According to MPD, a woman instructed her juvenile son to steal a cellphone from someone in Columbia Heights earlier this week. Both were caught. more ›

Cell phone service providers and the FCC joined with police commissioners in D.C. today to announce new initiatives to tamp down on the theft of smart phones and electronic gadgets. more ›

Just as many other cities across the country, D.C. has been hit by a rash of robberies, a large part targeting people with iPhones and other electronic gadgets. Now D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has a message for national cell phone service providers—step up and help stop the thefts. more ›

If someone recently stole an iPhone or iPad from you, call the D.C. police—they may well have recovered during a massive sting operation. more ›

Police on the Caribbean island of Nevis have detained a man in connection to the robbery of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer last week, reports CNN. more ›

Prince of Petworth reports that a man was robbed and shot at while walking on the multi-use Metropolitan Branch Trial in Northeast yesterday. more ›

D.C. police report that officers were able to apprehend an armed robber after he attempted to accost someone along the 1200 block of H Street NE this morning. more ›

At approximately 11:45 this morning, D.C. police officers responded to the scene of a bank robbery inside the City First Bank, located at 1432 U Street NW. more ›

Yesterday, we noted that at least five people had been robbed over the weekend in various dense neighborhoods in Northwest D.C. Police now say that another robbery, committed on Monday night, has led them to refine the description of the suspected robbers. more ›

While the city's homicide rate gets most of the attention as we enter the homestretch of 2011, the frequency of other crimes is certainly worth keeping an eye on. Take robbery, for example. more ›

The man who robbed two Wells Fargo bank branches in the span of eight days is still at-large, and federal authorities are asking the public for help. more ›

Good morning, Washington. Happy October, and happy new fiscal year. A noticeable drop in temperature this weekend reminds us it’s not too long before we’ll witness a noticeable shift in hues. Some may mourn the loss of warmer days but nearly all of us can look forward to approaching shades of autumn. What the new fiscal year will bring is far less certain. more ›

Yesterday morning, we reported on an attempted robbery outside the CVS at 6514 Georgia Avenue NW in Brightwood which devolved into a shootout. Police now have confirmed that one of the robbers in the group has died, while two others have been arrested. more ›

UPDATE: Two suspects in the robbery remain at large, but police have confirmed that the man who was shot and transported to the Washington Hospital Center was a third suspect. Police have also confirmed that an armored car parked in front of the pharmacy was the target of the attempted robbery. more ›

UPDATE: The woman has reportedly recanted, saying she was in a fight at her home instead of being injured on WMATA property. more ›

Samuel Lewis was arrested at his Beltsville home by Montgomery County Police on Friday, and subsequently charged with seven bank robberies around the county -- though, police note, he is suspected of having committed several others in Arlington and Alexandria. more ›

Do you live near the intersection of 13th Street and Maryland Avenue NE? If so, you may have been awakened by the constant sound of a hoving helicopter, floating above the neighborhood around midnight last night. more ›

A college intern was robbed at gunpoint on the Metropolitan Branch Trail Friday morning, the latest in a number of attacks in recent months along the 8-mile route between Union Station and Silver Spring. more ›

Today’s crime roundup includes MPD’s lousy year, a murder suspect on the loose, a PCP-crazed child kidnapper, and an international drug ring smuggling heroin through Dulles. more ›

Around 1:45 a.m. this morning, three men with guns entered venerable Columbia Heights watering hole Wonderland Ballroom and proceeded to rob an employee before fleeing. more ›

Violence at the Caribbean Carnival yesterday dominated crime coverage, but there are a handful of other incidents to note. more ›

On August 22, 2010, Neil Michael Godleski was riding his bicycle through Sherman Circle when Eric Foreman, a 17-year-old who had in his possession a .38-caliber handgun that had been used less than 24 hours earlier in another gang-related shooting, shot him several times. Foreman was officially indicted yesterday on nine counts, including murder, robbery and firearm charges. more ›

John Woodland, a 45-year-old with no fixed address, was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for a series of robberies committed at ATMs in downtown D.C. -- but one less than he had planned. more ›

Earlier this week, we wrote about the difficulties police are facing patrolling the Metropolitan Branch Trail, an eight-mile route between Union Station and Silver Spring which has been the scene of several attempted assaults and robberies in recent weeks. Last night, police say that another incident occurred -- but an arrest was made on the scene. more ›

D.C. police are searching for two men who violently attacked and robbed an elderly couple inside a parking garage attached to the Best Buy in Tenleytown. According to Second District Lieutenant Alan E. Hill, the suspects -- both 5' 8" or 5' 9" "skinny" black men who were wearing dark clothing -- approached the couple inside the parking garage attached to the shopping center at 4500 Wisconsin Avenue NW around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, and proceeded to punch and knock both to the ground. After a struggle, the robbers were able to take a piece of property from the man before they fled. more ›

Good morning Washington, and happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there. Readers, please go call your mom today. She'll appreciate it. more ›

A crazy scene in Takoma Park this morning: WUSA9 reports that police surrounded a Capital One Bank at 1181 University Boulevard around 9:30 a.m. this morning, eventually shooting a man who was holding a hostage outside of the building. more ›

Another teenager, another random shooting, another death. In a story which will likely remind many of the Joseph Alonzo Sharps slaying, Fox5/WTTG has the disturbing details on the shooting of two teenagers in Petworth on Sunday which killed 16-year-old Bryant Morillo. more ›

A group of armed, masked men walked into the Platanillos Grocery in Woodbridge last Sunday morning, announced they were robbing the place, then took off with about $100,000 in cash and jewelery. That's when things got interesting. more ›