th, 1900 blk.: 2 women robbed of their purses at gunpoint by man & a woman [1:15am, Fri., 11/27]

19th, 1800 blk.: man accosted by 2 others demanding cash & when he hesitated, one of them threatened to shoot him [11:15pm, Fri., 11/13]

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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.