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Street Crimes

Reported April 9 – May 4, 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.

Adams Mill, 2600 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by one or more unidentified persons who first struck him several times on the head & pushed him to the ground [4am, Sun., 5/2]

Bryant & Georgia: man accosted by 3 others, struck & robbed [1:15pm, Sun., 5/2]

Columbia, 1100 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 3 others as he was starting to get into his parked car [6:15pm, Fri., 4/23]

Columbia, 1700 blk.: woman’s property snatched by passerby [3:30am, Sun., 4/11]

Columbia, 1800 blk.: man robbed at knifepoint by a group of other men who first informed him they were members of a gang [2:30am, Sat., 4/17]

Fairmont, 600 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by a group of men on bicycles [8:45pm, Tue., 5/4]

Florida. 1700 blk.: parking attendant robbed at gunpoint of wallet with credit cards & cash by man wearing ski mask [10pm, Mon., 4/12]

Georgia, 2000 blk.: woman’s purse snatched by man [12:45pm, Mon., 5/3]

Harvard, 700 blk.: woman robbed at gunpoint by 2 persons [11pm, Fri., 4/23]

Harvard, 1200 blk.: man & woman robbed at gunpoint by group of men who had gotten out of a passing car [5am, Thu., 4/15]

Holmead & Oak: man assaulted & robbed by 3 others [12:30am, Fri., 4/23]

Irving, 1400 blk.: woman’s cellphone snatched while talking on it by young man (reportedly teenage) [5:45pm, Fri., 4/9]

Irving, 1400 blk.: person assaulted & robbed by one or more unidentified persons [12mid, Sat., 5/1]

K, 300 blk.: man accosted by 3 others, one of whom demanded his iPod & when he refused was punched by one of the others, whereupon all fled when spotting approaching police car [6:30pm, Fri., 4/9]

Kalorama, 1700 blk.: 2 women robbed of their purses by man who had come from behind & placed gun to the back of one of them [8:30pm, Fri., 4/16]

Meridian (Pl.>), 1400 blk.: woman accosted by man who robbed her after forcing her to the ground [2am, Sat., 4/10]

Ogden, 1500 blk.: person assaulted & robbed by 3 men [5:30am, Wed., 4/18]

Otis, 1300 blk.: man accosted by 2 others who attempted to assault & rob him but when he ran out into the street to seek help from a driver in a passing car they fled [8:45pm, Fri., 4/30]

P, 1600 blk.: man robbed by 2 others of cellphone after having been kicked & punched [9:30pm, Fri., 4/30]

P, 2000 blk.: woman asked by man for a cigarette & when she gave him the one that she had been smoking he restrained her long enough to go through her pockets & rob her [1:15am, Fri., 4/23]

Q, 600 blk.: 2 persons, one of who was in a wheelchair, accosted by 3 men who got out of a passing car & robbed them not only of cash & a ring but also of the man’s wheelchair [9:30pm, Mon, 4/19]

S, 1500 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others [1:15am, Tue., 4/20]

Spring (Pl.), 1400 blk.: man assaulted & robbed of cash by another (case closed with arrest) [5:30am, Thu., 4/22]

T, 1200 blk.: man robbed of cash by another who had one hand in his pocket suggesting that he might have a gun [7pm, Mon., 4/26]

U, 1300 blk. (alley): woman accosted by man brandishing a gun who demanded money, then assaulted & robbed her of iPhone [10:30am, Mon., 4/12]

U, 1300 blk.: man’s cellphone grabbed from him while he was using it by 2 young men (case closed with arrest of 2 teenagers, 15 & 17 and return of phone) [ 8:15pm, Fri., 4/25]

U, 1500 blk.: woman’s bag snatched by man passing by [1:30am, Sat., 4/17]

Wiltberger, 1800 blk.: 2 persons accosted by 2 others, one of whom sprayed a chemical into the face of one of the victims & then robbed one of them of a wallet [4:45am, Fri., 4/16]

1st & New Hamp.: man accosted by 2 others from behind, one of whom placed an unidentified object to his head, and was robbed & then kicked [12min, Sat., 4/10]

4th, 900 blk.: 2 persons surrounded & robbed by a group of boys, one of whom brandished an unidentified weapon (an arrest of one boy subsequently made) [7:15pm, Fri., 4/9]

7th, 1800 blk.: 3 persons approached from behind by 2 men who demanded money, following which one of the persons was assaulted, whereupon the men fled without having taken anything [3am, Sun., 4/11]

11th & Euclid: man approached from behind by 2 others, struck with an unidentified object & robbed [12:15pm, Fri., 4/9]

12th, 1300 blk.: woman accosted by 2 men, one of whom grabbed her by the neck while the other grabbed her curse, whereupon a struggle took place & both men then fled [8pm, Sun., 4/18]

12th, 1400 blk.: woman accosted from behind by2 men who forced her to the ground & robbed her of purse [8:45pm, Mon., 4/26/10]

13th & Kenyon: person punched & robbed by 2 men [9pm, Thu., 4/29]

13th & Monroe: woman accosted by 2 men, knocked to the ground & robbed at gunpoint [11:45pm, Sun., 5/2]

14th & Fairmont: man assaulted & robbed by 3 young men (reportedly teenage) [9:15pm, Sat., 5/1]

14th & Otis: woman’s purse snatched from her by man [3:45am, Sun., 4/25]

14th & U: man’s cellphone snatched from him by another while talking on it [1:30am, Fri., 4/23]

14th & Varnum: man robbed at gunpoint by 2 others who then fled in car [4:30pm, Mon., 4/26]

14th, 1800 blk.: man standing outside restaurant approached by 4 others, one of whom asked for the time, whereupon 2 of them attempted to rob him of his cellphone but were thwarted by him struggling & by seeing a waiter witnessing the struggle & calling the police, prompting them to flee [4:45am, Fri., 4/16]

15th, 1900 blk.: woman knocked to ground & robbed by man of purse containing cellphone & cash [2:30pm, Sat., 5/1]

16th & Euclid: woman who was standing inside Meridian Hill Park & who had placed her purse on the ground between her feet had it snatched by a man who passed by (case closed with arrest) [12:45pm, Wed., 4/15]

16th & Euclid: man robbed of wallet by another (case closed following police chase & arrest) [7:45pm, Mon., 4/26]

17th & R: woman talking on cellphone had it snatched by one of 2 men who came out from an adjoining alley [9:30pm, Fri., 4/30]

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