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Street Crimes

Reported March 17 – April 5, 2010

Reported are selected street crimes in the following Northwest neighborhoods: Adams Morgan; Bloomingdale & LeDroit Park; Columbia Heights (incl. North Col. Hghts.); Dupont Circle (incl. Dupont East, North & West); Logan & Thomas Circles; Mt. Pleasant; Mt. Vernon Sq.; Shaw/U St. 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.

Columbia, 600 blk.: man standing at bus stop accosted by 3 others, one of whom first struck him with a wooden stick followed by the other 2 assaulted & robbed him [6am, Thu., 3/25]

Columbia, 1600 blk.: man knocked unconscious & robbed by another [2:15am, Thu., 3/18]

Columbia, 1800 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 3 others, one of whom brandished a gun & threatened to shoot him [4:45am, Sat., 4/3]

Conn., 1200 blk.: woman’s purse & cellphone snatched by man who came from behind [3am, Fri., 4/2]

Corcoran, 1300 blk.: person accosted by man brandishing a weapon, forced into adjacent alley, pushed to the ground & robbed [10:15pm, Thu., 3/25]

Euclid, 1700 blk.: man accosted by 2 others who pulled him into a front yard, punched him in the face & robbed him [2am, Sat., 4/3]

Flagler & U: woman’s purse snatched by man [7:45pm, Fri., 3/19]

Florida & R: man robbed of bag by 2 others who then assaulted him [7:30pm, Tue., 4/6]

Georgia & Irving: woman accosted by 2 men, one first pulling her bag from her & causing her to fall, although her shouting failed to deter the men from removing items from the bag before they fled [7am, Thu., 4/1]

Georgia, 2800 blk. (alley): 2 persons unloading truck robbed at gunpoint by 3 men wearing masks [6:30am, Thu., 4/1]

Georgia, 3600 blk.: person handed over money following demand by young man (reportedly teenage) [5:30pm, Thu., 3/25)

Harvard & Quarry: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [12:30am, Tue., 3/30]

Hobart, 700 blk.: 2 persons assaulted & robbed by several men [4:30am, Thu., 4/1]

Irving, 1400 blk.: man confronted by another brandishing a knife & demanding money but was able to flee & not be rbbed [7pm, Sat., 4/3]

Kenyon, 600 blk.: man accosted from behind by several others, one of whom brandished an unidentified metal object, and was robbed [6am, Thu., Thu., 3/25]

Kenyon, 1200 blk.: man approached by several others, one of whom asked for “change” & when the man failed to respond, was forced to the ground, assaulted & robbed [11:45pm, Thu., 4/1]

Kenyon, 1700 blk.: woman talking on cellphone accosted by man who pushed & kicked her [8:30pm, Thu., 3/25]

Lamont, 700 blk.: person grabbed from behind by man who snatched unidentified property [10:30am, Th., 3/25]

M, 600 blk.: man pushed & robbed by another [2am, Sun., 3/21}

Mass., 1700 blk.: person sitting on outdoor bench in front of building accosted by 14-yr.-old boy who snatched property from the person who then yelled for help, whereupon a witness chased the boy & found him hiding inside a nearby office building garage & retrieved the property that had been dropped near a parked car (case closed with arrest) [2:15pm, Thu., 3/18]

New Jersey & Rhode Is.: man accosted by 2 others, one of whom grabbed him while the other robbed him of cellphone & then pushed to the ground [10am, Mon., 3/22)

New York, 200 blk.: man assaulted by a group of men who injured him sufficiently to require hospitalization but failed to obtain property in their attempt to rob him [3:45pm, Thu., 3/25]

Oak, 1400 blk.: 3 persons working on a car robbed at gunpoint by several men [9:30pm, Mon., Thu., 3/29]

Park, 1300 blk.: 2 persons accosted by several men who assaulted one of them & then robbed both [2:15am, Thu., 3/25]

Park (Pl.), 3500 blk.: newspaper deliveryman who left his truck’s motor running while dropping of papers along the block had the truck stolen by an unidentified person [5:15am, Thu., 3/25]

Q, 1300 blk.: man accosted from behind by 2 others, one of whom grabbed him around his neck while the other robbed him [6am, Sun., 3/28]

Q, 1700 blk.: man robbed by another at gunpoint [2am, Mon., 4/5]

