Street Crimes
Reported May 5–25, 2010
Published: July 20th, 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.
Belmont, 1800 blk.: man pushed to the ground & robbed by 2 others [2:45am, Sat., 5/8]
Clifton, 1400 blk.: pizza deliveryman knocked to ground & robbed of keys by another [4:15pm, Thu., 5/6]
Columbia, 1600 blk.: woman robbed at gunpoint by man [11pm, Mon., 5/10]
Conn. at Dupont Cir.: person using ATM robbed of cash at knifepoint by man [10:15pm, Fri., 5/14]
Corcoran, 1800 blk.: woman accosted by young man (reportedly teenage) who grabbed her arm, attempted to snatch her cellphone, but failed when she shouted and held onto the phone [8pm, Thu., 5/6]
Elm, 300 blk.: woman’s purse snatched from her while walking by man in passing vehicle [1:45am, Sun., 5/23]
Georgia, 2900 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [3am, Sun., 5/16]
Harvard, 1600 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others {8pm, Fri., 5/21] (case closed with arrest by MPD officer who observed a witness to the crime chasing the 2 men)
Kalorama, 1600 blk.: man attacked, knocked to the ground & robbed by 3 others [2am, Thu., 5/20]
Kenyon & Sherman: man grabbed & robbed of cellphone by young man (reportedly teenage, who was with another) who had first demanded it but had been refused [7:30am, Tue., 5/18)
Lamont & Walbridge: man asked by another for the time & when he responded was forced to the ground & assaulted, whereupon another man demanded the wallet, was knocked unconscious & robbed [5:45pm, Thu., 5/6]
M, 400 blk.: woman’s purse snatched by 2 persons [12:30am, Sun., 5/9
New Jersey, 1800 blk.: woman’s property snatched by 2 men who came from behind [7:15pm, Thu., 5/20]
New Hamp., 2000 blk: woman robbed at gunpoint by man [11:15pm, Fri., 5/14]
Newton, 1800 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 3 others [10:15pm, Thu., 5/13]
O, 900 blk.: woman accosted by several men, one of whom grabbed her purse , punched her several times in the face when she refused to give it up, whereupon the others forced her to the ground & beat her until she gave it up [2:45pm, Sat., 5/15]
P, 1600 blk.: man accosted by 2 others, one of whom struck him with an unknown object & was then robbed [12:15am, Thu., 5/20]
Park, 1200 blk.: person pushed & robbed at gunpoint by 2 men [11:15pm, Thu., 5/13]
Park, 1300 blk.: man assaulted & robbed at gunpoint by 3 others upon having left a bar [4:15am, Sun., 5/16]
Q, 900 blk.: 2 persons robbed of cash by man at gunpoint [12:15am, Mon., 5/24]
S, 1700 blk.: woman robbed of purse at gunpoint by man who grabbed her from behind, but recovered the purse minus the wallet following her telling two people she had just been robbed, whereupon they chased the man who dropped the purse as he fled [12mid, Mon., 5/10]
S, 1700 blk.: woman had unidentified property snatched from her by man [2:15am, Sat., 5/15]
T, 600 blk.: man riding bicycle stopped by 2 others, one of whom blocked him from proceeding while the other grabbed onto the seat & demanded that give it to him [1:30am, Sat., 5/8] (case closed with the immediate arrest of both by MPD officers who had witnessed the robbery taking place)
T, 1200 blk.: 2 persons approached by several men uttering unidentified derogatory remarks, then surrounded, whereupon 2 of them attempted to take a bag from one of the persons but then fled having taken nothing [12:15am, Mon., 5/17]
U, 1100 blk.: cellphone snatched off a table at a restaurant by man who was then chased outside into an alley by a witness who broke off the chase when the thief brandished a gun [11pm, Fri., 5/21]
U, 1200 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by 2 others [2am, Mon., 5/10]
U, 1300 blk.: man’s iphone snatched from him by another [1:30pm, Fri., 5/14]
Wiltberger, 1800 blk.: person accosted by 2 men, placed in a chokehold by one of them while being robbed by the other & then assaulted [2pm, Thu., 5/20]
2nd & Rhode Island: woman’s purse snatched by man [9pm, Mon., 5/17]
7th & Mass.: man using ATM accosted from behind by another with a knife who placed an arm around his neck, demanded cash, threatened to shoot him & then proceeded to withdraw cash from the ATM, following which he fled with both the cash & ATM card [11:15pm, Wed., 5/5]
6th & I: several persons accosted by 4 men, pushed them to the ground, assaulted & robbed [11:30pm, Fri., 5/21] (Case nearly closed with 3 arrests & recovery of a wallet)
6th, 1100 blk.: 4 persons robbed of cash & cellphone at gunpoint by man [12:30am, Mon., 5/24]
11th & Irving: man tackled to ground & robbed by young man (reportedly teenage) [1:45am, Sat., 5/22]
11th & Irving: several persons approached by 2 men demanding property, one of whom was assaulted & robbed [4pm, Mon., 5/24]
11th & Irving: man accosted by young man (reportedly teenage) who grabbed his shirt, demanded cash & a cellphone, but when the man could not comply, the would-be robber headed for a bus stop [7:30pm, Tue., 5/25]
11th & Kenyon: man approached by another on a bicycle who attempted to grab his cellphone but failed, whereupon another who was with him & suggesting by his actions that he had a weapon demanded that he turn it over but was not given it and both left the scene [4:45pm, Sun., 5/16]
11th & T: 2 persons assaulted by several others & cellphone stolen from one of them [9:15pm, Fri., 5/14]
11th, 3300 blk.: person knocked to the ground & robbed at gunpoint by 2 young men (reportedly teenage) [2am, Sat., 5/22]
12th & U: cellphone knocked from person’s hand by man who picked it up & left the scene with it [3am, Sat., 5/22]
12th, 1200 blk.: man walking by another who was leaning on a fence refused demand for money, whereupon he was tackled to the ground, had a knife placed to his throat & robbed [11am, Sat., 5/8] (case closed with arrest)
13th & Irving: person threatened with assault & robbed by young man (reportedly teenage) [4pm, Fri., 5/14]
13th, 2700 blk.: man on bicycle approached by another & 2 young women who first demanded cash 7 his credit cards & when told he had no cash was forced off the bicycle & when a witness attempted to stop the robbery one of them rode off on the bicycle [11pm, Mom., 5/24] (case nearly closed with arrest of the 2 young women, age 16 & 18)
13th, 3000 blk.: man assaulted & robbed by several others, one of whom had threatened to kill him [11:15pm, Sat., 5/15]
13th, 3500 blk.: man robbed at gunpoint by 3 others who surrounded him. 2 of whom then brandished their guns [1am, Sun., 5/23]
14th & Columbia: woman struck on head with unknown object & robbed by 2 young men (reportedly teenage) [9am, Sat., 5/15]
14th & Columbia: man struck on head with unknown object & robbed of wallet by 3 others [6am, Sun., 5/16]
14th & Irving: man approached by young man (reportedly teenage) who attempted to search his pockets with the view to robbing him but failed when the man resisted & then fled, having taken nothing [1:45pm, Tue., 5/25]
16th, 2000 blk.: man riding bicycle accosted, punched in the face & pushed off the bicycle by another, causing him fall & hit his head against a wall, whereupon he passed out & when regained consciousness found his bicycle missing [10:15pm, Fri., 5/7]
18th & Florida: woman’s purse snatched by another while talking on phone [2:30am, Sun., 5/16]
19th & Calif.: woman approached by 2 men, one of who robbed her of purse following a struggle [2am, Sun., 5/23]
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