R & Rhode Is.: man accosted by 2 others who threatened to shoot him if he didn’t turn over his property, whereupon he was struck on the head by one of them, following which they both fled without having robbed him [9:15pm, Sat., 3/17]

R, 1500 blk.: man robbed by another who first struck him on the back of his head causing him to fall [1:15am, Sat., 3/27]

S, 1600 blk.: woman talking on cell phone accosted & robbed at gunpoint of both the cellphone & bag by 2 other women who covered their faces with their shirts [9:30pm, Wed., 3/17]

Shepherd, 1300 blk.: 2 persons assaulted & robbed by man [1:30pm, Tue., 3/23]

Sherman, 2800 blk.: man forced to the ground & robbed at gunpoint by a group of other men [2:45am, Fri., 3/19]

Spring, 1100 blk.: man approached from behind by 2 others, one of who chocked him & forced him to the ground, whereupon he was assaulted & robbed [ 3:30pm, Mon., 4/5]

Spring, 1300 blk.: woman accosted by man who pinned her hands behind her back, covered her mouth & ordered her not to scream, but when she did scream a second man punched her & robbed her of purse & cellphone [5:45am, Tue., 3/23]

Spring (Pl.), 1500 blk.: man walking to his car assaulted by several persons, one of whom brandished a gun, then beaten with a pool cue, stabbed in the shoulder & robbed [5am, Thu., 3/25]

Vermont, 1600 blk.: while loading suitcase & bags into taxi man approached by 3 others who demanded his property, whereupon the woman with him fled while he and the taxi driver were robbed [4:30am, Sat., 4/3]

5th & Ridge: woman accosted by young man (reportedly teenage) who covered her mouth & forced her to the ground, whereupon another man assaulted & robbed her of her purse [8:45pm, Tue., 3/23]

7th, 1600 blk.: 2 men accosted by several boys who demanding their property & were then assaulted but obtained nothing [9pm, Sat., 4/3]

8th & N: man pushed to ground by young man (reportedly teenage), whereupon another struck him with a gun & then robbed him [9:30pm, Fri., 4/2]

10th & Otis: driver of car stopped at intersection robbed at gunpoint by several persons [11:15am, Fri., 3/26]

10th, 2100 blk.: 2 pizza delivery persons robbed at gunpoint by 3 others of cash, a cellphone & the keys to the delivery car [12:15am, Thu., 3/25]

11th, 1200 blk.: man grabbed by his arms another who then robbed him of cellphone & items taken from his wallet [1am, Mon., 3/29]

11th, 2700 blk.: 2 persons accosted by 3 men demanding cash, whereupon one was assaulted & robbed & the other turned over cash [12:30am, Sat., 4/3]

11th, 3400 blk.: man robbed at knifepoint by 3 others [8:30pm, Wed., 3/17]

11th, 3400 blk.: man forced to the ground & robbed at gunpoint by another who then left the scene in a car driven by another [5am, Thu., 3/25]

12th & Q: man grabbed from behind & robbed by 2 others of cash & driver’s license [4:30am, Sat., 4/3]

14th & Irving (Metro entr.): man assaulted & robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [8pm, Thu., 4/1]

14th & Oak: man assaulted & robbed by several others [2:15am, Sun., 3/28]

14th & P: 2 persons crossing the street approached from behind by man who knocked s cell phone from the hand of one of them, picked it up & fled with it [3am, Sat., 4/3]

15th, 2300 blk.: man accosted by 3 persons who was robbed & then punched in the face [12:15am, Mon., 3/29]

15th, 2800 blk.: person assaulted by group of boys but was able to flee to house [10:15pm, Sat., 3/27]

16th & T: convenience store employee foiled an armed robbery attempt by quickly shutting the cashier service area’s customer window, after which the gunman fled following his inability to force his way into the locked space [8:30pm, Fri., 3/26]

16th, 3200 blk.: man assaulted by another when he refused to surrender his cellphone but was able to hold on to it because robber was chased away by witnesses to came to man’s aid [6:45pm, Sun., 3/28]

16th, 3600 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [10:45pm, Sat., 3/20]

18th & Florida: woman’s purse snatched by man [3:30am, Sun., 3/21]

18th, 1700 blk.: 2 persons assaulted & robbed of cash & a wallet by 3 men [3:15am, Sat., 3/27]

19th, 1800 blk.: person robbed at gunpoint by man of jewelry & cash [10:45pm, Mon., 3/29]

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